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Washington rancher spurns subdividers
A rancher decides to preserve land by selling it to the Bureau of Land Management rather than selling out to developers.
by Staff, Jan 25, 1993 -
Hikers are fenced out of wilderness
A housing development blocks access to Arizona's Coronado National Forest.
by Florence Williams, Jan 25, 1993 -
Storms sweep West
The National Weather Service reports that precipitation is above normal in Utah and Arizona.
by Staff, Jan 25, 1993 -
How many bears?
A Colorado Division of Wildlife study will count black bears on Black Mesa.
by Staff, Jan 25, 1993 -
Colorado mining industry strikes again
According to th EPA, bonds from the Summitville Consolidated Mining Co. don't cover hazardous waste cleanup costs.
by Steve Hinchman, Barry Noreen, Jan 25, 1993 -
Critics say agency is eating its young
Transfers among Forest Service employees from several Idaho national forests are political, employees say.
by J. Todd Foster, Jan 25, 1993 -
Can Bruce Babbitt make Interior hum?
Bruce Babbitt will manage a fragmented and dysfunctional Department of the Interior.
by Ed Marston, Jan 25, 1993 -
Twenty-something takes Sierra Club's helm
The Sierra Club elects 23-year-old Adam Werbach as its new president.
by Heather Abel, Jun 24, 1996 -
Ski industry masters the sneak attack
The ski industry seeks to slip a bill through Congress that would preserve the current low Forest Service fees resorts pay and let them renew 40-year leases without environmental review.
by Jon Margolis, Jun 24, 1996 -
Ranger charges ranchers with assault
Forest Service Range Conservationist Chuck Oliver is physically assaulted when he tries to attend a meeting in Eagle, Ariz., between public-lands ranchers and wise-use attorney Karen Budd-Falen.
by Lisa Jones, Jun 24, 1996 -
State lands: money isn't everything
Colorado Gov. Roy Romer drafts a ballot initiative to force the state land board to consider long-term stewardship and protection of state-owned lands.
by Heather Abel, Jun 24, 1996 -
Wyoming climbers win equal footing
A federal judge rules that Devils Tower National Monument cannot prohibit commercial climbing in June to accommodate Native American religious practices at the tower.
by Chris Tollefson, Jun 24, 1996 -
Fire sweeps through the Southwest
The Southwest's drought brings an early and ferocious forest fire season.
by Elizabeth Manning, Jun 24, 1996 -
Marvel ups the ante
Conservationist Jon Marvel bid against rancher Mike Ward over a 10-year lease, raising the fee to $12,050, then folded and declared victory.
by Dan Egan, Jun 24, 1996 -
Dear friends
HCN's summer break, odds and ends, summer interns Greg Hanscom and Jared Farmer, Paul Larmer visits Utah rancher Hardy Redd.
by Betsy Marston, Jun 24, 1996 -
Canyonlands is a park in name only; in truth only highly organized chaos reigns
A river trip through Utah's Canyonlands National Park leads a winter-naturalist to muse about the geologic chaos inside the park's human-imposed boundaries.
by Craig Leland Childs, Jun 24, 1996 -
Heard around the West
High Country Shopper, Rocky Mountain News scorns rural Colorado cows, low wages for Wyoming women, husband wife team of wilderness rangers needs money in Montana, quips from Myles Rademan, New York Times' Freemen blooper.
by Lisa Jones, Jun 24, 1996 -
The Country Doctor
Reserve, N.M., Dr. Mark Unverzagt, in his own words, on the often overlooked middle ground in Catron County.
by Lisa Jones, Jun 24, 1996 -
The Psychologist
Psychologist Melinda Garcia, in her own words, on working with people in Catron County's "war zone."
by Lisa Jones, Jun 24, 1996 -
The Forest Ranger
Forest Service District Ranger Mike Gardner, in his own words, on dealing with the tensions in Catron County.
by Lisa Jones, Jun 24, 1996
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