Items by Katharine Collins — 10 items
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Open for business: Wyoming throws away its water to get out the gas
Under Gov. Jim Geringer's "open for business' philosophy, the methane gas industry faces little regulation in Wyoming.
by Katharine Collins, Sep 25, 2000 -
Locked out of the public lands
In Wyoming, hunters and ORVers rally to protest the way that newly arrived corporate ranchers and rich people are blocking traditional areas of access to public lands.
by Katharine Collins, Apr 24, 2000 -
Book says cows don't belong on most BLM lands
Prof. Debra Donahue's book, "The Western Range Revisited: Removing Livestock from Public Lands to Conserve Native Biodiversity," has infuriated Wyoming ranchers.
by Katharine Collins, Feb 28, 2000 -
A prof takes on the sacred cow
At the University of Wyoming, Prof. Debra Donahue's book, "The Western Range Revisited," with its criticism of grazing, has provoked fury among ranchers and raised questions about academic freedom.
by Katharine Collins, Feb 28, 2000 -
Proulx shoots holes in mythic Wyoming
Annie Proulx's new book, "Close Range: Wyoming Stories," has displeased some Wyoming residents by its gritty, unflattering look at what lies under the surface of the cowboy mythology of the state.
by Katharine Collins, Dec 06, 1999 -
Rancher stonewalls an agency
Rancher Wright Dickenson's overgrazed Pine Mountain allotment in southern Wyoming is at the center of a dispute between the BLM and the National Wildlife Federation.
by Katharine Collins, Jun 22, 1998 -
Wyoming's Red Desert: 15 million acres of contention
A possible oil and gas boom in Wyoming's Red Desert has environmentalists scrambling to mitigate the impacts without totally alienating local oil and gas workers.
by Katharine Collins, May 27, 1996 -
Irony piles on irony in Wyoming
A proposed private-federal land swap designed to preserve Wyoming's Spring Gulch Ranch raises controversy and charges of elitism.
by Katharine Collins, Aug 07, 1995 -
Ranchers protect land in Wyoming
The Nature Conservancy buys Pete Widener ranch near Wyoming's Big Horn Mountains.
by Katharine Collins, Dec 26, 1994 -
Wyoming boom could gas wildlife herds
A boom in natural gas drilling in Wyoming is happening too fast for wildlife.
by Katharine Collins, Jul 25, 1994
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