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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Three environmental groups have filed a lawsuit challenging a decision by the U.S. Forest Service that allows more than 100 helicopter landings this winter in the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness. Fish and Game officials say the flights are needed to put tracking collars on elk.
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Montana officials are considering giving only partial approval to a $500 million silver and copper mine proposed beneath a wilderness area near the Idaho border. Department of Environmental Quality Director Tom Livers says there are continuing concerns with the Montanore Mine's potential effect on surrounding waterways.
KETCHUM, Idaho (AP) — Idaho Power is planning to rebuild an aging transmission line that provides electricity to the Wood River Valley. The Idaho Mountain Express reports that the utility will rebuild the 59-mile-long line over the next two years. An environmental assessment released by the BLM last month indicates that the project will have little impact on the environment.
POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) — State wildlife biologists are puzzled over a mountain lion found with teeth growing out the side of its forehead in southeast Idaho near the Utah border. The Idaho State Journal reports an unidentified hunter caught the yearling cougar last week near Weston. Biologists speculate the animal's deformity may possibly be the result of either a conjoined twin that died in the womb or a rare tumor.
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