Recreation
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News
Saying please at Devils Tower
A June voluntary climbing ban at Devils Tower may ease conflicts between rock climbers and Native Americans who use the site for religious ceremonies.
by Diane Kelly, Oct 16, 1995 -
News
Fund raising in parks takes a collection box, and a lawyer
Fund-raising and free speech regulations in the national parks affect both secular and religious groups.
by Elizabeth Manning, Oct 02, 1995 -
News
Does Religion belong in national parks?
Proselytizing and fund-raising religious groups, as well as Park Service Director Roger Kennedy's occasional religious remarks, create controversy in national parks.
by Keith Epstein, Oct 02, 1995 -
News
Bill comes back from the dead
Utah Rep. James Hansen continues to push a bill recommending parks for closure by tacking it onto voter legislation.
by Warren Cornwall, Oct 02, 1995 -
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Dinosaur's monumental quiet is threatened
The owners of the Mantle Ranch in Colorado's Moffat County are threatening to begin massive development of their two inholdings inside Dinosaur National Monument.
by Diane Kelly, Oct 02, 1995 -
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Judge cracks down on Idaho - again
A lawsuit claims the Forest Service has been lax in obeying a judge's order to remove outfitter structures from Idaho's Frank Church/River of No Return Wilderness.
by Ray Stout, Sep 18, 1995 -
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Parks may get control of their air
A bill introduced in Congress would give the Park Service more power to regulate overflights.
by Shea Andersen, Sep 18, 1995 -
Related Stories
Did federal negligence help kill two hikers?
An upcoming trial will decide whether the Park Service was responsible for the deaths of two men in Kolob Canyon July 15, 1993.
by Christopher Smith, Sep 04, 1995 -
Related Stories
For guilt-free wilderness trips
A list of groups that teach wilderness-users to go "light on the land."
by Elizabeth Manning, Sep 04, 1995 -
Feature
I came, I saw, I wrote a guidebook
The increase in numbers of tourists drawn to the canyon country by guidebooks and magazines raises questions about exploiting and overusing a fragile landscape.
by Christopher Smith, Sep 04, 1995 -
News
No more water for Aspen - for now
The Colorado Supreme Court denies Aspen Ski Co. water to expand its Snowmass resort.
by Shea Andersen, Aug 07, 1995 -
News
Four-ton bandage applied to trampled peak
Forest Service employee Loretta McEllhiney finds creative ways to restore heavily trampled and eroded hiking trails on Colorado's Mt. Elbert.
by Sharon Chickering Moller, Jul 24, 1995 -
News
Falling arches
Tourists Jim and Dafang Lin witness a 44-foot slab fall from Utah's 306-ft. Landscape Arch.
by Diane Kelly, Jul 24, 1995 -
Essays
Xerox copiers and black helicopters
A tongue-in-cheek consideration of Colorado Republican Scott McInnis' search for waste at the Department of Interior, the closing of national parks and the Christian Coalition's involvement in both.
by Ed Marston, Jun 26, 1995 -
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Ski resort flops in midst of land boom
A controversial Colorado proposed ski resort, Lake Catamount, suffers a setback when the major investor pulls out.
by Hal Clifford, Jun 26, 1995






