Radiation Dose Unknown After Americium Exposure
Dr 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 plant explosion at Atlantic Richfield Hanford Co. He has first degree burns and possible ongoing decontamination may last one to three weeks.
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Richland Wash
UPI
Brice Breintenstein
Hanford Environmental Health Foundation
Americium
Harold McClusky
Prosser
Wash
McClusky
Atlantic Richfield Hanford Co
Americum
Hanford
Washington
Breitenstein
McQusky
Foundation
Boise Cascade Defends Timber Harvest Inside State Agreements
Boise Cascade Corp says its harvest of about 300 acres on state endowment lands near Donnelly followed state approvals and contract terms. State officials plan next week to scale stumps and determine value, with possible penalties potentially reaching $234,000 or more for alleged trespass.
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Boise Upi
Boise Cascade Corp
Sam Donaldson
Corporation
State Endowment
Donnelly
Jack Gillette
Gillette
Boise Cascade
Federal judge halts Challis wild horse roundup
UPI reports Idaho US District Judge Charles Richey ruled the Bureau of Land Management plan to remove about 260 horses near Challis illegal. He faulted lack of on site veterinary care and cited abuse of discretion under the Wild Free Roaming Horses and Burros Act and NEPA. The suit by the American Horse Protection Assoc and the Humane Society challenged humane concerns and forage competition with cattle interests.
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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
Court blocks Challis wild horse roundup angering cattlemen
In Boise and Washington, cattlemen the Bureau of Land Management and Rep Steve Symms condemned U.S. District Judge Charles Richeys ruling that halts a planned Challis roundup of 200 wild horses. The decision may force some Idaho ranchers out of business as 4 000 cattle may be excluded to protect habitat. Woodard Henderlider and Symms warn of economic harm to ranchers while urging legislation or appeal.
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Boise
UPI
Bureau of Land Management
Idaho
Challis
Washington, DC
U.S
Charles Richey
Richey
Larry Woodard
Boise Associated
BLM
Woodard
Bob Henderlider
Idaho Cattlemen's Association
Henderlider
Forest Fires Plague Utah Overnight
A rash of fires driven by hot dry weather and lightning menace Utah. Fire crews containment included a 500 acre blaze in Range Creek Mountains and another near the Beaver Iron county line. several other fires ranging from 150 to 3,000 acres were controlled as crews pressed lines and demobilized.
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United Press International
Utah
Range Creek
Beaver-Iron County
Paro- Wan
Draper
Fishlake National Forest
Monroe Mountain
Box Elder County
Mayonnaise Jar Rescue For Skunk In Klamath Falls
Frank Batchelor spent about 20 minutes using a broom handle to free a skunk stuck headfirst in a mayonnaise jar in a parking lot near his business. The skunk did not spray, though it raised its tail a few times during the struggle before slipping away into the bushes.
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Klamath Falls
Ore
UPI
Frank Batchelor
Batchelor
Smoke Jumpers Battle Wyoming Forest Fire Near U S 14A
About 60 firefighters aided smoke jumpers and slurry bombers battling a Big Horn National Forest blaze near U S 14A east of Lovell Wyoming. The fire, likely man caused, covered under 100 acres with air tankers dropping slurry and ground crews advancing through rugged terrain.
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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 Alarm Idaho Dove Season Opening
In Camas Prairie, Idaho, farmers post over three thousand no hunting signs across Camas Elmore and Blaine Counties to protest a moratorium on doves and sage grouse. Rancher Lee Tucker links closures to sage grouse decline and says poaching by dove hunters worsens the problem prompting widespread private land bans.
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Fairfield
Idaho
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