Mining & Agriculture
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News
How Montana fouled a family's water
Cyanide from a defunct gold mill has contaminated Jan and David Zimmerman's well water.
by Duncan Adams, Mar 06, 1995 -
News
Grazing fees drop
Grazing fees decrease instead of being raised on federal lands.
by Anders Halverson, Feb 20, 1995 -
News
Was cleanup a "taking'?
The company that owns the land on which the disastrous Summitville Mine sits files "takings" suit against the state and federal government.
by R.e. Baird, Feb 20, 1995 -
News
Holy water
A part-time farmer in drought-stricken northeast Oregon founds "church" to obtain umlimited water use.
by Anders Halverson, Feb 20, 1995 -
News
Ranchers backed
New Mexico poll shows citizens sympathetic to ranchers.
by Tony Davis, Feb 06, 1995 -
News
Babbitt cedes grazing reform to Congress
Bruce Babbitt gives up on grazing reform.
by Tony Davis, Jan 23, 1995 -
Book Reviews
Pests and pesticides
Pesticides in our Communities suggests safer alternatives to chemical pesticides.
by Staff, Dec 12, 1994 -
News
Farmers spin federal dollars into hay
Utah farmers receive money for water conservation.
by Jim Woolf, Nov 28, 1994 -
Essays
Three agricultural fallacies: The poet laureate of cultivated land challenges the "experts'
Wendell Berry challenges the experts of agribusiness.
by Wendell Berry, Nov 14, 1994 -
Related Stories
Apple growers become patrons of science
Washington's apple growers contribute $2 million to research this year.
by Lisa Jones, Nov 14, 1994 -
Feature
Sexy weapon thwarts bugs: Codling moths find frustration at end of pheromone trail
Scientists work to find new ways to control codling moth outbreaks in Washington's apple orchards.
by Lisa Jones, Nov 14, 1994 -
News
Elk farming leads to wildlife slaughter
Elk at game farm transmit TB to wild deer.
by Staff, Oct 31, 1994 -
Related Stories
For the full scolding
BuRec falls down on job of managing water, audit concludes.
by Betsy Marston, Oct 31, 1994 -
Feature
Water for the taking: Some irrigators get loose with the law
Irrigators are depleting Oregon's Umatilla River.
by Paul Koberstein, Oct 31, 1994 -
Book Reviews
Home on the electric range
Rancher robot display defends grazing at New Mexico State Fair.
by Staff, Oct 17, 1994






