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UPDATE | BLM Favors Massive Wind Farm Near Minidoka National Historic Site

The Biden administration is poised to allow a massive wind turbine farm to be erected in central Idaho not far from Minidokda National Historic Site, a National Park System unit that housed more than 13,000 Japanese Americans during World War II, a decision that immediately drew criticism.
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U.S. Forest Service, Fish And Wildlife Service Sued Over Livestock Trespass At Valles Caldera National Preserve

A lawsuit has been filed against the U.S. Forest Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service over cattle that leave forest lands to enter Valles Caldera National Preserve in northern New Mexico. Brought by three environmental groups, the lawsuit alleges the agencies violated the Endangered Species Act by allowing livestock to illegally graze in the preserve.
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McDermitt Caldera: An Early Caldera Of The Yellowstone Hotspot Track

Yellowstone caldera is the most recent in a series of volcanic structures that stretches across the Snake River Plain of Idaho and into northern Nevada. One of the oldest volcanic complexes in that sequence, McDermitt caldera, on the Nevada-Oregon border, shares many similarities with Yellowstone.