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Flagstaff City Council Votes to Stick to Wastewater Plan for Snowbowl Snowmaking
(ARIZONA) -- The Flagstaff City Council voted Thursday 5-2 against selling culinary water to Arizona Snowbowl for snowmaking, opting instead to stick to the original plan using treated wastewater that has caused controversy amongst Native American tribes that consider the San Francisco Peaks sacred.

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Tribes join county's bid for Trinity water; meeting with feds in September may prove critical to securing region's share
(CALIFORNIA) -- Fifty-five years after Congress pledged billions of gallons of water to Humboldt County as part of the effort to dam the Trinity River, the region may be the closest it's been to actually getting it.

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Blackfeet Tribe Applies For Clean Water Act Standards Program
(MONTANA) -- The Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in north-central Montana has applied to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for eligibility to administer the Water Quality Standards program under the Clean Water Act.

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Peninsula company will gain millions as subcontractor in dam removal project
(WASHINGTON) -- A Bozeman, Mont. construction company chosen last week to tear down the Elwha and Glines Canyon dams has awarded a chunk of its $26.9 million contract to a North Olympic Peninsula business.

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Schwarzenegger's slick oil 'marine life protection' deal at Shelter Cove / Arnold’s MLPA Officials to Hold Public Meeting in Shelter Cove
(CALIFORNIA) -- Faced with massive opposition by Indian Tribes, fishermen and environmentalists, officials from Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s fast-track Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA) Initiative will hold a “public information session” about the effort to create so-called Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) along California’s northern coastline.

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Swinomish will host Canoe Journey in 2011
(WASHINGTON) -- Womer & Associates is the architect for the 2011 Canoe Journey landing site on the Swinomish reservation. Swinomish, 70 miles north of Seattle, will host the Canoe Journey July 25 – 31, 2011.

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Indigenous names for state’s two newest ferries
(WASHINGTON) -- Two 64-car state ferries to be launched in 2011 will be named the “Salish” and the “Kennewick.” The State Transportation Commission selected the names July 13.

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Tribal flooding addressed in new Senate bill
(WASHINGTON, DC) -- A bill has been introduced in the Senate to create a pathway to resolve problems imposed on the seven tribes whose lands were flooded by the infamous Pick-Sloan Program dams.

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