Environment

Rocky Barker: 1989 Andrus speech heralded an environmental milestone

The four-time Idaho governor will ccelebrate a group that pioneered a collaborative approach.

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ENVIRONMENT

Rocky Barker: Otter's peppergrass victory will wilt in sun

Butch Otter's victory celebration on slickspot peppergrass may have come too early since Advocates for the West will use his argument to list pygmy rabbits.
ENVIRONMENT

Barker: Decision on desert plant victory for both Otter, enviros

The Obama administration has dropped its appeal of a federal judge’s decision to negate the listing of slickspot peppergrass as a threatened species.
ENVIRONMENT

Barker: BSU study questions if kestrels do tolerate humans

American kestrels nesting near roads and development had elevated stress hormones and abandoned their nests 10 times more often than kestrels living outside of developed areas.
ENVIRONMENT

Rocky Barker: Fire story is different in forests and on range

Idaho's Boise National Forest is more resilient after two decades of fire but its sagebrush-shrub habitat is being destroyed by fire.
ENVIRONMENT

Feds say other services will be cut to keep firefighters on job

The Ag and Interior secretaries vowed they would meet the challenge of tinderbox conditions to fight fires across the West despite deep budget cuts this summer.
ENVIRONMENT

Yanke Machine Shop seeks air quality permit

The Department of Environmental Quality is accepting public comments on a permit requested by Yanke Machine Shop.
ENVIRONMENT

Carbon dioxide levels hit 400 ppm for first time in human history

Planet Earth has reached a new record thanks to two centuries of burning coal and other fossil fuels.
ENVIRONMENT

Simpson urges BLM to address fire threat to sage grouse

Idaho Republican Rep. Mike Simpson chastised the Bureau of Land Management for cutting its budget for fire prevention at the same time it is seeking to keep the sage grouse off the endangered species list.
ENVIRONMENT

Atlanta Gold wants more time to pay pollution fine

Atlanta Gold has asked a federal judge to grant it a third extension of its deadline to pay a $2 million fine.
ENVIRONMENT

Valley businesses, residents cut water use

Experts say education is one of many reasons for a 25 percent decline in per-customer use since 2000.