High Country News Yearly Index: 1996

• December 23, 1996 (Volume 28, Issue 24)
• El Nuevo West
• Rain and clearcuts make fatal brew


• December 9, 1996 (Volume 28, Issue 23)
• Motorheads: The new, noisy, organized force in the West
• Agency ordered to study trout - again


• November 25, 1996 (Volume 28, Issue 22)
• Pollution in paradise
• Cows, ballot measure gunned down in Oregon


• November 11, 1996 (Volume 28, Issue 21)
• Cease-fire called on the Animas-La Plata front
• Will "wanton killer' lope into Colorado?


• October 28, 1996 (Volume 28, Issue 20)
• Has big money doomed direct democracy?
• Utah counties bulldoze the BLM, Park Service


• October 14, 1996 (Volume 28, Issue 19)
• Greens prune their message to win the West's voters
• Water, water everywhere and not a drop to adjudicate


• September 30, 1996 (Volume 28, Issue 18)
• Can this man break the right's grip on Idaho?
• Glacier Park finds itself inundated


• September 16, 1996 (Volume 28, Issue 17)
• The filthy West: Toxics pour into our air, water, land
• Opal Creek is blowing in the (political) wind


• September 2, 1996 (Volume 28, Issue 16)
• Radioactive waste is hot issue in Idaho
• Last line of defense: Civil disobedience and protest slow down "lawless logging'


• August 19, 1996 (Volume 28, Issue 15)
• New rules seek to cap canyon flights
• A new breed of artists depicts Montana - cyanide leach fields and all


• August 5, 1996 (Volume 28, Issue 14)
• Disappearing railroad blues
• Fear of flying: Local resistance keeps condors behind bars


• July 22, 1996 (Volume 28, Issue 13)
• Glen Canyon: Using a dam to heal a river
• The salvage rider - down, but not quite out


• June 24, 1996 (Volume 28, Issue 12)
• Catron County's politics heat up as its land goes bankrupt
• Fire sweeps through the Southwest


• June 10, 1996 (Volume 28, Issue 11)
• Military in a dogfight for crowded skies
• Spreading the gospel: Outdoor education teaches people to know and care about the West


• May 27, 1996 (Volume 28, Issue 10)
• Utah ushers its frogs toward oblivion
• Salvage rider will destroy sacred sites


• May 13, 1996 (Volume 28, Issue 9)
• Howdy, neighbor!: As a last resort, Westerners start talking to each other
• Mt. Graham telescope rides through Congress


• April 29, 1996 (Volume 28, Issue 8)
• A park boss goes to bat for the land
• Here's a chance to speak up for clean air


• April 15, 1996 (Volume 28, Issue 7)
• Raising a ranch from the dead
• Utah's Burr Trail still leads to court


• April 1, 1996 (Volume 28, Issue 6)
• Gambling: A tribe hits the jackpot
• Zookeeper helps a battered range


• March 18, 1996 (Volume 28, Issue 5)
• What does the West need to know?
• Is it fix or nix for the salvage rider?


• March 4, 1996 (Volume 28, Issue 4)
• Who owns these bones?
• Idaho just says no to hydro dam


• February 19, 1996 (Volume 28, Issue 3)
• Eagle County balks at fourth mega-resort
• Colorado ski area dumps all over trout stream


• February 5, 1996 (Volume 28, Issue 2)
• Lack of enchantment: Santa Fe's boom goes flat
• Facts take a beating on the range


• January 22, 1996 (Volume 28, Issue 1)
• At Hanford, the real estate is hot
• Who felt the federal furlough?