Companies looking for minerals often go to the Iowa Geologic Site and Sample Tracking Program, a University of Iowa repository of 10 million feet of drilling samples, rock chips from more than 40,000 wells and nearly 60,000 driller’s logs from across the state.
Like Nevada, New Mexico has rejected a proposed interim storage facility for spent nuclear fuel. Responding to the Federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission s plan to issue a license for a Holtec International facility in southeast New Mexico, the legislature passed Senate Bill 53 mostly along party lines, with Democrats in support and Republicans opposed. The bill said no nuclear storage permits will be issued without support from state officials and not before the federal government has identified a permanent disposal site. .
A package of bills in Helena is aimed at improving elk management in Montana. The six bills are bipartisan efforts from lawmakers, hunters and outfitters, and all have survived the Legislature s transmittal deadline outside their house of origin. One is House Bill 635, which would set aside up to 15% of non-resident big game licenses for non-resident landowners so they can hunt on their own property. .