December 12, 2008

Bighorn Sheep Rule Stirs Debate in West

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By STEPHANIE SIMON Wall Street Journal A new federal policy regulating how bighorn sheep are transported across state lines has drawn critic...

'Citizen of the Year' Bud Smith passes away

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Obituary Las Vegas Review Journal MELVIN SMITH JR. - Melvin "Bud" L. Smith Jr., of Cima, Calif., passed away Sunday, Dec. 7, 2008...

Endangered Species Act is modified

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Bush administration changes could speed up projects and allow drilling in Alaska's polar bear habitat. By Julie Cart Los Angeles Times T...
December 11, 2008

Marine base expansion a 'threat' to Lucerne Valley residents

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Lucerne Valley resident David Foster writes his comment at the scoping meeting Thursday. His main concerns with the expansion focus on the r...
December 8, 2008

Hard-rock miners gear up for new 1872 mining act fight

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Industry fights economic woes, reform plans The Associated Press Las Vegas Review-Journal A deepening recession has hurt the hard-rock minin...
December 6, 2008

Moderate earthquake rattles Calif. desert

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Scientists blame delayed aftershock from 7.1-magnitude Hector Mine tremblor in 1999 that derailed the Amtrak Southwest Chief. Associated Pre...
December 5, 2008

New rule lifts ban on firearms in national parks

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By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — People will soon be able to carry concealed, loaded guns in most national parks and wildl...

Lancaster sees solar as salvation

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The city and surrounding Antelope Valley have been hard hit by poverty, unemployment and foreclosures. The nearly complete eSolar facility c...

Farmers target EPA report they say might tax cows

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By BOB JOHNSON Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — For farmers, this stinks: Belching and gaseous cows and hogs could start costing the...
December 4, 2008

Marine expansion plans don't sit well with off-roaders

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By DAVID DANELSKI The Press-Enterprise VICTORVILLE - Off-roading enthusiasts and military officials appeared to be on a collision course Thu...

Grandson arrested in missing woman’s death

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Vehicle found in Barstow By ABBY SEWELL Desert Dispatch Arturo Hernandez BARSTOW • The grandson of a missing woman who turned up dead in the...
December 3, 2008

Feds halt plan to drill in scenic Utah canyons

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Areas populated by big game still will be auctioned, environmentalists say Utah's Monument Basin in Canyonlands National Park in 2007. D...

Environmentally minded cowboys run a green ranch in Arizona

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At two ranches near the Grand Canyon, they try to raise cattle in a way that doesn’t sully the sensitive southwestern landscape. New horizon...

Judge scales back "Roadless Rule"

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Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal magistrate judge ruled Tuesday that a Clinton-era ban against new road construction and deve...
December 1, 2008

Interview With Dennis Schramm

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Superintendent of Mojave National Preserve BY DAVID LAMFROM The Desert Report A Brief Introduction to Mojave National Preserve: To millions ...
November 29, 2008

Environmentalist group seeks Pickens' wife's help to remove cattle from rangeland

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By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press Wild horses are seen on the at the Pryor Mountain National Wild Horse Range in south-central Montana...
November 28, 2008

Drought deepens strain on a dwindling Colorado

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Flows falling: California first in line as Utah, other states fight for water. By Patty Henetz The Salt Lake Tribune The Colorado Basin stat...

Navajo water a wild card in river's future

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Old rights: 1908 decision gave tribe part of the river By Patty Henetz The Salt Lake Tribune T he commission that created the 1922 Colorado ...

Missing woman's body found in Mojave National Preserve

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Luisa Aguilar Ventura, 58, was reported missing Nov. 17. Her grandson, Arturo Hernandez, 18, and his pickup truck are being sought. Luisa Ag...

‘I’m Shocked, Shocked To Discover Land Use Going On Here’

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by Vin Suprynowicz Las Vegas Review-Journal O nce you’ve passed through the entrance gate to one of America’s magnificent national parks or ...