Montana's Mining Future on Ballot Measure
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Mining is such a major part of Montana's legacy that the words "gold and silver" in Spanish are still emblazoned on the state seal.
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An environmental group has staked claim to 20 acres of public land next to a posh subdivision to show just how antiquated the nation's mining laws are.
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By Tony Davis, The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson  Jun. 11--U.S. Rep. Raul Grijalva is pushing a bill that would prod the federal government to find alternatives to building a 700-mile border fence across major public land preserves.
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Supporters see federal move granting greater flexibility. Critics predict more logging.
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By David Reich-Hale  The Nassau Legislature on Tuesday is expected to unanimously approve a $100 million bond issue designed to preserve open space and protect the environment.   The Environment Protection Bond passed through the rules committee last week.
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The president's power to grab attention was on display in Montana last week, but Social Security showed a power of its own.
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By Shanna Hogan, The Tribune, Mesa, Ariz.  Sep. 5--Conservationists spent more than a year gathering 300,000 signatures to get an initiative on the November ballot that would preserve 694,000 acres of state trust land.
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HELENA, Mont. -- Montana moved one step closer Saturday to establishing a long-awaited board to compensate ranchers who lose livestock to wolves.
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By ERICA MELTZER, ARIZONA DAILY STAR  Grijalva may have big say as member of House panel  Southern Arizona's congressional representatives say they will do what they can to stop mining at Rosemont Ranch in the Santa Rita Mountains.
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By Nicole Warburton Deseret Morning News  A simple plan to ask voters to approve a tax hike to build new TRAX lines in Salt Lake County has become a lot more complicated because of a bill passed Tuesday by the Utah Legislature.
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By Shawna Gamache, The Idaho Statesman, Boise  Feb. 3--Idaho will soon be the third state to take up a gritty, graphic anti-meth campaign started in Montana in 2005.   On Friday, former Boise Rep. Debbie Field, Gov.
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Last August, Democratic presidential candidate John F. Kerry pledged to boost funding for the national park system by $600 million a year by raising fees on mining companies. The National Mining Association immediately denounced the proposal, saying it would cost Nevada, a key battleground state, 44,000 jobs.
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By Cathy McKitrick, The Salt Lake Tribune  Feb. 2--A Senate bill, tailored to affect the outcome of a contentious  land battle between two Utah cities, will be reconsidered today as lawmakers  try to resolve concerns about how the measure could impact the rest of the  state.
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By SEAN WHALEY and MOLLY BALL  By SEAN WHALEY and MOLLY BALL  REVIEW-JOURNAL  CARSON CITY - Voters in November will be allowed to weigh in on government's authority to seize private property, but not its ability to tax and spend.
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By World Capitol Bureau  The measure was designed to protect owners of land devoted primarily to farming, ranching or forestry.   OKLAHOMA CITY -- Gov. Brad Henry has vetoed a measure that was designed to protect landowners from hunters who stray onto their properties.
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The vote by the shareholders of world number four gold miner Harmony on the group&#39;s bid for rival Gold Fields on late Friday morning is crucial to the continuation of Harmony&#39;s daring bid.
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By Daniel Kelley, Belleville News-Democrat, Ill.  Jun. 15--MARISSA -- A Peabody Energy proposal to reopen a surface mine and use adjacent land as a burnt coal landfill outside Marissa has drawn concern from nearby residents and praise from the business community.