en-us Copyright Sightline Daily - all rights reserved editor@sightline.org ask_us@sightline.org Most recent Idaho headlines from Sightline Daily, the Northwest news that matters http://daily.sightline.org Plone http://daily.sightline.org/logo.gif http://daily.sightline.org 427 69 From Oregon's Klamath Basin to Washington's Yakima Valley, Northwest farmers know they are in for a tough summer. Growers are scrambling around their crop plans. The region's three governors are considering drought declarations for certain parts of their states. http://www.kuow.org/program.php?id=19726 Environment Food & Farms Water Idaho Oregon US Northwest Washington 03/17/2010 KUOW Wildlife biologists with the department estimated a minimum of 843 wolves lived in Idaho in 2009. That compares to the estimate of a minimum of 856 wolves in 2008. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2011350998_apididahowolfpopulation.html?syndication=rss Wildlife Idaho 03/15/2010 Seattle Times Anti-grazing advocate Jon Marvel has single-handedly reshaped the environmental agenda on grazing in the 1990s and has personally done more to pick at the flaws of the current system than the rest of the conservation community combined. But the Idahoan has often callously carried out his agenda to drive cattle ranchers off public lands, ignoring the impacts he has had on ranchers and their families. http://www.idahostatesman.com/2010/03/15/1117703/anti-grazing-advocate-comes-with.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+IdahostatesmancomLocalNews+%28IdahoStatesman.com+Local+News%29&utm_content=Google+Reader Environment Food & Farms Water Idaho 03/15/2010 Boise Idaho Statesman The Idaho Senate this week voted to require that all bicycles have brakes as part of a package of bicycle-safety bills. Two guest writers make their case for and against the bill - and fixies. http://www.idahostatesman.com/2010/03/12/1114732/debate-should-all-bikes-have-brakes.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+IdahostatesmancomNewsUpdates+%28IdahoStatesman.com+News+Updates%29&utm_content=Google+Reader Sprawl & Transportation Idaho 03/12/2010 Boise Idaho Statesman In Idaho, two bills - one requiring cars give cyclists 3 foot buffers and another criminalizing certain types of harassment - are part of a package of legislation designed to make roads safer. http://www.idahostatesman.com/2010/03/12/1114717/what-is-safe-cycling-these-two.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+IdahostatesmancomOpinion+%28IdahoStatesman.com+Opinion%29&utm_content=Google+Reader Human Health Sprawl & Transportation Idaho 03/12/2010 Boise Idaho Statesman Western Watersheds Project didn't wait long to challenge the Obama administration's sage grouse decision. The group that has long urged listing of the grouse that lives in 11 states filed a suit in the Boise federal court of US District Judge B. Lynn Winmill. http://www.idahostatesman.com/2010/03/08/1110011/marvel-group-sues-to-put-grouse.html Environment Policy Wildlife Idaho United States 03/09/2010 Boise Idaho Statesman It's imperative that the agencies, energy developers and people responsible for the sagebrush country of Oregon and the rest of the Great Basin do not consider the Interior Department's announcement not to list the greater sage grouse under the Endangered Species Act a signal for business as usual. http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2010/03/a_fighting_chance_for_the_decl.html Climate Energy Environment Wildlife Idaho Oregon Washington 03/07/2010 Oregonian Boise, Meridian and Ada County this week will hear presentations from the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality and SysTech International, the vendor that will provide emissions testing in Canyon County. City and county officials say they are considering the change for greater efficiency and cost savings for Ada County residents. http://www.idahostatesman.com/2010/03/02/1100742/ada-cities-eye-changes-to-emissions.html Climate Environment Pollution & Toxics Idaho 03/02/2010 Boise Idaho Statesman Gov. Butch Otter asked for it. He wanted Idahoans to give him tips about running a more efficient state government. And now a sampling of Idahoans - online and for all to see - are urging the governor to impose a tax on plastic grocery bags. http://www.idahostatesman.com/2010/03/01/1099395/the-precarious-politics-of-paper.html Green Business Sustainable Living Idaho 03/02/2010 Boise Idaho Statesman