Western Environmental News Roundup

By Matt Singer, 5-13-05

The Associated Press reports that the federalis have "ordered the killing of a pack of endangered Mexican gray wolves that has been preying on livestock in the Gila National Forest." In other fauna news, Scripps Howard takes a look at the costs of saving the flycatcher, "a small, migratory bird."

The nuclear options aren't just weighing heavy on the Senate. Across the region, nuclear power issues are in the news. A US House subcommittee "is directing the Energy Department to start sending nuclear waste to an interim storage site next year," reports the Associated Press. Both the Idaho Falls Post-Register and USA Today look at the impacts of radiation on "downwinders," while the Navajo Nation is moving to ban uranium mining, according to the Associated Press.

The Times-News of Twin Falls, ID reports that "Several facilities in the Magic Valley topped the federal government's list for releasing the most pollutants in Idaho during the year 2003, raising concerns for environmentalists." [End of article]