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The data suggests the West is less impacted by the phenomenon than other regions, but a utility expert suggests the impact could still be quite significant.
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The $135 million will go towards building and maintaining residential solar installations on a number of reservations.
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Boise’s zone (7a) didn’t change this time compared to the USDA’s last map in 2012, but a lot of Idaho did. The Treasure Valley west of Caldwell, and Kuna east to Mountain Home, for example, shifted up one five-degree zone. Hailey shifted two zones warmer.
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With the habitat shrinking for Lahontan Cutthroat Trout, fish and wildlife officials are working to return the fish to a river in the Mountain West.
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The earth's changing climate, from hotter days to more dangerous weather events, could be impacting our brains in ways we are only just learning about.
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The National Park Service is seeking the public's help in identifying the two men, caught on video pushing rocks off a cliff near the Redstone Dunes Trail earlier this month.
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As the need for energy grows across the West and more focus is being shifted to low-carbon resources, people are asking important questions like: How do we bring this kind of energy online reliably?
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A new film being made in Idaho, "Children of the Wolves," features a group of Timberline high school students and a wolf pack from the Gem State.
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For the first time, the federal government is putting limits on “forever chemicals” called PFAS in the nation’s drinking water – a move that will protect communities across the Mountain West.
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Scientists are finding that some landscapes can come back on their own after natural disasters, like wildfires. And there are more and more examples of this kind of restoration popping up around the West.
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Now that the days are getting warmer, hiking trails are opening back up in the Boise Foothills.
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Idaho is considering its options after a federal court decision last week forcing the state to change its rules for wolf trapping over concerns that grizzly bears could be caught in the traps.