Tests of four wells on the site of the Idaho National
Engineering and Environmental Laboratory reveal that minute traces
of plutonium have leaked into the Snake River Aquifer.
Items by Andrea Barnett
As the Park Service struggles to radio-collar and control
Yellowstone's wandering bison, the wildness of the animal is
forgotten.
Near Virginia City, Mont., and throughout the West, small
mines face minimal regulation and oversight, and private landowners
and the state are often left with huge cleanup costs and polluted
streams.
Two conservation groups - Keep Yellowstone Nuclear Fre and
Idaho's Environmental Defense Institute - are suing the DOE over
radioactive waste treatment at the Idaho National Engineering and
Environmental Laboratory.
Despite federal pressure, Montana refuses to budge on its
policy of killing bison that stray from Yellowstone National Park,
out of fear they may carry brucellosis.
The Montana Supreme Court's "clean environment" ruling may
help clarify the Montana Environmental Policy Act, considered the
"granddaddy" of the state's environmental laws.
A precedent-setting legal ruling by the Montana Supreme
Court says that Montana citizens have a right to a "clean and
healthful" environment.
A new hunters' group called the Friends of the Northern
Yellowstone Elk Herd is blaming wolves for the recent drop in the
population of the park's northern elk herd.
The Montana Supreme Court says that the provision in the
state's constitution that guarantees residents "a clean and
healthful environment" protects the state's natural resources from
actual, proven damage and potential harm.
Bison biologist Mary Meagher joins conservationists, area
business people and snowmobilers in denouncing Yellowstone National
Park's new winter use plan.
The Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks
approves new trapping regulations that critics say offer no real
changes and continue to favor trappers.
Some conservationists say a proposed land exchange
involving Montana's Lewis and Clark National Forest is a bad
idea.
The radical environmental group Earth First! feels some
growing pains as a new and younger generation begins to replace the
original activists.
Locals are wary of Earth First!ers in Idaho logging
communities.
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