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State Officials Seek Help Fighting Invasive Species
State officials want to play a bigger role in fighting invasive species on federal lands, calling on federal officials to better coordinate their efforts. more
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States Unleash the Hounds! Sniffing Out Invasive Mussels
Minnesota officials hope man’s best friend will help the state quash its zebra mussel invasion. more
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Western Governors Want Feds to Do More in Stressed Forests
Is the federal government doing enough to protect its forests? Western governors don’t think so. more
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Top 10: Gun Run Pumps Up State Wildlife Funds
Which state wildlife programs will benefit the most from a surge in gun sales? more
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Wildfire Epidemic Leaves States Searching for Answers
The West is getting hotter and drier and stoking more destructive fires. They have left fire control officials looking for ways to fight them more effectively with fewer dollars. more
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New Jersey Wages War on Invasive Pine Beetle
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT BEAT: Officials in New Jersey are trying to protect state forests from the southern pine beetle, a pest that has killed pine trees across much of the country. more
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Abuses in Delaware Weatherization Program Revealed
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT BEAT: Delaware's troubled energy efficiency efforts ... a deal to remove protections for wolves ... Iowa leads in wind power and other energy and environment news. more
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Asian Carp, Other Invasive Species Make a Splash
As one voracious non-native fish bears down on the Great Lakes, notorious mussels are spreading across the West. Frustrated state officials say it's time for the federal government to play a bigger role in stopping the spread of invasive species. more
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In Northern Rockies, Wolves Raising Howls
A recent decision by the federal government to lift protections for gray wolves living in Idaho, Montana and Wyoming means the three states now are responsible for managing the animals - and inherit a years-old debate between conservationists and ranchers over what should be done with them.more -
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States take on alien species!
States are laying traps, building underwater barriers or spreading poison to control exotic species such as the snakehead fish, the emerald ash borer, the rusty crayfish and "rock snot" algae -- examples of the thousands of invasive plants and animals that can multiply quickly, gobble up food sources or native animals or spread disease to livestock, and even humans.more -
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State Lawmakers Bag Online Hunting
Lawmakers in 11 states jumped on the bandwagon to outlaw online hunting this year, and California may soon do the same. Why all the fuss? It's over a single website that briefly offered Internet users a chance this spring to shoot live animals on a Texas ranch and that netted a single customer. more
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Why Did the Moose Cross the Road?
State road planners are adapting the idea of pedestrian crosswalks to keep panthers in Florida, moose in Maine and tortoises in California from ending up as roadkill. One of the latest methods for protecting wildlife and their habitat is the use of "critter crossings," underpasses, overpasses and fences designed to let wildlife move about more freely and safely as suburban sprawl carries roads deeper into forests and wetlands.more -
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Hot-Button Social Issues Cram State Ballots
Voters this November will tackle controversial issues that many statehouses couldnt resolve, including whether to ban gay marriage, boost the state minimum wage or have a lottery. Californians will have the longest list of ballot questions with 16. more
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Western States Struggle to Meet Wildfire Threats
Despite dire warnings that catastrophic wildfires are fast becoming the norm in the West, observers say that budget shortfalls, National Guard deployments and cuts to federal fire programs have left Western states at their lowest level of fire preparedness in years. more
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Wolf Comeback Has Wyoming Officials Howling
Gray wolves roam the Northern Rockies by the hundreds just eight years after federal wildlife officials reintroduced them into a habitat where they had been hunted into near extinction. Many Westerners still consider wolves a threat, however, and Wyoming is refusing to back down on its plan to allow the unregulated killing of wolves outside of national parks. more
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Drilling Boom in Rockies Breeds Open-Range Conflict
A growing natural gas boom in the Rockies is changing traditional views and alliances on the open range and raising new concerns over air, water and habitat pollution. The result is a 21st-century rangeland clash between those who want to protect natural resources on the surface of federal and private lands and those who want to tap the wealth beneath. more
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State Lawmakers Form Great Lakes Caucus
Forty lawmakers representing eight states have launched the Great Lakes Legislative Caucus to create uniform laws in their respective states to curb water pollution, regulate water diversion projects and control non-native organisms that threaten the Great Lakes ecosystem. more
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Colorado Forecasting Fewer Fires, Return of Tourists
Despite ongoing budget concerns, Colorado legislators are breathing a little easier this summer than they were a year ago, when massive forest fires, stoked by a five-year drought, consumed hundreds of thousands of acres and turned tourism taxes to ash. more
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Governors Kick Off Fire Season with Call to Action
A group of Western governors attending a forest health summit in Montana called on Congress for immediate action to protect high-risk communities from wildfires in Western states. more
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Pennsylvania Land Program Gets Kudos, Knocks
Pennsylvania is in the forefront of an environmental movement to preserve farmland from development, but the Keystone State program is controversial. Proponents say natural resources are being protected, but the programs critics call it a money machine for cash-strapped landowners. more