NewsRack: 'Policy' news in 'Water-Regional' topic for user flenvcenter

Tom Ross: Finalist for Colorado Book Award due in Steamboat to talk about future of water in the West	25.5.2013	Steamboat Pilot
Of all the research author Stephen Grace did for his book "Dam Nation," the information that concerns him most is the revelation that we have been living in an era of relative water abundance in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
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Feds keep Preble's mouse on threatened list	24.5.2013	Denver Post: News: Local
Feds keep Preble's mouse on threatened list
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Wyden: FracFocus a 'constructive' tool on drilling	24.5.2013	Denver Post: All Political News
WASHINGTON—A website partially funded by the oil and gas industry could be a "constructive" tool for federal regulators as they consider requiring public disclosure of chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing operations, Senate Energy Committee Chairman Ron Wyden said Thursday.
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Stricken Japan nuke plant struggles to keep staff	23.5.2013	Denver Post: National News Headlines
TOKYO—Keeping the meltdown-stricken Fukushima nuclear plant in northeastern Japan in stable condition requires a cast of thousands.
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Willard Bay fish not tainted by diesel leak	23.5.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
Published May 22, 2013 04:20PM MDT If you can hook ‘em, you can eat the fish from Willard Bay without worrying they might be contaminated from the March 18 Chevron petroleum pipeline leak. So says the Utah Division of Water Quality and the state Department of Health. They announced Wednesday their tests of 15 fish showed no signs of the 21,000 gallons of diesel fuel that seeped from a split seam in a 6-foot section of the Salt Lake City-to-Spokane pipeline. Walt Baker, director of the state water quality agency, said no diesel wa... ...
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BLM fracking rules just got more industry-friendly	21.5.2013	High Country News Most Recent
Feds weaken a proposal that many enviros say wasn’t strong enough in the first place
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Water at risk	21.5.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
Published May 21, 2013 01:01AM MDT With a proposed new set of rules, the federal Bureau of Land Management took a step toward better regulation of energy industries that use fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, to extract fossil fuels on public lands and Native American tribal lands. But the regulations are too lax to give much comfort to those who fear fracking is permanently poisoning land and water supplies, endangering wildlife and the public. Each well uses between 2 million and 5 million gallons of fresh water that is perma... ...
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Agency jumble blocks Mancos hydro plans	21.5.2013	Durango Herald
DENVER x2013 Rep. Scott Tipton had one of his greatest successes in his two years in Congress last month when the House overwhelmingly passed his bill to promote small hydroelectric projects on canals and pipelines.But it turns out the bill will not help one of the dams in the Cortez Republicanx2019s own district.Gary...
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Small Fla. city anxious to learn jackpot winner	20.5.2013	Denver Post: National News Headlines
ZEPHYRHILLS, Fla.—It could be an anxious wait of up to two months for people in a small Florida city to find out who won the highest Powerball jackpot in history: an estimated $590.
Heading into summer, already parched (Cached)	20.5.2013	Durango Herald
BREEN x2013 Joel Craig sat quietly among the audience of ranchers as dozens of cows shuffled in and out of the room, propelled by the fast-paced babble of the auctioneer. Craig was at the Hi-Country Cattle Auction to sell six of his pure-bred Limousin cattle because he doubts he will have the irrigation water to grow enough hay for all of his...
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Aggressive tiger muskies being reintroduced to Western Slope anglers	19.5.2013	Denver Post: Outdoors
SILT — It's not the size of the dog in the fight, they say. It's the size of the fight in the dog.
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Treat and reuse oil and gas wastewater? No	18.5.2013	Denver Post: Opinion
Market forces and breakthrough innovation are producing vibrant new technologies for managing water from oil and gas development, not government mandates.
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Save our gauges	17.5.2013	High Country News Most Recent
Important USGS stream gauges imperiled by austerity
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The right decision	17.5.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
Published May 17, 2013 01:01AM MDT Gov. Gary Herbert made the right decision last month when he announced he would not sign a controversial agreement that would have given Nevada the go-ahead to mine the precious groundwater under the Snake Valley. He should not renege on it at the behest of legislators and other members of the Utah Water Development Commission. Herbert deserved all the praise he received for withstanding political and legal pressure and refusing to sign away the ancient water that lies deep under the dry soil s... ...
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Governor orders board to draft water plan	16.5.2013	Denver Post: Local
Governor orders board to draft water plan
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Ice retreats on mountain lakes	16.5.2013	Denver Post: Outdoors
GRANBY — Ice on local lakes is almost completely melted and should be all gone within the next few days, according to Marty Schroeder of the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District.
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Utah board wants Herbert to reconsider Snake Valley water deal rejection	15.5.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Judy Fahys The Salt Lake Tribune Published May 14, 2013 08:18PM MDT Water leaders, certain Utah Gov. Gary Herbert made a bad decision when he rejected the Snake Valley water deal last month, are asking him to reconsider. The legislators and water experts on the Utah Water Development Commission voted Tuesday to send a letter urging Herbert to reverse course and sign a Utah-Nevada agreement that, in their view, best protects Snake Valley water rights and statewide interests. Washington County Water Conservancy District Director Ron Thompson said he felt the deal... ...
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Utah board wants Herbert to reconsider Snake Valley water rejection	15.5.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Judy Fahys The Salt Lake Tribune Published May 14, 2013 05:49PM MDT Water leaders want Utah Gov. Gary Herbert to reconsider his decision to reject the Snake Valley water deal. The Water Development Commission, comprised of lawmakers and water experts, voted Tuesday to send a letter to the governor, urging him to reverse course and sign a Utah-Nevada agreement that, in their view, best protects Snake Valley water rights and statewide interests. Washington County Water Conservancy District Director Ron Thompson said he felt the agreement did a good job of protecti... ...
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AP IMPACT: Wind farms get pass on eagle deaths	15.5.2013	Denver Post: National News Headlines
CONVERSE COUNTY, Wyo.—Wind farms in this corner of Wyoming have killed more than four dozen golden eagles since 2009, one of the deadliest places in the country of its kind.
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Jordan Valley groundwater treatment permit up for public review	15.5.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Judy Fahys The Salt Lake Tribune Published May 14, 2013 03:34PM MDT The Utah Division of Water Quality has completed an in-depth, multi-year review of the Jordan Valley Water Conservancy District plan to clean up contaminated groundwater in southwest Salt Lake County and is asking the public to weigh in on the proposed permit. The Jordan Valley Southwest Groundwater Treatment Plant has worked for years on its plans to remove and treat groundwater tainted by historic mining in the southwestern Salt Lake Valley The division is poised to sign off on those plans now... ...
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