Radiation Dose Unknown Yet Says Doctor
Dr Brice Breitenstein of the Hanford foundation says long term effects of Harold McClusky exposure to americium are unknown. McClusky, 64, was sprayed with radioactive solution after a chemical explosion at an Atlantic Richfield Hanford plant. Decontamination may continue one to three weeks.
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Richland Wash
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Brice Breintenstein
Hanford Environmental Health Foundation
Americium
Harold McClusky
Prosser
Wash
McClusky
Atlantic Richfield Hanford Co
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Hanford
Washington
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McQusky
Foundation
Boise Cascade Defends Timber Harvest Inside Agreed Boundaries
Boise Cascade Corp said it acted under state agreements in harvesting about 300 acres near Donnelly on endowment lands. State investigators plan stump scaling to determine loss and potential damages, with an estimated shortfall of around 234000 if penalties apply.
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Boise Upi
Boise Cascade Corp
Sam Donaldson
Corporation
State Endowment
Donnelly
Jack Gillette
Gillette
Federal Judge Blocks Wild Horse Roundup Near Challis
U.S. District Judge Charles Richey ruled the plan to roundup 260 wild horses on 360000 acres near Challis illegal. He faulted the BLM for not ensuring on-site veterinary care and for not proving overpopulation or using less drastic herd-control methods. The case was brought by the American Horse Protection Assoc and Humane Society.
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Washington
UPI
Challis
Idaho
Charles Richey
U.S. Bureau of Land Management
BLM
Richey
American Horse Protection Assoc
The
Humane Society of the United States
Cattlemen and officials react to Challis wild horse ruling
In Boise and Washington the ruling halting a 200 horse roundup sparks opposition from cattlemen, the BLM and Rep. Symms. Critics warn the decision could push some cattlemen out of business as the Challis herd faces limits and range pressure.
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Challis
Woodard
Bob Henderlider
Idaho Cattlemen's Association
Fires Devastate Utah as Firecrews Contain Multiple Blazes
A flurry of forest and range fires hit Utah under hot dry weather with lightning. A 500 acre Range Creek Mountains blaze was controlled as crews demobilized, another 500 acre Parowan-Beaver area fire prompted a southward crew deployment, a 200 acre Zion Canyon area fire persisted, and Lydia Canyon blaze charred 150 acres.
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United Press International
Utah
Range Creek
Beaver-Iron County
Paro- Wan
Bureau of Land Management
Clark Draper
Zion Canyon
Bryce Canyon
Glendale
Lydia Canyon
Fishlake National Forest
Monroe Mountain
Box Elder County
Mayonnaise Jar Rescue Free Skunk in Oregon Parking Lot
In Klamath Falls Oregon Frank Batchelor spent 20 minutes using a broom handle to free a skunk whose head was stuck in a mayonnaise jar. After a dozen tries the animal escaped with its face coated in mayo and appeared to thank him as it waddled away toward the bushes.
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Klamath Falls
Ore
UPI
Frank Batchelor
Batchelor
Smoke Jumpers Help Fight Wyoming Forest Fire
About 60 rested firefighters aided 30 to 40 smoke jumpers from Missoula and West Yellowstone plus six jumpers as air tankers dropped slurry on a Big Horn National Forest fire near U S 14A. The rugged terrain hindered efforts and a 40 mile highway stretch was closed. No injuries reported.
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Lovell
Wyo
UPI
Big Horn National Forest
U.S 14A
Lowell
US Forest Service
Medicine Wheel
Forest
Missoula
Mont
West Yellowstone
No Hunting Signs Challenge Idaho Dove Season Start
In Camas Prairie with the Idaho dove opener hundreds of private lands display no hunting notices. Farmers protest a proposed two year moratorium on doves and sage grouse citing sage grouse declines and poaching by some dove hunters amid a reversal of a Fish and Game moratorium.
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Fairfield
Idaho
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