|
(Continued from page 17)
• Daugaard's order declares a state of emergency and exempts delivery of propane from federal motor carrier regulations on drivers' hours of service. It was signed Wednesday.
• The governor says that the continued transportation of propane is essential for agricultural operations in South Dakota.
• Daugaard says that although the hours of service have been temporarily suspended for commercial deliveries, companies may not require or allow fatigued drivers to make deliveries.
• The order expires Nov. 30.
•
Gov extends executive orders for cattle disposal
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- Gov. Dennis Daugaard has extended an executive order that waives the standard 36-hour carcass disposal requirement for animals killed in an early October blizzard.
• Daugaard is also extending a waiver of the overweight limits for truckers hauling carcasses of cattle.
• Both orders were initially signed on Oct. 11, and were set to expire Friday. The executive orders have been extended until Nov. 30.
• Daugaard says ranchers across the state are still dealing with devastating losses of between 15,000 and 30,000 animals and the extensions are necessary.
•
Wildlife officials seek protection for butterflies
• DIRK LAMMERS, Associated Press
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Federal wildlife officials are proposing that two Upper Midwest butterflies be classified as threatened or endangered species in the wake of rapid population declines.
• The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plans to publish its proposal to protect the Dakota skipper and the Poweshiek skipperling in Thursday's edition of the Federal Register, said Georgia Parham, a public information specialist.
• The species are threatened by degradation or changes to their tallgrass prairie habitat, Parham said Wednesday.
• "That type of habitat is really declining across the country, and especially in the Midwest," she said. "These butterflies are dependent on that specific type of habitat."
• The Dakota skipper, found in South Dakota, North Dakota, Minnesota and Can (Continued on page 19)
|
|
