Conservation/ Employment/ Snow/ Fast and Furious

Helena Independent Record: Top 101 Interior Department conservation projects
DOI: America's Great Outdoors Fifty-State Report

Helena Independent Record: US added 80,000 jobs in October; jobless rate dips
BLS: Employment Situation Summary

Missoulian: Snow delayed, but cold to continue in western Montana
NOAA: Cold And Unsettled Weather Expected For Western U.S. Through Weekend

Missoulian: APNewsBreak: 2007 memo mentioned gun-walking probe
House Committee on Oversight: Oversight Committee Subpoenas Attorney General for ‘Operation Fast and Furious’ Communications and Documents

Wolf Hunts/ Cyber Spies/ Poverty/ Poaching

Missoulian: Longer Montana wolf hunt proposed to reach quota
FWP: Wolf Management
US Fish and Wildlife: Gray Wolves in the Northern Rocky Mountains

Missoulian: US report blasts China, Russia for cybercrime
Congressional Report: Foreign Spies Stealing US Economic Secrets in Cyberspace

Bozeman Chronicle: Poorest poor in US hits new record: 1 in 15 people
U.S. Census: Poverty: 2009 and 2010
U.S. Census: Experimental Poverty Measures Public Use Research File and Release of Supplemental Poverty Measure Research

Missoulian: Officials investigate poaching incidents in northwest Montana
FWP: Poaching in Montana

Glaciers / Whooping Cough

Missoulian: Some glaciers, snowfields in Rockies see gains

USGS: Glacier Monitoring Studies

Bozeman Chronicle: Number of whooping cough cases nearly doubles in five days

CDC: Pertussis (Whooping Cough) Pertussis is known for uncontrollable, violent coughing which often makes it hard to breathe. After fits of many coughs, someone with pertussis often needs to take deep breathes which result in a "whooping" sound. Pertussis most commonly affects infants and young children and can be fatal, especially in babies less than 1 year of age.

Missoulian: Congress to honor Japanese-American soldiers

S.1055 -- To grant the congressional gold medal, collectively, to the 100th Infantry Battalion and the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, United States Army, in recognition of their dedicated service...

Zombies/ Bears/ Drug Shortages

Happy Halloween!

CDC: Zombie Pandemic comic

Missoulian: After attacks, a renewed focus on bear safety

U.S. Fish and Wildlife: Close Encounters with Grizzlies
How to Avoid Grizzly Bears
Tips for Residents in Grizzly Country
Bear Safety on the Web

Missoulian: Obama to order FDA to help reduce drug shortages

Fact Sheet: Obama Administration Takes Action to Reduce Prescription Drug Shortages in the U.S. “Today, President Obama will issue an Executive Order directing the FDA and Department of Justice to take action to help further reduce and prevent drug shortages, protect consumers, and prevent price gouging.”