Anaconda Mine in NV Possible Superfund Site/ NORAD Santa Tracker

Missoulian: EPA wants toxic Nevada mine on Superfund list
Anaconda Mine
Anaconda Mine Radiation Assessment (2008)
Hydrogeologic Assessment for the Anaconda -Yerington Copper Mine (2009)

Missoulian: Military tracks storybook flight of St. Nick for 60th year

NORAD Santa Tracker

Disclose Act/ El Niño

Missoulian: Montana Legislature poll: Rules to enact Disclose Act consistent with spirit of law

Commissioner of Political Practices Justification for Rules
Request for poll

Missoulian: Upside-down weather pattern across US linked to El Nino

NOAA's El Niño Portal
EL NIÑO/SOUTHERN OSCILLATION (ENSO) DIAGNOSTIC DISCUSSION
“Most models indicate that a strong El Niño will continue through the Northern Hemisphere winter 2015-16, followed by weakening and a transition to ENSO-neutral during the late spring or early summer. The forecaster consensus remains nearly unchanged from last month, with the expectation that this El Niño will rank among the three strongest episodes as measured by the 3-month SST departures in the Niño 3.4 region dating back to 1950.”

Avalanche Warning/ Standardized Test Scores

Missoulian: Avalanche warning for southwestern Montana mountains
Avalanche Awareness
Avalanche Advisory

Missoulian: State releases most standardized test scores
Smarter Balance Test Results:

• 2014-2015 SBAC Results by School
• 2014-2015 SBAC Results Statewide By Grade
• Achievement Level Descriptors

Lions Endangered

Pair of male lions. Credit: Heidi Ruffler / USFWS

Missoulian: Obama administration enacts protections for lions
Lions Are Now Protected Under the Endangered Species Act
“Based on newly available scientific information on the genetics and taxonomy of lions, the Service assessed the status of the entire lion species. The new science resolved that the western and central populations of African lion are more genetically related to the Asiatic lion. These lions are now considered the same subspecies, P. l. leo. There are only about 1,400 of these lions remaining; 900 in 14 African populations and 523 in India. Considering the size and distribution of the populations, population trends and the severity of the threats, the Service has found that this subspecies meets the definition of endangered under the ESA.”