wildfire Nevada
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IDAHO: Execs Indicted for Firefighting Fuel Truck Wire Fraud

BOISE, Idaho, December 19, 2023 (ENS) – After a court-authorized wiretap investigation, a federal grand jury in Boise, Idaho, this week charged two executives of competing companies with conspiring to rig bids for forest firefighting contracts and allocate territories in violation of the Sherman Act. […]

Keams Canyon Store
Latest News

Western Tribes Funded for Clean Water, Power, Dam Safety

SUPAI, Arizona, May 23, 2023 (ENS) – Tribal communities in five Western states: Arizona, Idaho, Montana, South Dakota, and Washington, will receive millions from the $1.2 trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced this week during a visit to tribes in her home state of Arizona. […]

Montana
Land Use/Forests

Montana Court Vacates 278 BLM Oil and Gas Leases

GREAT FALLS, Montana, May 5, 2020 (ENS) – Montana landowners, farmers, and conservation groups have won a victory in their effort to protect local groundwater and the climate. A federal judge has ruled that the Bureau of Land Management, BLM, failed to consider risks to Montana’s environment and water supply before issuing 287 oil and gas leases in the December 2017 and March 2018 lease sales. […]