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Results for keyword: Air Space And Bombing Ranges

  • Victory in Idaho: Canyon lovers defeat the military

    A coalition of canyon lovers defeats the U.S. Air Force in Idaho's Owyhee Canyon.

    by Stephen Stuebner, Aug 13, 2010

  • Owyhee: On the eve of destruction

    Bombing range threatens wild land in Idaho, Nevada and Oregon.

    by Brad Purdy, Feb 21, 2001

  • Senator jumps the gun for the military

    Environmentalists and other critics are irate at Sen. John McCain's proposal to allow the military use of 3 million acres of public land in Arizona and New Mexico, including the Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge in Arizona.

    by Keri Watson And Greg Hanscom, Jul 05, 1999

  • Air Force lands a deal

    Idaho's Land Board turns down an environmental group's $5,000 bid in favor of the Air Force's $10 bid on the Juniper Butte area, which the Air Force seeks for a training range.

    by Rocky Barker, Mar 29, 1999

  • Locals work to tame the Air Force

    Activist Grace Potorti has spent the last 15 years as a watchdog on the military in Nevada, and her efforts have helped to bring about reform at Nellis Air Force Base.

    by Stanley Yung, Mar 15, 1999

  • Top gun seeks more of the high desert

    A BLM plan to expand jet training outside of Nevada's Dixie Valley has angered almost everyone on the high desert.

    by Stanley Yung, Dec 07, 1998

  • Air Force drops a sweetheart deal onto ranch land

    The U.S. Air Force plans to offer Idaho rancher Bert Brackett around $1 million to turn his grazing allotment into a bombing range.

    by Taffeta Elliott, Aug 31, 1998

  • Bombers battled from the ground

    In northern New Mexico, residents battle Air Force plans for a new bombing range.

    by Taffeta Elliott, Aug 03, 1998

  • Locals battle military planes

    In Colorado's Wet Mountain Valley, activists fight a Colorado Airspace Initiative that would allow more frequent overflights for military training.

    by Michelle Nijhuis, Jun 08, 1998

  • Training and bombing range expansions at a glance

    Proposed military expansions in various Western states.

    by Staff, Apr 13, 1998
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