Idaho legislation would expand tools for wolf kills
An Idaho state House panel yesterday introduced legislation allowing the use of snowmobiles, all-terrain vehicles, powered parachutes and other methods to hunt and kill wolves year-round and with no limits…
Read More...Are New York billionaires different than Colorado’s? Work group eyes new tools to stop water profiteering
Imposing hefty taxes on speculative water sales, requiring that water rights purchased by investors be held for several years before they can be resold, and requiring special state approval of…
Read More...With wildfire risk up, New Mexico supports controlled burns
In a bid to reduce wildfire risk, the House has advanced a bill making it easier for residents to burn brush and wood debris on their property. The bill, passed…
Read More...After record wildfire season, lawmakers increase focus on Wyoming’s forest health
After the worst fire season in the nation’s history, state leaders are looking to take a more aggressive track to reduce fire risks in state and national forestlands across Wyoming,…
Read More...Proposed river authority would assert Utah’s claims to the Colorado’s dwindling water
Without public involvement or notice, Utah legislative leaders unveiled plans for a new $9 million state agency, the Colorado River Authority of Utah, to advance Utah’s claims to the Colorado…
Read More...Montana lawmakers considering several wolf management bills
Two northwest Montana lawmakers are considering a number of bills that could moderately or significantly change the way Montana manages wolves.
Read More...Colorado begins wolf reintroduction plans OK’d by voters
Pending litigation over the Trump administration’s delisting of the gray wolf from the Endangered Species Act could complicate Colorado’s efforts to reintroduce the wolf to the state.
Read More...FWS provides $250K for grizzly control
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has allocated $250,000 to protect Montana livestock from grizzly bear depredation in 2021. The money pays for federal Wildlife Services agents to use lethal…
Read More...Colorado HPP state council seeks livestock and sportsmen representatives
Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) is seeking volunteers to fill two openings on the Habitat Partnership Program State Council. The Council is the oversight body for the Habitat Partnership Program…
Read More...Winter’s dry start prompts low California water allocation
California’s water managers yesterday preliminarily allocated just 10% of requested water supplies to agencies that together serve more than 27 million Californians and 750,000 acres of farmland. The state Department…
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