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Effort underway to eradicate New Zealand's cats - Denver Post: National News Headlines

By Karla Adam, The Washington Post — Tue, 14 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Call it the Kiwi cat wars. In this island nation said to harbor more cat owners per capita than any other country, a furor has broken out over a crusade to

$300,000 for nothing - Salt Lake Tribune

Wed, 01 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Published May 2, 2013 01:01AM MDT Re “Federal officials could lift protections for gray wolves” (Tribune, April 27): Since it is a foregone conclusion that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will remove the gray wolf from the endangered species list nationwide (it almost never significantly changes a draft rule once made public), our state doesn’t have to give the $300,000 appropriated by the Legislature to Sportsmen for Fish and Wildlife or Big Game Forever to lobby in Washington, D.C., to get the government to delist the wolf ... ...

Celebrate International Migratory Bird Day at Bear River Refuge - Salt Lake Tribune

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 18:30:00 GMT

by Brett Prettyman The Salt Lake Tribune Published Apr 30, 2013 02:38PM MDT Migratory birds have been flocking to the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge in droves in recent weeks. Now it’s time for people to do the same. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service officials are celebrating International Migratory Bird Day May 11, and the staff at the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge near Brigham City is holding a free open house from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. that day to join the celebration. Bird displays, crafts and movies will be available at the Wildlife Education Center throughout the open... ...

Utah petroleum pipeline flunks stress test - Salt Lake Tribune

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 18:30:00 GMT

by Judy Fahys The Salt Lake Tribune Published Apr 29, 2013 11:54PM MDT The pipeline that spilled 20,000 gallons of diesel fuel near the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge in Utah failed a stress test Monday. That test, ordered by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, must be successfully completed before Chevron Pipe Line Co. can put the 60-year-old line back into full service. But when the company spiked the water pressure to about 2,606 pounds per square inch (psi), the pipe failed after about six minutes. W... ...

Federal officials could lift protections for gray wolves - Salt Lake Tribune

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 18:30:00 GMT

by Matthew Brown and John Flesher The Associated Press Published Apr 26, 2013 05:02PM MDT Billings, Mont. • Federal wildlife officials have drafted plans to lift protections for gray wolves across the Lower 48 states, a move that could end a decades-long recovery effort that has restored the animals but only in parts of their historic range. The draft U.S. Department of Interior rule obtained by The Associated Press contends the roughly 6,000 wolves now living in the Northern Rockies and Great Lakes are enough to prevent the species’ extinction. The agency says having gray wolves els... ...

Draft rule ends protections for gray wolves - Denver Post: National News Headlines

By MATTHEW BROWN and JOHN FLESHER Associated Press — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 18:30:00 GMT

BILLINGS, Mont.—Federal wildlife officials have drafted plans to lift protections for gray wolves across the Lower 48 states, a move that could end a decades-long recovery effort that has restored the animals but only in parts of their historic range.

Community Agriculture Alliance: Supporting industrial hemp - Steamboat Pilot

Kent Peppler/For the Steamboat Today — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 18:30:00 GMT

The Rocky Mountain Farmers Union has supported the legalization of industrial hemp, a relative of marijuana with no psychoactive ability, since 2007. Industrial hemp species are international sources of food and fiber cultivated across the world. B

The Record for Wednesday, April 25, 2013 - Steamboat Pilot

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 18:30:00 GMT

10:28 a.m. Steamboat Springs Fire Rescue firefighters were called to help a person who was having a seizure in the 40500 block of Anchor Way.

Wharton: This hunter preserves history and habitat - Salt Lake Tribune

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 18:30:00 GMT

by Tom Wharton The Salt Lake Tribune Published Apr 25, 2013 10:49AM MDT Salt Lake lawyer Jack Ray represents everything good about hunters. This quiet man savors time spent in lonely duck marshes or hunting big game in remote mountain ranges. As a member of a Great Salt Lake duck club, he spends countless hours improving wildlife habitat by removing non-native predators, burning or eliminating invasive weeds such as phragmites and managing dikes, ponds and water to preserve habitat that helps thousands if not millions of birds. Jack is also a bit of a historian. Hi... ...

The Record for Monday, April 22, 2013 - Steamboat Pilot

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 18:30:00 GMT

8:53 a.m. Steamboat Springs Police Department officers were called to a report of a bear that had gotten into trash in the 2400 block of Val D’Isere Circle.

Spring runoff could kick in this weeknd on Yampa River in Steamboat Springs - Steamboat Pilot

Tom Ross — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 18:30:00 GMT

The Colorado Basin River Forecast Center predicts the Yampa River’s flows will begin to climb steeply on Friday as spring runoff season begins in earnest.

Feds give Chevron OK to restore pipeline flow - Salt Lake Tribune

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 18:30:00 GMT

by Judy Fahys | The Salt Lake Tribune Published Apr 20, 2013 03:13PM MDT Chevron said Friday federal regulators have approved its plan to return a pipeline near the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge to full duty after it leaked diesel fuel into a state park last month. The company also said it has cleaned up more than 19,000 gallons of the fuel that seeped from a 6-foot-split in its Salt Lake City-to-Spokane pipeline. And there’s about 1,000 gallons to go. “We’re glad they’re testing that [repaired segment] and making sure it has integrity,” said John Whitehead, assi... ...

Feds give Chevron OK to test diesel pipeline that leaked in Utah - Salt Lake Tribune

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 18:30:00 GMT

by Judy Fahys The Salt Lake Tribune Published Apr 19, 2013 04:56PM MDT Chevron said Friday federal regulators have approved its plan to return a pipeline near the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge to full duty after it leaked diesel fuel into a state park last month. The company also said it has cleaned up more than 19,000 gallons of the fuel that seeped from a 6-foot-split in its Salt Lake City-to-Spokane pipeline. And there’s around 1,000 gallons to go. “We’re glad they’re testing that [repaired segment] and making sure it has integrity,” said John Whitehead, assi... ...

Federal protection of Iron County prairie dogs prompt lawsuit - Salt Lake Tribune

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 18:30:00 GMT

by Brian Maffly The Salt Lake Tribune Published Apr 18, 2013 01:37PM MDT Bruce Hughes owns a 3.4-acre lot on the west side of Cedar City that he has hoped to develop into commercial real estate for years. But the presence of a protected rodent on the land makes it impossible for him and many others in Iron County to get building permits, rendering their land unusable, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday in federal court in Salt Lake City. The suit seeks to invalidate new rules implemented by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that restrict the removal of Utah prair... ...

Feral vs. wild horses - From the Blogs

Monica Gokey — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Does the name we use really matter?

Return to the bat cave - From the Blogs

Sarah Keller — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Forest Service reopens some caves previously closed due to white-nose bat syndrome

The sound of croaking - Durango Herald

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 18:30:00 GMT

PATILLAS, Puerto Rico x2013 A curtain of sound envelops the two researchers as they make their way along the side of a mountain in darkness, occasionally hacking their way with a machete to reach the mouth of a small cave.Peeps, tweets and staccato whistles fill the air, a pulsing undercurrent in the tropical night. To the untrained ear,...

USDA starts new program to track farm animals - azcentral.com | business

M.L. Johnson — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 18:30:00 GMT

MILWAUKEE -- The federal government has launched a new livestock identification program to help agriculture officials to quickly track livestock in cases of disease. It is the U.S. Department of Agriculture's second attempt at implementing such a system, which officials say is critical to maintaining the security of the nation's food supply. An earlier, voluntary program failed because of widespread opposition among farmers and ranchers who described it as a costly hassle that didn't help control disease.

USDA starts new program to track farm animals - Denver Post: National News Headlines

By M.L. JOHNSON Associated Press — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 18:30:00 GMT

MILWAUKEE—The federal government has launched a new livestock identification program to help agriculture officials to quickly track livestock in cases of disease.

Colorado snow forecast too late for closing ski areas - Headlines: All Headlines

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Skiers were treated to a burst of new snow over the weekend, but a forecast for more this week won't do them any good at many locations in the Colorado high country.

Vail library hosts Earth Day celebration Thursday - Vail Colorado: News

Daily staff report newsroom@vaildaily.com VAIL CO, Colorado — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 18:30:00 GMT

VAIL -On Thursday from 3:30 to 5 p.m., the Vail Public Library welcomes families to an Earth Day celebration in the Vail Public Library Community Room. Participants (children ages three and up) will get the chance to visit ...

Federal pipeline oversight agency sued over lax enforcement - Salt Lake Tribune

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 18:30:00 GMT

by Judy Fahys The Salt Lake Tribune Published Apr 10, 2013 11:03AM MDT An environmental group, citing three major pipeline leaks last week, has filed suit against the nation’s top pipeline safety office. Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) takes the federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) to task for failing to carry out surprise inspections — the sort of review that might turn up the kind of problems that led to a 6-foot-long breach in the Chevron pipeline in Utah that spilled about 21,000 gallons of diesel fuel ... ...

Willoughby: National monument designation has economic benefits - Denver Post: Outdoors

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Among the many similarities between the Rio Grande del Norte and Browns Canyon of the Arkansas are rugged natural beauty, abundant wildlife habitat and outstanding whitewater, outdoor recreation and fishing opportunities.

Pipeline diesel still missing, though less than previously thought - Salt Lake Tribune

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 18:30:00 GMT

by Judy Fahys The Salt Lake Tribune Published Apr 9, 2013 06:25PM MDT Chevron still can’t account for thousands of gallons of diesel fuel three weeks after a pipeline spill at the Great Salt Lake. The latest update from the “Unified Command” said nearly 3,000 gallons remain in the soil, wetlands and water at Willard Bay, just south of the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge. Tuesday’s report also reduced a previous estimate of how much diesel leaked. Around 21,000 gallons spilled out of a six-foot split in the pipe nearly three weeks ago — roughly 6,000 gallons less... ...

Fox News' Jana Winter could face jail in Aurora theater shooting case - Headlines: All Headlines

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 18:30:00 GMT

When journalists following the Aurora theater shooting case file into the courtroom for a hearing this week, one will do so with an extra weight on her shoulders.