Environment

Company finds ‘significant’ gold near Yellow Pine

Midas Gold has been exploring since 2009 on private land and the Payette National Forest. It has mapped millions of ounces of gold in its Golden Meadows project in the Stibnite Mining District and is seeking to learn even more.

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ENVIRONMENT

Running from climate change may trip up some species, study says

As climate change transforms their habitat, some animals are already on the move. But a new analysis from the University of Washington warns that many species won't be able to run fast enough to survive a warming world.

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ENVIRONMENT

Rocky Barker: Climate change debate remains partisan in face of facts

M y story last week on the changes measured in the Boise River system over the last 100 years and the increasing climatic variability attracted a lot of comments from readers who think there is still a debate about whether rapid climate change is taking place.

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ENVIRONMENT

Idaho groups take aim at caribou’s protection

Bonner County and the Idaho State Snowmobile Association petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to remove the mountain caribou from the federal Endangered Species List.

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ENVIRONMENT

Do Your Part: Be a green beach bum this summer

Are you one of millions who will enjoy some of the summer sun at the beach? Did you know that some of the choices we make at home and while on vacation can actually contaminate the very same waters we can't wait to get in? Do Your Part and become a greener beach bum this year.

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ENVIRONMENT

Makers of flame retardants under fire

CHICAGO — Dr. David Heimbach knows how to tell a story.

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ENVIRONMENT

Isolated wolves of Isle Royale in peril

During a cold winter in the late 1940s, wolves made a 20-mile journey across an ice bridge that had formed between the North Shore of Lake Superior and Isle Royale.

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ENVIRONMENT

Beetle threatens California avocados

A tiny Asian beetle could spell big trouble for California's avocado industry.

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ENVIRONMENT

Owyhees watershed data shows warming, less snow over time

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OUTDOORS

Wandering wolf photographed in California

GRANTS PASS, Ore. — The wolf has won worldwide fame while trekking across mountains, deserts and highways looking for a mate, and now he has had what appears to be his first close encounter with people.

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ENVIRONMENT

Universities banning bottled water on campus

Loyola University Chicago began encouraging students to drink tap water by giving all freshmen reusable bottles last fall and installing more refill stations around campus throughout this past year.

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