Public views on Kaniksu forest use plan review
Diverse opinions fill a Forest Service listening session on the Multiple Use Concept for the Kaniksu Forest. Ralph Kizer and Tom Nygren led public briefings on the Draft Review, balancing aesthetic aims with timber industry concerns amid comments from Jim Martin of Pack River Company and the North Idaho Forestry Assn.
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Forest Service
USFS
Kaniksu Forest
Ralph Kizer
Tom Nygren
Kizer
Sandpoint
Jim Martin
Pack River Company
North Idaho Forestry Assn
NIFA
Martin
Jim, Martin
The
Kanikesu
Bee
Stoicheff Bill Would Change Employee Status
Senate committee introduced companion measures to a bill exempting state employees earning more than 15000 from the State Personnel Commission. Senator James Stoicheff said the exemptions would be debated soon. The package aims to exclude supervisory and administrative staff from the personnel system while keeping highly paid technical staff under it.
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Stoicheff
Sierra Club Voices Views On Wilderness At Priest River
Albert D. Angove of the Sierra Club urged Priest River chamber members that timber limits and rising forest use spark public demand for wilderness. He warned of distrust between industry and forestry agencies and urged a stronger land ethic amid rising forest access and clearcut concerns.
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Albert D. Angove
Spokane
Wilderness Division
Rocky Mountain
The
Sierra Club
Priest River Chamber
Angove
Forest Service
Earth
Sandpoint Firm Wins Rural Idaho Highway Bid
Emerald Maintenance Inc. of Sandpoint was the apparent low bidder on a federal forest highway project in northern Idaho. The bid totaled 26 218 dollars to relocate a water system at Hope during Clark Forest Highway construction.
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Emerald Maintenance Inc
Sandpoint
Idaho
Federal Highway Administration
Hope
Clark Forest
Blood Money Bounty Sails Through House for Coyotes
Idaho House approves a $7.50 coyote bounty bill 42 to 22, despite claims it is blood money. Rep. Clyde Keithly’s motion to reconsider stalled as timing lapsed. sponsor Rep. Waike Carr argues the aim is to reduce predation on game and livestock amid opposition from Rep. Don Brennan who warns bounties fail.
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Boise
UPI
House
Senate
Clyde Keithly
R-Nampa
Waike
Carr
D-Emmett
Pocatello Democrat
Don Brennan
Don't Rock The Boat State Employees Hunker Through Session
Idaho state workers echo a motto of low visibility during legislative sessions as officials debate moving to annual sessions. Some say more gets done while others warn budgets face annual pressures and potential waste of taxpayer money. Personnel note morale shifts and workloads rise with each new session.
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Boise
Idaho
Likens to Represent Idaho in Washington Hearings
School District 82 Superintendent Dr. E Wayne Likens has been named by the Board of Trustees to join three other Idaho superintendents as a delegation in Washington D C for hearings on Public Law 874. The trip would cost about $60 and be funded by the district.
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E. Wayne Likens
Board of Trustees
Idaho
Washington, D. C
Likens
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