A northwest Iowa dairy farm that has been faulted for manure releases has agreed to pay a $5,000 fine for starting construction on a significant expansion before obtaining state approval.
Tribes in far northeastern California are pressing President Joe Biden to create a new national monument about 30 miles from Mount Shasta. The Pit River Tribe is asking the president to use his powers under the Antiquities Act to create the new Sáttítla National Monument on just over 205,000 acres in the Medicine Lake Highlands. Radley Davis, an advocate for the Sáttítla National Monument and a citizen of the Illmawi Band of the Pit River Tribe, said the area is a very important watershed. .
A new poll showed New Mexico voters expressed a deep affection for lands, water and wildlife and want policies offering greater protections. The 14th annual Colorado College "State of the Rockies" survey of 3,400 voters in eight Western states found increasing support for conservation even as political affiliation fades. Dave Metz, principal and president of the polling firm Fairbank, Maslin, Maullin, Metz and Associates, said they are in favor of requiring oil and gas companies to pay for clean up and restoration on lands where they have drilled and favor limiting where the companies are allowed to drill. .
A Minnesota man who went missing in May of 2008 hasn't been seen since and no physical evidence has been found. His disappearance is listed on the FBI's 'Most Wanted' list.
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet has closed a section of KY-1128 at the Mud Creek East Fork bridge at mile marker 6.396 in Fulton County until further notice.