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Southeast Montana
Photo courtesy of Rick and Susie Graetz
Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012
produced daily by Shellie Nelson
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More news from the Rockies
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Tribes
Wyoming senator's bill would speed up energy development on tribal lands
Last week the Senate Indian Affairs Committee approved legislation offered by Wyoming U.S. Sen. John Barrasso that would amend a provision of the 2005 Energy Act to require review of energy leases of tribal lands to be done within 120 days and gives tribes more management authority over energy projects; the measure now awaits action by the full U.S. Senate.
Casper Star-Tribune;
Sept. 20
Environment
Alberta park has plan in place to deal with loads of larch lookers
The larch trees in Banff National Park are starting to show their fall colors, and to prevent a repeat of last year's traffic jam where visitors in cars, trucks and recreational vehicles were backed up for miles, Parks Canada has a monitoring plan in place to ensure smooth traveling.
Calgary Herald;
Sept. 20
Montana FWP issues warning after grizzly bear attacked elk hunter
After an elk hunter doing cow calls in the Madison Range attracted a grizzly sow with two young cubs, and was bitten by the bear before it ran off, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks officials warned archery hunters and others in bear country in southwest Montana to take extra care to avoid conflicts with bears.
Montana Standard (Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks);
Sept. 20
Rehab team assesses area burned by Montana wildfire
The 10,400-acre Millie Fire is still smoldering in some spots south of Bozeman, but a Burned Area Emergency Response Team is already assessing the area burned by the Montana wildfire to determine how best to rehabilitate the area burned.
Bozeman Daily Chronicle;
Sept. 20
Crews gain ground on wildfires in Wyoming
The 400-acre Chall Creek Fire in western Wyoming that threatened 13 homes is now 30 percent contained, and the 3,400-acre Horsethief Canyon Fire near Jackson is 82 percent contained, while the 8,050-acre Gilead Fire near Buffalo in northern Wyoming is 38 percent contained.
Casper Star-Tribune (AP);
Sept. 20
National wildlife refuge in Colorado reopens to the public
The U.S. Army has completed the drilling of eight groundwater monitoring wells on the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge in Colorado, allowing federal land managers to again open the refuge to public access.
Denver Post;
Sept. 20
Legislature
Democrats roll out Montana jobs plan
The six-part plan to create jobs in Montana released Wednesday by Democrats proposed freezing tuition to keep education affordable and using energy revenue to develop infrastructure in eastern Montana.
Flathead Beacon (AP);
Sept. 20
Utah legislators said recent audit an indication UTOPIA should go
The Utah Telecommunication Open Infrastructure Agency, or UTOPIA, is a collaboration between 11 cities to build a high-speed, fiber-optic network, but the project has been plagued with problems, and a new audit had state legislators questioning if now is the time to pull the plug on the still-uncompleted project.
Salt Lake Tribune;
Sept. 20
Economy
Flathead firms get lion's share of Montana economic development funds
The Montana Department of Commerce recently awarded $1.2-million in Big Sky Economic Development Trust Fund grants, with $937,350 going to companies in the Flathead Valley: $217,500 was awarded to Western Building Center to buy new equipment for its new SmartLam production facility in Columbia Falls, creating 29 new jobs; Nomad Global Communication Solutions, also in Columbia Falls, received $652,500 for new equipment and training that will add 87 new jobs; and Whitefish-based ZaneRay Group got $67,350 to create 10 new jobs.
Hungry Horse News;
Sept. 20
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"O ur detailed analysis has shown that to meet the emission reductions required by EPA's mercury and air toxics standards, we would need to invest $38 million in the Corette plant. We simply cannot justify that level of spending in the current wholesale power market in the Northwest."
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