Growth & Planning
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Book Reviews
They did it themselves
Federal employees and outside experts under the auspices of AFSEEE develop a management plan for the Columbia Basin - a volunteer effort that cost taxpayers nothing.
by Michelle Mcclellan, Mar 18, 1996 -
News
Land Board bias questioned
Idaho environmentalists fight with the state Land Board over leasing parcels for conservation instead of grazing and win a court victory.
by Jenny Emery, Feb 05, 1996 -
News
Ranchers win again
Ranchers win state grazing permits in New Mexico after eight of nine competing bids by environmentalists are rejected by the state.
by Warren Cornwall, Nov 27, 1995 -
Related Stories
The disagreement is total
Would-be miner Ron Pene and the BLM disagree on Westwater Canyon's wilderness.
by Elizabeth Manning, Oct 16, 1995 -
News
Is another senator backpedaling?
Sportsmen and conservationists criticize Craig Thomas for not considering public access in his bill to turn over BLM land to states.
by Paul Larmer, Oct 02, 1995 -
Book Reviews
Report blasts land giveaways
The Natural Resources Defense Council's report "Selling Our Heritage" blasts congressional plans to give away public lands.
by Staff, Sep 18, 1995 -
News
Right-of-way or give-away?
A bill introduced by Rep. Jim Hansen of Utah could allow roads to be bulldozed across national parks and wilderness areas.
by Diane Kelly, Sep 04, 1995 -
Related Stories
BLM land: outstanding opportunities for crowding
Increased tourism on BLM lands forces the agency to rethink its management plans.
by Paul Larmer, Sep 04, 1995 -
Related Stories
How the BLM killed a cow to save a canyon and stop the paperwork
The removal of a lone cow from Utah's Chimney Canyon cost reams of paperwork, road-building and human effort.
by Christopher Smith, Sep 04, 1995 -
News
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 -
News
Can BLM save the grass, and itself?
The BLM begins fighting back in a last-ditch effort to save grazing reform - and the agency itself - from legislation that would halt reform and turn over public lands to the state.
by Paul Larmer, Aug 07, 1995 -
Uncommon Westerners
A progressive bureaucrat signs off
Ed Marston interviews HCN reader Daniel Beard, who resigns as Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Sept. 1.
by Ed Marston, Jul 24, 1995 -
News
BLM stumped by squatter
Former militia member Ken Medenbach is barred from the 10 acres of federal land he "seized" and began to log last spring.
by Franklin Tate, Jul 24, 1995 -
Book Reviews
Outdoor museum preserved for now
Two geologists help preserve carved bedrock of Idaho's Big Wood River.
by Betsy Marston, Apr 17, 1995 -
News
A grim Wyoming hearing for BLM and greens
Petroleum industry criticizes BLM proposal for managing Wyoming's Grass Creek area, during a heated public hearing.
by Lynne Bama, Apr 17, 1995






