ROB CHANEY
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency adopted a new standard for selenium waste in Montanaâs Kootenai River and Koocanusa Reservoir on Thursday, after the Legislature dropped plans to revoke the state rule.
âEPAâs action is based on a thorough technical review of the Stateâs submission and a determination that the adopted standards are based on sound science and consistent with the Clean Water Act,â EPA spokeswoman Laura Flynn Jenkins wrote in an emailed statement.
âMontanaâs revised standards will strengthen ongoing efforts to address selenium concerns in surface waters, fish and aquatic life within the Kootenai River watershed.â
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Whether it’s at the local or state level, lighting is a big deal. For three months, Ivins City where I live has been struggling with revamping a lighting ordinance. Many concerns have been expressed: lighting location and brightness, vegetation lighting, holiday lighting (which holidays and for how long), lighting for safety (so that people don’t get run down in crosswalks by cars or attacked by perpetrators), and perhaps primary in the minds of many “freedom to do as I please on my property.” On the other side are those concerned with the beauty of our area and the night sky while not having the light of others affect their own property and views.
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House approves bill giving California half million acres of new wilderness
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More than 1 million acres of public land in California and other Western states would be preserved as undeveloped wilderness under a Biden administration plan headed toward the Senate.Save the Redwoods League
More than 1 million acres of public land in California and other Western states will be preserved as undeveloped wilderness if long-stalled legislation that’s back in play under the Biden administration can make it through Congress.
The ambitious bill, which combines eight previously introduced conservation initiatives, would provide pandemic-weary Californians with more redwood forests to explore in the north state, a 400-mile scenic trail to hike along the Central Coast and expanded national recreation areas to visit in Southern California.