Fight Brews Over Mining Waste That Flows To Boise
A Canadian-based gold mining company has told the U.S. Forest Service and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that at the end of May it will stop treating arsenic-laced water escaping from an old mine that flows into the Boise River and then to Boise.
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Fight Brews Over Mining Waste That Flows To Boise
Rocky Mountain caves could be closed in move to protect bats
Officials with the Northern Region of the U.S. Forest Service are considering closing caves under its jurisdiction starting May 1 due to a disease that officials say has killed millions of bats, mainly in the Northeast.
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Rocky Mountain caves could be closed in move to protect bats
Plan to prevent ATV road closures clears ID Senate
The Associated Press The Associated Press BOISE, Idaho State senators have approved a bill aimed at preventing the U.S. Forest Service from closing some roads to all-terrain vehicles amid safety concerns over underage drivers. The bill cleared the Idaho Senate on a 26-9 vote Tuesday. It requires underage drivers who use these forest roads to complete a state-approved safety course. Forest …
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Plan to prevent ATV road closures clears ID Senate
Boise Watershed Drilling Approved
The U.S. Forest Service has approved a Canadian company’s plan to explore 2,900 acres of the Boise National Forest for molybdenum and copper.
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Boise Watershed Drilling Approved
Central Idaho skiers told to stay away from elk
U.S. Forest Service officials in central Idaho say skiers should stay away from elk to avoid stressing the ungulates during the winter.
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Central Idaho skiers told to stay away from elk
Have You Registered for Boise Yet? Sponsorship Opportunities…
Have You Registered for Boise Yet? Sponsorship Opportunities Available for Fire Safety Forum and HAI Government Contracting Committee Meeting Join helicopter firefighting operators under contract to the U.S. Forest Service or Department of the Interior and attend HAIa s Fall Government Contracting Committee meeting and Firefighting Safety Forum in …
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Have You Registered for Boise Yet? Sponsorship Opportunities…
Idaho’s beloved ‘shoe tree’ burns
U.S. Forest Service officials in northern Idaho say the rubber-soled decorations that made the “shoe tree” a beloved Priest River landmark also helped fuel its demise.
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Idaho’s beloved ‘shoe tree’ burns
Idaho fire destroys quirky ‘shoe tree’ attraction; cedar decorated with shoes since the 1940s
In this photo provided by the U.S. Forest Service via KREM.com, the “shoe tree,” a beloved Priest River landmark, stands in Boise, Idaho after the fire.
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Idaho fire destroys quirky ‘shoe tree’ attraction; cedar decorated with shoes since the 1940s
Fire destroys Oregon forest ranger offices
The U.S. Forest Service visitor center and ranger district offices for the popular Wallowa Mountains region of northeastern Oregon has burned to the ground.
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ID’s Otter takes on feds over wilderness filming
Associated Press – May 19, 2010 4:44 PM ET BOISE, Idaho (AP) – Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter is taking on the U.S. Forest Service over its decision to forbid the state’s educational broadcasting…
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ID’s Otter takes on feds over wilderness filming
