Invasive Aquatic Species and Boat Inspection/ Yellowstone Grizzly Delisting/ Divide Travel Plan

Missoulian: FWP wants authority to impound boats at risk of carrying invasive mussels
Fishing
“Preventing the transport and infestation of aquatic invasive species continues to be a priority for FWP.

The proposed rule changes clarify that decontamination at AIS inspection stations may include appropriate drying time of a boat or vessel, which may mean locking the vessel to the trailer or storing it in a secure place to prevent launching.”

Notice of Public Hearings on Proposed Amendments and Adoption Pertaining to Aquatic Invasive Species 25.1 kb

Missoulian: Federal government proposes lifting Yellowstone grizzly protections
March 3, 2016 - The Service is requesting public review and input on Proposed Revisions to the Demographic Recovery Criteria for the Grizzly Bear Population in the Greater Yellowstone Area Docket No. FWS–R6–ES–2016–0042. These proposed revisions and supporting documents are listed below:

• Proposed Rule
• Press Release
• FAQs
• Supplement to 1993 Grizzly Bear Recovery Plan
• Draft 2016 Conservation Strategy for the Grizzly Bear in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
• Appendices
• Proposed Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem Grizzly Delisting Rule Literature Cited
• Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem Map

MTPR: Off-Roaders Consider Lawsuit Over Forest Travel Plan

Divide Travel Plan

Supreme Court Abortion/ Maya Angelou Post Office/ Aubrey McClendon

Missoulian: Deeply split Supreme Court wrestles with abortion case
Whole Woman's Health, et al. v. Hellerstedt, Comm'r, TX DHS, et al. (15-274)

[Maya Angelou, award recipient, at the second annual Trumpet Awards Foundation gala, Atlanta, Georgia, 1994]. [Atlanta, Ga, 1994] Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2015649819. (Accessed March 03, 2016.)

Missoulian: Capitol Hill Buzz: Angelou post office turns controversial
H.R.3735: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 200 Town Run Lane in Winston Salem, North Carolina, as the "Maya Angelou Memorial Post Office."

Missoulian: Pioneering Oklahoma energy CEO dies in fiery car crash
Former CEO Indicted for Masterminding Conspiracy Not to Compete for Oil and Natural Gas Leases

Elk and Deer Hunting/ Clinton Email Release/ Supreme Court Death Row Case

Missoulian: Regulation changes could impact hunters in Bitterroot
Deer & Elk Permits
“Want to hunt deer and elk in Montana? Resident and nonresident license and permit applications are due March 15.”

Missoulian: State Dept finishes Clinton email release, more than 52k out
Secretary Clinton Emails
“All documents posted today are fully searchable. The documents posted will not have the subject line, to line, and from line on the search result page on the date of the actual posting. We will be adding this data in March 2016 and expect to be done by the end of that month.”

Missoulian: Justices hear judicial-bias claim in death-row case
Williams v. Pennsylvania

“Whether the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments are violated where a state supreme court justice declines to recuse himself in a capital case in which he had personally approved the decision to pursue capital punishment against the defendant in his prior capacity as an elected prosecutor and continued to head the prosecutors’ office that defended the death verdict on appeal, and where he had publicly expressed strong support for capital punishment during his judicial election campaign by referencing the number of defendants he had “sent” to death row, including the defendant in the case now before the court; and (2) whether the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments are violated by the participation of a potentially biased jurist on a multimember tribunal deciding a capital case, regardless of whether his vote is ultimately decisive.”

Nuclear Update

Missoulian: Nuke chief: Time is now to begin updating nukes
Work Finishes Trip Focusing on U.S. Nuclear Deterrent
“Nuclear deterrence is the basis for strategic stability among great powers, the deputy secretary said. It is the U.S. position to move toward a world free of nuclear weapons, he said. But until then “we’re going to make sure that our deterrent is safe, reliable, secure and effective, and that we will make sure that we maintain strategic stability with our … great power competitors,” he added.”