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    Grazing allotment in hot water

    Oregon environmental groups sue Malheur National Forest for violating Clean Water Act by allowing grazing to raise water temperatures in the Alan Day River, fatal to fish.

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    Grazing combatants vow to keep feuding

    Babbitt's grazing hearing in Albuquerque runs into barbed wire; he urges cooperation as ranchers and environmentalists dispute.

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    The labyrinthine nature of mine waste regulations

    Environmental Protection Agency wants to put gold and copper mines under Superfund regulations.

  • Feature

    Can a copper firm restore a blasted ecosystem?

    Kennecott Copper wants to clean up Bingham Canyon copper mine on its own, while Environmental Protection Agency wants to make it a Superfund site.

  • Book Reviews

    All eyes on cows

    Rangeland Reform "94 hearings set.

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    Going to pot

    Marijuana dropped into Maricopa County, Ariz., irrigation canal could sprout plants all over county.

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    Babbitt attacks mining's gold heists

    Barrick Goldstrike Mines pays U.S. $10,000 for $10 billion in gold.

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    The Not O.K. Corral

    Rancher Cliven Bundy refuses to pay grazing fees to BLM.

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    Lawsuit is launched against grazing in Montana

    National Wildlife Federation files suit to stop public-lands grazing in Montana.

  • Feature

    A struggle for the last grass

    Gila Watch's Susan Schock leads fight against Diamond Bar grazing allotment.

  • Book Reviews

    Consensus on tape

    Video shows how Oregon Watershed Improvement Coalition helped improve Oregon watersheds.

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    Scratching for a living

    Challis, Idaho, rancher didn't tell whole story about living off the land.

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    Grazing reform: A plan to chew on

    Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt's new proposal gives ranchers and environmentalists key roles in grazing reform.

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    Grazing plan springs a leak

    Proposed grazing reforms include scaled-back fee increases.

  • Book Reviews

    Fast food at fault

    Waste from french fry production pollutes wells with nitrates, report says.

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