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  • Book Reviews

    Takings and givings

    'The Workbook', a guide to the skirmishes over grazing and the Catron County movement by Barry Sims, is reviewed.

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    Pistol-packing pickers

    Mushroom harvesters are fired upon when they get too close to commercial pickers in Oregon.

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    Idaho ranchers finally get their man

    Forest Service District Ranger Don Oman is to be transferred from his southern Idaho forest district.

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    Colorado passes mining reforms

    The Colorado legislature passes mining reforms after the Summitville gold mine disaster.

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    Washington and a gold mine

    A moratorium on heap-leaching is sought by the Washington Wilderness Coalition and two other environmental groups.

  • News

    A push for reform

    Colo. Governor Romer orders a criminal investigation of the Summitville mine disaster.

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    Compromise pleases no one

    The Forest Service EIS on new grazing regulations for Idaho's Stanley Basin upsets both ranchers and environmentalists.

  • News

    Bruce Babbitt on Western land use: 1993 is the "year of decision'

    Babbitt participates in a number of grazing meetings held around the West.

  • News

    Game farmers corralled

    Washington game farmers sue the state Department of Wildlife for restricting game farming.

  • News

    A big gold mine wants to get bigger

    The Pegasus gold mine plans expansion amid Assiniboine and Gros Ventre tribes' accusations of pollution.

  • News

    New at the Gray Ranch

    The Animas Foundation buys New Mexico's Gray Ranch.

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    Rancher sues rancher

    A letter to the editor of a California paper criticizing range conditions causes a $32,000 libel suit.

  • News

    Phelps Dodge gets a D in mining

    The Phelps Dodge copper mining company is a bad neighbor, report shows.

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    New Mexico begins to regulate a huge mine

    Molycorp in Mew Mexico comes under fire from Concerned Citizens Del Norte for polluting the Red River.

  • Book Reviews

    Babbitt's feast of meetings

    Babbitt sets three public meetings to discuss grazing.

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