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Southeast Montana
Photo courtesy of Rick and Susie Graetz
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
produced daily by Shellie Nelson
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More news from the Rockies
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Community
Montana county OKs $250K for open space, park
At its meeting on Tuesday, the Lewis and Clark County Commission approved spending $250,000 to purchase 30 acres of a 266-acre parcel of land in Montana's Helena Valley where a sustainable subdivision was once planned for a park, and to put a conservation easement on the remaining 236 acres.
Helena Independent Record;
July 25
Idaho hosts its first ever Farm to School conference
A decade ago Idaho Preferred began promoting the use of locally grown foods, and two years ago, the Farm to School program was born, and this week, food producers, distributors, educators and food-service operators gathered in Boise for the state's first ever conference on the program designed to get locally grown foods on students' plates.
Idaho Statesman;
July 24
Tribes
Idaho tribe to distribute funds from Cobell settlement
Each of the 3,500 members of the Nez Perce Tribe will receive $8,600 as their share of the Northern Idaho's $33.7-million slice of settlement funds from the federal government for mismanagement of assets held in trust for Native Americans, with $3 million of the tribe's share going to the Native American Rights Fund, which represented the tribe in the litigation.
Idaho Statesman (Lewiston Tribune);
July 25
Environment
Wyoming lays out plan to deal with cuts to CWD monitoring program
A reduction in state funding of $80,000 and the end of a $215,000 federal grant means Wyoming will have much less money to test for chronic wasting disease, which affects the brains of elk, deer and moose, causing them to lose weight and eventually die, but state officials said they'll phase out testing in areas where the disease has already been established and continue to test in areas where it is only now making an appearance.
Jackson Hole News and Guide;
July 25
Female wolf removed for killing sheep in Idaho
After wolves killed eight sheep on a ranch in central Idaho, the U.S. Wildlife Services issued a kill order for three wolves, and one female wolf was removed.
Idaho Mountain Express (Sun Valley);
July 25
Researchers test osprey chicks in Montana for mercury
The Yellowstone River Research Center at Rocky Mountain College in Montana is conducting a study of osprey chicks on the Yellowstone River from Gardiner to Forsyth to check mercury levels in the chicks' blood.
Billings Gazette;
July 25
Montana professor heads to the wilderness in search of largest larch
The largest Western larch that grows near Seeley Lake in Montana may lose its ranking on the Big Tree Registry maintained by American Forests as University of Montana assistant professor of ecology Andrew Larson heads into the Bob Marshall Wilderness armed with measuring devices to find an even bigger larch.
Missoulian;
July 25
Crews battle 2 wildfires in western Montana
A wildfire that destroyed a lodge near Rogers Pass was held to about 43 acres on Tuesday and crews had that Montana fire nearly 50 percent contained by evening, while the 3,250-acre Mission Road fire north of Wolf Creek was 85 percent contained by Tuesday evening.
Helena Independent Record;
July 25
Evacuation orders on Wyoming wildfire lifted
Campers were once again allowed in the Miracle Mile campground along the North Platte River in south-central Wyoming after fire officials determined the threat from the Seminoe Fire was no longer imminent, but the campground remains under voluntary evacuation orders as the 5-square-mile fire continues to burn.
Casper Star-Tribune (AP);
July 25
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