Items by Michelle Mcclellan — 10 items
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An unsung army of students maintains our national parks
The Student Conservation Association has been sending thousands of young volunteers to help maintain national parks since 1957.
by Michelle Mcclellan, Jun 10, 1996 -
Getting outside all around the West
A state-by-state directory describes some of the many outdoor education programs in the West.
by Michelle Mcclellan, Jun 10, 1996 -
A small fish takes a big hit
An irrigation district's water diversion from the Rio Grande in New Mexico wipes out an estimated 70 percent of the endangered silvery minnow population.
by Michelle Mcclellan, Jun 10, 1996 -
A sampling of the West's collaborative efforts
A directory of some Western consensus groups is followed by a bibliography of consensus-building materials.
by Michelle Mcclellan, May 13, 1996 -
A wet winter misses the Southwest
Although much of the West had an unusually wet winter, fires are already starting to rage across the dry Southwestern states.
by Bill Taylor And Michelle Mcclellan, May 13, 1996 -
Farmers feel burned by clean air regs
Eastern Washington grass farms are upset by an announced phaseout of the practice of late-summer field burning, after clean air activists complain.
by Michelle Mcclellan, Apr 29, 1996 -
Phoenix will try to save desert wash
Arizona tells the city of Phoenix that it must come up with $25 million to preserve the nearby state-owned Cave Creek Wash.
by Michelle Mcclellan, Apr 29, 1996 -
Navajos win round in coal mine war
Navajos win a court victory against Peabody Coal Company's strip mine on the reservation, citing pollution and desecrated burial sites.
by Michelle Mcclellan, Apr 29, 1996 -
Locals sickened by bison slaughter
Locals object to the killing of 350 bison for brucellosis prevention after they wander into West Yellowstone, Mont., from Yellowstone National Park.
by Michelle Mcclellan, Apr 29, 1996 -
Malpractice as usual
Taxpayers pay and managers are rewarded when Forest Service officials in California hand out timber contracts without adequate environmental review.
by Michelle Mcclellan, Apr 15, 1996
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