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Southeast Montana
Photo courtesy of Rick and Susie Graetz
Monday, Sept. 17, 2012
produced daily by Shellie Nelson
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Community
Smoke from wildfires prompts air quality alert in Idaho city
Smoke from the 9,000-acre Wesley Fire and the 29,000-acre Sheep Fire, both burning northwest of Boise, as well as the 73,600-acre Cache Creek fire burning on the Washington-Oregon border, poured into Idaho's Treasure Valley on Sunday.
Idaho Statesman;
Sept. 17
Montana city applies to be among Bloomberg's boldest innovators
Bloomberg Philanthropies, a project of philanthropist and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, is offering millions of dollars to cities that come up with innovative solutions to improve peoples' lives, and Missoula, Mont., has applied for funds from the Bloomberg Philanthropies' Mayors Challenge.
Missoulian;
Sept. 17
Salt Lake County plans watershed symposium in Utah
Policymakers, environmental advocates, people in water-related positions, as well as students and teachers, are being urged to register by Wednesday for Salt Lake County's symposium on the Utah county's watershed that is scheduled Sept. 26-28 in West Valley City.
Salt Lake Tribune;
Sept. 15
Interior West cities a draw for retiring baby-boomers
Not all retirees seek the sunshine and heat of Arizona and Florida, and on the list of preferred destinations for those who seek a place to retire with four seasons are Ruidoso, N.M.; Durango, Colo.; St. George, Utah; Coeur d'Alene, Idaho; and Kalispell, Mont.
Ravalli Republic (AP);
Sept. 15
Environment
Federal appeals court upholds Utah activist's conviction on fraudulent bids
Tim DeChristopher, who was convicted of submitting fraudulent bids on energy leases in Utah nearly four years ago, lost his appeal of his conviction on Friday, when a three-judge panel of the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals voted 2-1 to uphold the lower court's decision.
Salt Lake Tribune;
Sept. 15
Montanans have varying reasons for taking wolf-trapping classes
Not everyone who showed up to take the necessary class in Billings to be certified to trap wolves in Montana planned to trap wolves, with an elk-hunting guide taking the class to learn more about wolves and a trapper who wanted to be prepared if he inadvertently caught a wolf in a trap meant for another animal.
Billings Gazette;
Sept. 17
Politics
Wyoming federal lawmakers vow to get AML funds restored
Wyoming U.S. Rep. Cynthia Lummis said the budget extension passed by the U.S. House last week that is expected to be passed by the Senate and signed into law by President Obama unfairly limits Wyoming's share of Abandoned Mine Lands funds at $15 million, and Lummis, as well as Sen. John Barrasso, vowed to get that provision changed.
Casper Star-Tribune;
Sept. 15
Idaho's economic forecaster reworks prognostication formula
Derek Santos, Idaho's chief economist, said lessons learned from the recession, and forecasters' predictions about recovery that did not materialize, has made him less reliant on federal data and more reliant on state data.
Idaho Statesman;
Sept. 17
Finalists named in Idaho's Innovator of the Year contest
A building materials developer, a children's food processor and a researcher in the field of entrepreneurship are vying to win the Innovator of the Year award, which will be announced at the seventh annual Idaho Innovation Awards ceremony on Oct. 2.
Idaho Statesman;
Sept. 15
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"A s a western hunter, I don't want to see animals suffer. But I learned a lot today. I had no idea that they can be released and the trap doesn't break their leg. I had no idea that Fish and Wildlife use these same traps to collar and release the wolves."
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