Montana Sues Wyoming Over Water Rights
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By MATTHEW BROWN  BILLINGS, Mont. - Montana sued Wyoming in the U.S. Supreme Court Thursday over water rights in two shared rivers, which Montana claims are running dry due to Wyoming's overuse.
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Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne met with Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue on Friday with the aim of keeping a tri-state fight over waning water supplies amid a severe drought from spilling into court.
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A legal battle brews over whether fishermen are trespassing when they fish in the flooded bottomlands.
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By JOHN MILLER  BOISE, Idaho - The head of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Tuesday his agency will start removing federal protections from gray wolves in Montana and Idaho by January, regardless of whether Wyoming has submitted an acceptable plan to manage its own wolves by then.
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By Farrish, Jessica  FAYETTEVILLE - A lawsuit filed Oct. 23 in Fayette County Circuit Court to halt Phase I of a controversial plan by Land Resource Co. to develop some of the land overlooking the New River Gorge.
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A judge upheld Montana water-quality standards aimed at protecting rivers in the Powder River Basin from pollution caused by coal-bed methane development.
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By DAN JOLING  ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Two conservation groups sued the federal government Tuesday, claiming regulators are not doing enough to protect polar bears and walruses against the combined threat of energy exploration and global warming.  The groups say the U.S.
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By Erik Lacayo, The Fresno Bee, Calif.  Dec. 14--ARMONA -- In an attempt to save their Armona farm from becoming a water treatment plant, members of a Texas family pleaded their case before the local water district Wednesday night.
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By MATTHEW BROWN  LOVELL, Wyo. - Sandy gullies and endless sage brush offer little hint of the watersports mecca once envisioned for this small town near the Montana line.
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The Army Corps of Engineers sidestepped the governor's demand to stop draining reservoirs Wednesday, setting up a legal showdown between the federal government and state officials who blame the policy for intensifying a record drought.
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By Jared Paben, The Bellingham Herald, Wash.  Jun. 2--There's not enough water on Squalicum Mountain to serve a substantial number of homes, and drilling more wells for new houses may rob existing houses of water, a Whatcom County geologist told county officials.
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By BEN NEARY  CHEYENNE, Wyo. - Wolves will remain protected for now in Wyoming, where officials want to manage the animals by killing some, even as they come off the endangered species list in five other states, federal officials said Friday.
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By Moore, Michael  Forest protection groups on Friday appealed a federal court decision that allowed Montana's first fuel-reduction project under the national Healthy Forests Restoration Act to move forward.
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By JOHN FLESHER  TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - Michigan and eight other states sued the Bush administration Tuesday, saying the White House failed to adequately regulate emissions of mercury and other pollutants at cement plants.
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By Chris Woodka, The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo.  Sep. 13--Several Arkansas River communities will be part of a statewide river cleanup Saturday sponsored by Trout Unlimited.
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By Tony Thornton, The Daily Oklahoman  May 30--PAWHUSKA -- Rancher Dick Surber has trouble pinpointing what troubles him most about an Osage Nation proposal to create and regulate environmental standards for all of Osage County.
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By Mary Divine, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn.  Jun. 6--The Sierra Club went to court Tuesday to stop a proposed bridge across the St. Croix River, arguing the project is an improper retooling by the Bush administration of a plan rejected by the National Park Service in the 1990s.