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CFWEP | Clark Fork Watershed Education Program
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Clark Fork Info > News > Archive > November 2009

November 27th, 2009:
Montana Standard: Suit seeks to stop grazing along upper Missouri River
Montana Standard: Group sues to list cutthroat trout
Montana Standard: 2nd bull moose poached near Cardwell
Montana Standard: Fishing pond discussion set
Montana Standard: Wardens investigate illegal wildlife shootings
Montana Standard: Agency: Problems exist with wild horse proposal
Montana Standard: Bighorn sheep near Darby dying of pneumonia
Missoulian: Burning snuffed as new air quality rules pass city, county muster
Missoulian: Huey Lewis, others bait ducks to end hunting along Bitterroot's Mitchell Slough
Missoulian: Energy use on city of Missoula's radar
Missoulian: Calls increasing for aggressive approach to take out non-native trout in Flathead Lake
Missoulian: Montana's big-game hunting season ends; no extensions planned
Missoulian: FWP game check week four (pdf)
Missoulian: Hunter recounts 4-day ordeal, stranded by snowstorm in Little Belts
Missoula Independent: Switching gears  Confessions of an off-road vehicle outlaw

November 24th, 2009:
Montana Standard: Electric co-op writes off $9.1M on power plant
Montana Standard: Agency seeks comments on air pollution
Montana Standard: Permits required for Christmas tree cutting
Montana Standard: Grizzly deaths down in park
Montana Standard: Officials to cull Big Hole wolf pack
Montana Standard: New proposal for nonresident hunting licenses
Missoulian: State seeks comments on Montana's air pollution
Missoulian: Environmentalists, outfitters file suit to end grazing in Upper Missouri River Breaks
Missoulian: Colorado senator introduces bill to attack bark beetles in the West
Missoulian: Rehberg is evaluating Tester's wilderness, jobs bill
Missoulian: White-tailed deer harvest at half of '08 numbers

November 20th, 2009:
Montana Standard: Water lines, land purchases among NRD recommendations
Montana Standard: Big Timber responds to lead, copper in water
Montana Standard: Appeals to BLM travel plan dismissed
Montana Standard: Judge: Keep grizzlies on threatened list
Missoulian: Kootenai forest grizzly complaint (pdf)
Missoulian: Contamination minimal when truck crashes into Clark Fork River
Missoulian: Montana Supreme Court upholds Missoula County zoning that blocked Lolo gravel pit
Missoulian: Outdoors briefs for Thursday, November 19
Missoulian: FWP game check week 3 (pdf)
Missoula Independent: Gassed up Study shows statewide emissions jump 36 percent
Missoula Independent: What we’re really doing by reintroducing wolves
Missoula Independent: Why are Dems continuing Republican coal projects?

November 17th, 2009:
Montana Standard: Report: State output of CO2 increases since 1990
Montana Standard: FWP ends wolf hunt
Montana Standard: State: Record geese count at Freezout Lake
Missoulian: Experts: Poaching, self-defense kills haven't threatened grizzly bear recovery
Missoulian: Environmental groups want Schweitzer to push for changes in regional power plan
Missoulian: A conversation about protecting land, farmers and ranchers
Missoulian: Protecting soil and a way of life: Coalition aims to preserve Missoula County's productive agricultural lands
Missoulian: State to swap land adjoining Ninepipe Wildlife Management Area
Missoulian: Last anterless elk season ends for hunters with general license in Bitterroot

November 13th, 2009:
Montana Standard: Trout numbers up in Missouri River
Montana Standard: Moose shot from road
Montana Standard: Missouri watershed groups to gather in Twin Bridges
Montana Standard: Hunters near quota
Montana Standard: Trophy poachers worry state wildlife officials
Montana Standard: Official: Some arsenic from soil, not lead smelter
Montana Standard: Yellowstone Park bison could go to Turner ranch
Montana Standard: Tester greets friends, foes of forest bill
Missoulian: Comment period extended for Blackfoot River management plan
Missoulian: Missoula City Council votes to raise sewer rates
Missoulian: Feds providing funds to help landowners manage trees
Missoulian: FWP Region 2 game check week 2 (pdf)
Missoula Independent: Roadless-less:A semi-retired judge tears apart historic campaign to protect unroaded forests
Missoula Independent: Mountain High

November 9th,2009:
Montana Standard: Baucus only Demo to vote ‘no' on climate-change bill
Montana Standard: Wyoming makes argument for managing gray wolves
Montana Standard: Yellowstone cleans up fuel tank sites
Montana Standard: BioBlitz in Yellowstone
Montana Standard: Forest Service calls off logging, burning project
Montana Standard: Forest Service rejects appeals
Montana Standard: Transplanted swift foxes doing well
Montana Standard: Missoula hunter mistakenly shoots bear
Montana Standard: 50 wolves killed in state hunt so far
Missoulian: MSU researcher shares study on wolf stalking, elk populations at symposium
Missoula Independent: Nature's way:  How to see the whole world as a cherished park

November 5th, 2009:
Montana Environmental Education Association Bugnet: The Healing Power of Nature, Empowering Youth and Saving Biodiversity, 19th Annual MEEA Conference, and more

November 3rd, 2009:
National Environmental Education Foundations Seeks Outstanding High School Environmental Educators: Applications Accepted Now for $5,000 Bartlett Award
November Public Notices from Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks
November Headlines from Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks
Latest News from the Clark Fork River Technical Assistance Committee (CFRTAC): NRDP Advisory Council Considers Upper Clark Fork Basin Projects; Clark Fork Cleanups Help Quantify Montana's Restoration Economy; Opportunity Update to Look at Air, Water Quality and Milltown Sediment
November News from the Montana Dept. of Environmental Quality
Montana Standard: Superfund issues at Opportunity focus of meeting
Montana Standard: Landowners increasingly shut down popular spots
Montana Standard: Poaching throws wrinkles in wolf-hunting season
Montana Standard: Officials surprised Baucus backs wilderness bill
Montana Standard: Montana hunters asked to test animals for disease
Montana Standard: Yellowstone wolf pack's leaders hit by hunting
Montana Standard: Grizzly bears fared poorly in October
Montana Standard: Second clawless grizzly found in state
Montana Standard: Poached elk left to waste
Montana Standard: Elk hunting near Galen prompts calls to game officers
Montana Standard: Animals zapped by downed power line
Missoulian: Study: Montana jobs in green sector growing
Missoulian: Forest Jobs and Recreation Act (pdf)
Missoulian: Mountain lion kill
Missoulian: FWP captures albino bear near Olney, moves it to Glacier Park
Missoulian: Opening day numbers at FWP game check stations (pdf)
Missoulia Independent: Target Range Sights set on growth
Missoula Independent: Sprawling out - Why the Bitterroot Resort's collapse could be lose-lose
Montana DNRC Highground Newsletter - Oct. 2009 (pdf)

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