Idaho nuclear scientists say fuel rods can be safely studied
IDAHO FALLS - An eastern Idaho nuclear facility can safely handle two shipments of 25 spent fuel rods for research and it's not the start of turning the state into a nuclear waste dump, officials at the site say.
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$4M in U.S. projects aim to protect sage grouse habitat
BOISE - Interior Secretary Sally Jewell on Wednesday announced more than $4 million in projects in four states as part of a wildfire-fighting strategy to protect a wide swath of intermountain West sagebrush country that supports cattle ranching and is home to a struggling bird species.
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Idaho creates new oil, gas laws
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Grassland-nesting shorebird to be studied
BOISE - A large shorebird that nests in grasslands and uses its extra-long bill to pluck crustaceans from mudflats and wolf spiders from animal burrows will be the subject of an intense study this summer in three states.
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Feds reopen comment period for mountain caribou protections
BOISE - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has reopened for comment a proposed plan to change the protected status of a herd of caribou in northern Idaho and northeastern Washington from endangered to threatened.
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Sheriff gives all-clear following triple killing
BOISE - There is no ongoing threat to the community following the arrest of a 22-year-old man connected to a triple killing, an Idaho sheriff said.
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Firefighting plan aims to protect Western habitat
BOISE - U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell has released the initial plan for a new wildfire-fighting strategy to protect a wide swath of intermountain West sagebrush country that supports cattle ranching and is home to a struggling bird species.
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Earthquake rattles Lucky Friday Mine
A small earthquake in North Idaho near the Lucky Friday Mine temporarily slowed production Friday morning. But work resumed after an inspection determined the mine remained safe.
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House panel OKs changes to Idaho oil and gas rules
BOISE - Idaho lawmakers on a House committee advanced four bills to the full House to make alterations to oil and natural gas rules as it becomes more apparent the industry is moving ahead on the belief the state has profitable reserves.
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Solar power heating up in Idaho
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Former governors blast Otter's nuclear waste deal
BOISE - Idaho Gov. Butch Otter is turning the state into nuclear waste repository, former Idaho Govs. Phil Batt and Cecil Andrus say.
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ISU cancels rifle order
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Company seeks to mine gold in central Idaho wilderness
BOISE - The U.S. Forest Service is taking public comments on its approval of a gold mining company's plan to reopen a 4-mile road in a central Idaho wilderness and drill core samples to find out if two of its claims are profitable enough to be mined.
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Jewell orders firefighting strategy that protects habitat
BOISE - U.S. Secretary of Interior Sally Jewell is calling for a new wildfire-fighting strategy to protect a wide swath of intermountain West sagebrush country that supports cattle ranching and is home to a struggling bird species.
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Feds plan to hold Idaho oil and gas lease sale
BOISE - Federal officials in Idaho in a battle with a Texas oil company over what is believed to be a profitable natural gas field in Payette County plan to offer five parcels for competitive leasing by April.
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Studying selenium
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Idaho sockeye salmon success could be blueprint
BOISE - Strategies used to bring back from the brink of extinction a population of central Idaho sockeye salmon have been so successful they could be used as a blueprint to prevent other extinctions, fisheries biologists say.
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Forest Service pressured to stop Idaho wolf derby
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Feds cancel permit for Idaho wolf-killing derby
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Water quality better
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Second lawsuit filed against Idaho wolf derby
BOISE - Three environmental groups have filed a lawsuit seeking to halt a wolf- and coyote-hunting derby on public lands set for early January in east-central Idaho.
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Environmentalists file lawsuit over wolf hunt derby
BOISE - Four environmental groups filed a lawsuit late Thursday to prevent a federal agency from extending a wolf- and coyote-hunting derby onto additional public lands in east-central Idaho.
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Insights on hummingbird travel, life span revealed
BOISE - Hummingbirds are giving up some of their secrets.
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Sage grouse solutions sought
BOISE - Some of the nation's top public lands officials and rangeland scientists have gathered in Boise to try to figure out what can be done to avoid a listing of the sage grouse on the federal Endangered Species Act.
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Latah County issues marriage licenses to gays
BOISE - At least one county clerk in Idaho has allowed gay weddings to begin in the state, issuing same-sex marriage licenses Friday after the U.S. Supreme Court said the unions could proceed.
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Idaho wolf, coyote hunting derby wants larger area
BOISE - A group which overcame a court challenge last winter to conduct a wolf- and coyote-shooting derby is seeking a permit from the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to roughly double the area for a second event this winter.
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Tamarack ski area lease mulled
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Idaho rejects oil company request to exclude feds
BOISE - Idaho officials have rejected a Texas company's request to exclude federal lands and potential royalties from what is believed to be a profitable natural gas field in the southwest part of the state.
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Survey: Sturgeon hold steady in river section
BOISE - The population of North America's largest freshwater fish living between a dam on the Idaho-Oregon border and another in western Washington state was holding steady from 14 years ago, according to preliminary information from an Idaho utility's survey.
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Exploding targets banned
BOISE - The U.S. Forest Service has banned exploding targets in North Idaho, Montana, North Dakota and portions of South Dakota because of wildfire and public safety concerns.
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Idaho earthquake swarm tapering off
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Idaho chief fiscal officer job contested
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Lots of shaking, quaking in central Idaho
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Groups plan lawsuit overincidentallynx trapping
BOISE - Three environmental groups plan to file a federal lawsuit against Idaho if state officials don't address incidental trapping of federally protected Canada lynx.
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