Thursday, September 4, 2014 at 7:10AM The goal of this campaign is to protect the beautiful Lochsa and Clearwater rivers of north central Idaho from the oil industry and tar sands-bound “megaload” traffic on U.S. Highway 12. These two rivers were among the first protected by the federal Wild & Scenic Rivers Act in 1968.
megaloads, take me to the river in Action Saturday, October 26, 2013 at 12:00AM 
Score one for the good guys.
A subsidiary of General Electric has backed off from its legal challenge to a federal injunction which is keeping it form hauling mega-loads across U.S. Highway 12 through thr Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest.
LINK (via:The Missoulian)
Hopefully this puts an end to mega corporations trying to turm Highway 12 into an industrial corridor.
highway 12, megaloads in Announcements, News Tuesday, August 6, 2013 at 12:00AM 
The Idaho Department of Transportation and Omega Morgan are defying the U.S. Forest Service's jurisdiction over moving megaloads along Highway 12.
A showdown has been anticipated since the Idaho Transportation Department officials granted a permit to Oregon-based Omega Morgan to move a 225 foot long and 21 foot wide water purification unit over the objections of the Nez Perce tribe and the U.S. Forest Service. The issue grew heated as the shipper announced plans to start moving the load last night.
LINK (via: The Spokesman-Review)
heart of the monster, megaloads in Environment Tuesday, June 25, 2013 at 12:00AM 
One of the fears of those opposed to the massive megaload shipments on Highway 12 was that it would create a permanent industrial transportation route through a National Forest and Wild and Scenic corridor. Thanks to a judges ruling, the Forest Service can no longer sit idly by while the Idaho Department of Transportation green lights megaload permits.
The U.S. Forest Service has told the Idaho Department of Transportation it can't support an application for a massive shipment to move on U.S. Highway 12 across northern Idaho and into Montana.
The agency will review any load that requires traffic to be fully stopped, can't complete the route in 12 hours, or that requires physical modification of the roadway or nearby vegetation.
The Omega Morgan load hits all three categories.
LINK (via: The Montana Standard)
megaloads in Conservation, Environment Saturday, September 24, 2011 at 12:01AM 
New megaloads are rolling across Highway 12 and they don't belong to Exxon Mobil. Nope, this time it's Weyerhauser shipping some giant evaporators to a pulp mill in Northern Alberta.
One of the fears surrounding the use of Highway 12 for Exxon's tar sands shipments was that it would establish an industrial high wide corridor on one of America's most scenic byways, well we're here folks.
LINK (Via:The Bosie Weekly)
megaloads in Environment Thursday, September 8, 2011 at 12:00AM 
Thanks to Idahao Transportation Department Director Brian Ness, ExxonMobil now has permission to ship 200 of its "megaloads" of oil field equipment through Idaho on Highway 12.
The bad news for ExxonMobile and their enablers is that their loads still can't cross Lolo Pass into Montana.
LINK (Via: KAJ18)
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