Results for keyword: Access And Inholding
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Locked out of the public lands
In Wyoming, hunters and ORVers rally to protest the way that newly arrived corporate ranchers and rich people are blocking traditional areas of access to public lands.
by Katharine Collins, Apr 24, 2000 -
Round two for Steens Mountain development
John and Cindy Witzel want to build a school for outfitters on the 160 acres they own on Oregon's Steens Mountain, an area also being considered for national monument status.
by Jim Witty, Mar 13, 2000 -
Another wilderness developer pops up
Developer Jim Sievers wants to build an exclusive wilderness playground on the inholding he owns in the middle of Montana's Absaroka Beartooth Wilderness.
by Scott Mcmillion, Oct 11, 1999 -
Wilderness developer Tom Chapman is back
Notorious developer Tom Chapman is circulating a glossy brochure for the mansions he says he plans to build on former mining claims in Colorado's Holy Cross Wilderness.
by Allen Best, Jul 05, 1999 -
Trading away the West
A series of newspaper articles from the Seattle Times scrutinizes recent land trades in the West.
by Dustin Solberg, Oct 26, 1998 -
Counties want to develop public land
In Washington's Skamania County, pressure is building to get public lands in the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area back into private hands.
by Steve Stuebner, Feb 16, 1998 -
Managing scenery, wildlife and humans
Idaho's Sawtooth National Recreation Area has long seen trouble between the Forest Service and private inholders, and manager Paul Ries is on the hot seat for trying to protect the area.
by Emily Miller, Feb 16, 1998 -
On the offensive: developer Tom Chapman
Developer Thomas E. Chapman has earned notoriety - and a lot of money - buying, selling and trading wilderness inholdings in Colorado.
by Kelly Hearn, Feb 16, 1998 -
Private rights vs. public lands: Thousands of inholdingscreate conflicts inside federal lands
A ranching family's desire to develop a road to an inholding in Arizona's Arrastra Mounain Wilderness is a microcosm of the huge and unwieldy problem of inholdings on public lands throughout the West.
by Stephen Stuebner, Feb 16, 1998 -
Locals learn the value of a good view
Developers' desire to build two subdivisions on private land within Idaho's Sawtooth National Recreation Area stirs up trouble between landowners and the Forest Service.
by Steve Stuebner, Dec 09, 1996






