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Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012
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Community
 Faculty Senate asks U. of Wyoming to hold off on Y Cross Ranch sale
The University of Wyoming Faculty Senate voted 33-16 last week to ask the University of Wyoming Foundation to put its plan to sell the Y Cross Ranch, which it owns in partnership with its counterpart at Colorado State University, on hold for five years, during which time the Wyoming university could fully utilize the 50,000-acre ranch between Cheyenne and Laramie for teaching opportunities.
Casper Star-Tribune (AP); Oct. 29

Existing clinic questions need for new medical clinic in Montana county
The Bighorn Valley Health Center recently opened its doors in Hardin to fill a gap in health care services, but operators of the Hardin Clinic, which has been operating in Montana's Big Horn County for years, questioned the need for another community health center.
Billings Gazette; Oct. 30

Environment
 Avalanche in Montana's Bridger Mountains partially buries 3 skiers
One of the three skiers partially buried by an avalanche Sunday afternoon in Montana's Bridger Mountains had to be carried out on a toboggan.
Billings Gazette (Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center); Oct. 29

Regional forester says Montana thinning project can proceed
On Oct. 19, Deputy Regional Forester Jane Cottrell rejected an appeal filed by an Idaho man of a thinning project designed to remove beetle-killed timber at the Larry and Bass creek recreation areas in the Bitterroot National Forest in Montana.
Ravalli Republic; Oct. 29

Wyoming wildlife agents capture, relocate grizzly sow
A young female grizzly bear that had damaged an outbuilding west of Dubois to get to horse feed stored inside was captured by Wyoming Game and Fish Department personnel and released in the Fishhawk Creek drainage west of Cody.
Denver Post (AP); Oct. 30

Politics
 Wyoming Conservation Voters ends its run
The Wyoming chapter opened by the League of Conservation Voters in 2011 has closed its doors.
High Country News; Oct. 29

Legislature
 Idaho Land Department wants to split lands, oil and gas boards
The Idaho Department of Lands submitted draft legislation to the Energy, Environment, and Technology Interim Legislative Commission that would separate the Idaho Land Board and the Idaho Oil and Gas Conservation Commission.
Idaho Statesman; Oct. 29

Economy
 Whole Foods feeds big jump in sales tax revenue for Colorado city
In August, the month that Whole Foods Market opened its store in Basalt, the Colorado city's sales tax revenue from grocery sales jumped up 39 percent.
Aspen Times; Oct. 30

Housing price increases in Utah's capital among highest in nation
The Salt Lake County Board of Realtors said the median sales price of houses in Salt Lake City in the third-quarter of this year were 11 percent higher than reported in the same quarter last year.
Salt Lake Tribune; Oct. 30

Water shortages trickle down, cause hay, crop shortages in Colorado
Farmers and ranchers in Colorado said this year's drought led to lower yields from their hay crops, which in turn is affecting their herd sizes.
Durango Herald; Oct. 30
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"T hat agreement calls for a 50-50 split. But if they start to drill, Nevada could end up with all the water."

Millard County Commissioner Daron Smith, who said the western Utah county still opposes the an agreement with Nevada to share Snake Valley groundwater, which an advisory group recommended Monday that Utah Gov. Gary Herbert should sign.
- Salt Lake tribune
On The Bookshelf
Barbara Theroux of Fact & Fiction reviews Christine Byl's "Dirt Work: An education in the woods

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A Look Ahead
Nov. 14-16: Quivira Coalition's 11th annual conference: "How to feed 9 billion people from the ground up," Albuquerque, N.M.
Mountain West Voices
Hear weekly stories from the Rocky Mountain West as gathered by Clay Scott

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4/10/2013:  Shearing Sheep

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