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    No cheap thrills in the Grand Canyon

    River runners in Arizona's Grand Canyon feel unfairly singled out by increasing fees to float the Colorado River.

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    At Mount St. Helens fees go dangerously high

    Some say increased user fees at Washington's Mount St. Helens National Monument could lead to increased accidents as climbers hurry to save on fees.

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    The land is still public, but it's no longer free

    The federal government's new Recreational Fee Demonstration Program - which requires recreationists to "pay to play" in national parks, forests, BLM and Fish and Wildlife areas nationwide - receives both condemnation and kudos in its early trials.

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    What's underneath the Staircase?

    Conoco begins drilling for oil on state school-trust lands located inside Utah's new Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.

  • News

    BLM gives trespassing farmers a break

    Mike Austin of the BLM's Twin Falls, Idaho, office, says he is being reassigned as punishment for blowing the whistle on his boss's personal business deal with a farmer cited for plowing up public land.

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    Babbitt brings in new brass

    President Clinton and Interior Secretary Babbitt remake the Interior Dept., appointing Patrick Shea to head BLM; Jamie Rappaport Clark to head Fish & Wildlife; Kathy Karpan to the Office of Surface Mining, and Robert Stanton to direct the Park Service.

  • Book Reviews

    How the West was destroyed

    "The Lochsa Story: Land Ethics in the Bitterroot Mountains" by Bud Moore is reviewed.

  • Book Reviews

    A negligent bureau?

    Public Employees for Environmental Responsbility's report, "Comprehensive Study of the Public Domain Forestry Program of the Bureau of Land Management," excoriates the BLM.

  • News

    Utah Paiutes put the brakes on chaining

    Utah Paiutes join environmentalists in protesting the BLM's "chaining" of tree stumps to clear land in central Utah after fires.

  • News

    BLM ditches law-enforcement rules

    Following complaints, the BLM withdraws new "plain English" regulations on the agency's law-enforcement authority.

  • News

    BLM ditches law-enforcement rules

    Following complaints, the BLM withdraws new "plain English" regulations on the agency's law-enforcement authority.

  • News

    BLM braces for Mormon pioneers

    The BLM is bracing itself for the expected arrival of a million visitors who plan to visit Wyoming's portion of the 150-year-old Mormon Pioneer Trail this spring and summer.

  • Book Reviews

    Uproar over Owyhee

    The BLM's management plan for Idaho's Owyhee Resource Area raises fierce opposition from ranchers and ORV enthusiasts.

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    Drug smuggler's ranch falls into public lands

    A notorious drug smuggler's obsession with reclusiveness leads to his arrest - and his Wyoming ranch, which abounds with wildlife and fronts the Clark Fork, is now in public hands.

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    Jobs open up in Washington

    Sylvia Baca becomes temporary head of the BLM as Mike Dombeck moves to the Forest Service, and the National Park Service seeks a replacement for Roger Kennedy.

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