Feature stories

Washington: Greens storm the suburbs

In Washington, environmentalists defeated in the 1992 election scramble to mobilize the suburbs and win back the state's voters.

Montana: For veteran Baucus, it seems to be in the bag

In Montana, Democratic incumbent Max Baucus forges ahead of Republican challenger Dennis Rehberg in the race for the Senate.

California: A 28-year-old talks the talk to green voters

In California, Michela Alioto, granddaughter of former San Francisco mayor Joseph Alioto, offers a green-sounding alternative to Republican incumbent Frank Riggs.

Montana: A scrappy Republican tries to cut down a green Democrat

In Montana's race for the House, mud-slinging Republican Rick Hill tackles a charismatic, Democratic Crow Indian, Bill Yellowtail, whose checkered past includes wife-battering.

Utah: A liberal wilderness lover may prevail

Liberal Democrat Ross Anderson may prevail against millionaire Republican and frequent political candidate Merrill Cook in Utah.

Colorado: Environment wielded like a hammer in tight Senate race

Democrat Ted Strickland and Republican Wayne Allard trade environmental jabs and punches in a tight Senate race in Colorado.

Greens prune their message to win the West's voters

Environmentalists join with political consultants to try to find a way to woo fickle Western voters.

A Bold Stroke: Clinton takes a 1.7 million-acre stand in Utah

President Bill Clinton uses the Antiquities Act of 1906 to designate a new 1.7 million-acre national monument in southern Utah, and reactions range from joy to indignation and outrage.

Can this man break the right's grip on Idaho?

In Idaho, Democrat Walt Minnick, a multimillionaire, former timber executive and environmentalist, mounts a quixotic campaign against Republican Sen. Larry Craig for Senate seat.

An off-the-books polluter

A loophole in the Toxics Release Inventory keeps mining pollution, except for that caused by smelters, off its lists.

The filthy West: Toxics pour into our air, water, land

The EPA's Toxic Releases Inventory report documents the annual industrial pollution of land, air and water in the U.S., with six of the top 10 polluters located in the West.

Earth First! The Next Generation

The radical environmental group Earth First! feels some growing pains as a new and younger generation begins to replace the original activists.

Cove-Mallard: "I'm just trying to right what I feel is wrong'

A reporter visits the Earth First! encampment near Dixie, Idaho, where protesters have been practicing civil disobedience for five years in an attempt to save the old growth of the controversial Cove-Mallard timber sales.

Last line of defense: Civil disobedience and protest slow down "lawless logging'

The controversial salvage logging rider, signed by President Clinton a year ago, has been harassed throughout its short life by loud and growing protest - including civil disobedience.

Junkyard Rancher: Automotive wrangler scraps for a living

At his Carbondale, Colo., "Cadillac ranch," Alan Morris recycles automotive junk.

Advice for visitors to Rock Springs

Wallowing the flies away

The writer and his brother try to cope with a plague of flies in the Wyoming outdoors.

Why Juan Valdez doesn't haul coffee beans on a llama

A pack-burro outfitter humorously lambastes the trendy llama.