Winds, Low Humidity Bring Critical Wildfire Danger To Much Of The West
"Red flag fire warnings are in effect for large portions of the West on Sunday and Monday, the National Weather Service said."
Source: LA Times, 06/29/2020
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Amid Human Pandemic, Deadly Disease Strikes Rabbit Populations
"A lethal disease that strikes rabbits has been detected in a jackrabbit in Palm Springs, leading veterinarians and animal rescue organizations to prepare for its potential spread to San Diego County and throughout the state."
Source: LA Times, 06/25/2020
“Billionaire Wilderness: The Ultra-Wealthy and the Remaking of the American West”
It’s a site of stunning natural beauty. It’s also the place with America’s worst income inequality. A new book details how Wyoming’s Teton County elite have, perhaps unwittingly, used their extreme wealth to remake the region through conservation easements and donations to environmental causes, but remain blind to the needs of the area’s poorer residents. The latest BookShelf review explains.
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Drought Fears Take Hold in a Four Corners Region Already Virus-Hit
"The landscape where Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and Utah meet is withering again as the pandemic persists."
Source: InsideClimate News, 06/09/2020
"Groups Seek To Stop Copper Mine Near Popular Montana River"
"Conservation groups want a Montana court to cancel the approval of a long-disputed copper mine that they say would pollute a tributary of one of the state’s most popular recreational rivers."
Source: AP, 06/05/2020
How Explanatory Reporting Can Define a Challenged Landscape
To cover the wide range of challenges affecting his Mountain State, a small market beat reporter won plaudits first by becoming a close student of the issues and then boiling them down to the basics for his audience. Inside Story’s Q&A explores the resulting award-winning journalism on topics like water law and public lands, groundwater pollution and protected species.
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"Energy Developers Seek Leases Near Iconic Utah Park"
"Oil and gas companies have proposed more than 150,000 acres of federal land for potential development in the canyons of eastern Utah, some as close as a mile and a half from the famous Arches National Park."
Source: Greenwire, 05/25/2020
No Drought of Data, As Climate Dries U.S.
With drought can come fire, and with megadrought, routine reporting becomes disaster headlines. Reporter’s Toolbox gets you to the bottom of the drought data sources that help determine what’s ahead for your region, sorting through the complicated set of federal drought monitoring agencies and resources.
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SEJ Mourns the Loss of John Freemuth
Conservation Champion and Head of the Andrus Center Was Also a Staunch Advocate for SEJ. The Society of Environmental Journalists is saddened to learn of John Freemuth's passing. John was a stalwart supporter of SEJ and it was his vision that brought SEJ's 2020 conference to Boise State University. As the inaugural chair of the university's Andrus Center for Public Policy, he upheld the legacy of its namesake by leading a national dialogue on public lands policy.
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Smokey’s 420 Gets the ‘Dirt’ on Pot Crop
The story of Smokey’s 420, mom-and-pop pot shop that’s taken a more environmental perspective. Plus, why the explosion in the infant business legal cannabis could be bad news for the environment, if left largely unregulated.
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