After losing a lawsuit involving grazing allotments, the Bureau of Land Management has expressed concern that the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) — considered to be the country’s most important environmental law — is making the agency vulnerable to lawsuits that drain time and resources, raising questions about that law’s future.
Newest threat to Idaho’s fish — phosphate mining
Plans to construct a new road and railroad tracks through the Narrows of southeastern Idaho’s Blackfoot River to transport personnel, materials and ore for new phosphate mining operations could severely damage cutthroat trout habitat. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/7.25/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
NEPA at stake?
After losing a lawsuit involving grazing allotments, the Bureau of Land Management has expressed concern that the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) — considered to be the country’s most important environmental law — is making the agency vulnerable to lawsuits that drain time and resources, raising questions about that law’s future. Download entire issue to…
Dams — no boon to locals
A study has found that major dams along the Missouri River have not substantially benefited the rural areas where the projects were built. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/7.25/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E