Results for keyword: Bruce Babbitt
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A celebration of Cascadia: A review of Open Spaces: Voices from the Northwest
Open Spaces: Voices from the Northwest doesn't quite work as an anthology, but it features some intimate and thoughtful writing about the Pacific Northwest.
by Gretchen Legler, Dec 11, 2011 -
War on The West: The sequel
Life is going get even harder for Interior Secretary Ken Salazar as modern-day Sagebrush Rebels try to re-ignite a “War on the West.”
by Paul Larmer, Jan 26, 2011 -
Mining Reform: Deja vu again and again
A 138-year-old law blocks serious hardrock mining reform, despite the untiring work of activists.
by Paul Larmer, Nov 21, 2010 -
The lands less traveled are a treat
The National Landscape Conservation System allows adventurous tourists to experience beautiful, remote landscapes far from the nearest souvenir store.
by Jodi Peterson, Jun 15, 2009 -
How to survive the lean times
Her brush with homelessness gives Jane Goetze the background to offer some wry advice.
by Jane Goetze, Dec 01, 2008 -
A chance to do it right in the West
Hoping for a Western Interior secretary who practices the politics of collaboration.
by Daniel Kemmis, Nov 26, 2008 -
A decade of difficult questions
Outgoing High Country News editor Greg Hanscom muses on the stories and issues the paper has covered in the 10 years he’s been with it
by Greg Hanscom, Nov 13, 2006 -
Good work in Washington
The Bush administration deserves credit for its "Water 2025" initiative, which provided grants that have helped the Deschutes River Conservancy and the Central Oregon Irrigation District begin restoring Oregon’s Deschutes River
by Greg Hanscom, Oct 16, 2006 -
Planting seeds for preservation
In Cities in the Wilderness, former Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt makes an eloquent argument for more enlightened federal land-use planning
by Gary Wockner, Jan 23, 2006 -
New grazing rules ride on doctored science
The Bureau of Land Management rewrote a scientific report critical of its new grazing rules, and two veteran scientists have quit the agency in protest
by Tony Davis, Jul 25, 2005






