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Saved by the hair of a bear
Researchers from the Yellowstone Grizzly Foundation hope to learn about the bears' genetic diversity through studying hairs left behind when the animals scratch their backs.
by Staff, May 27, 1996 -
Ten at risk
Five Western rivers are in American Rivers' annual report, "North America's Ten Most Endangered and Threatened Rivers."
by Staff, May 27, 1996 -
Heard Around the West
Sex at the prom, Abstinence Week, Utah's baby boom, complaints in a Silver City, N.M., lumberyard about having to take off your gun at the door, tourists hurry through Utah, linger in Wyoming, and in South Dakota folks are nice to cows.
by Lisa Jones, May 27, 1996 -
There's plenty of money to study Utah's game
Environmentalists are furious that the Utah state wildlife agency, at the direction of the Legislature, is funding projects to kill every mammalian predator on study sites in two counties, in an effort to improve pheasant hunting.
by Tim Vitale, May 27, 1996 -
Frogs: The ultimate indicator species
Native frog populations throughout the United States - and the world - are declining drastically, and no one is quite sure why.
by Todd Wilkinson, May 27, 1996 -
Utah ushers its frogs toward oblivion
Utah, which once boasted exceptionally rich populations of reptiles and amphibians, now does nothing to stop their rapid disappearance.
by Todd Wilkinson, May 27, 1996 -
Heard Around the West
Tot finds dinosaur egg, N.M. governor finds jokes about hwy. dept. ot funny, lights on Hwy. 666 in N.M. save lives, Washington roads made of old tires burst into flames, Nevada's "extraterrestrial hwy.," and classic hwy. story from Montana.
by Elizabeth Manning, May 13, 1996 -
A sampling of the West's collaborative efforts
A directory of some Western consensus groups is followed by a bibliography of consensus-building materials.
by Michelle Mcclellan, May 13, 1996 -
Everyone helps a California forest - except the Forest Service
The Quincy Library Group of Plumas County, Calif., has won much approval nationally and yet finds itself having to battle the Forest Serivce on its own ground.
by Jon Christensen, May 13, 1996 -
Bringing back grizzlies splits environmentalists
What seems on the surface to be a successful consensus effort to restore grizzlies to central Idaho and western Montana has provoked a bitter split among Northern Rockies environmentalists many of whom believe the plan will harm bears rather than help.
by Ed Marston, May 13, 1996 -
A progressive commissioner takes the heat
Montezuma County Commissioner and Colorado rancher Tom Colbert proves himself an independent and determined thinker.
by Paul Larmer, May 13, 1996 -
A Colorado county tries a novel approach: work the system
County commissioners, forest rangers and other Montezuma County residents begin to come together to find a way to manage their public lands.
by Paul Larmer, May 13, 1996 -
Idaho learns to share two rivers
The Henry's Fork Watershed Council's struggle created a plan to share and save Idaho's Henry's Fork and Falls rivers.
by Patti Sherlock, May 13, 1996 -
Some not-so-easy steps to successful collaboration
Mediator Gerald Mueller of Missoula, Mont., names ingredients necessary for successful consensus groups.
by Lisa Jones, May 13, 1996 -
The skeptic: Collaboration has its limits
Sierra Club chairman Michael McCloskey raises doubts about consensus groups - and explores the harm they may cause.
by Michael Mccloskey, May 13, 1996 -
'Boom' potential at Rocky Flats
A dangerous build-up of hydrogen gas at the closed Rocky Flats nuclear facility near Denver, Colo., has activists very worried.
by Bill Taylor, May 13, 1996 -
Farm bill helps the land - sort of
The 1996 farm bill offers farmers the best-funded package of conservation incentives yet - but both farmers and environmentalists have misgivings.
by Heather Abel, May 13, 1996 -
A faint ray of hope for Northwest salmon
This year, some Idaho Snake River salmon may get to skip the usual barge journey around dams and be allowed to swim over the dams via spillways.
by Steve Stuebner, May 13, 1996 -
The Northwest gets theatrical
Recent scandals and bizarre antics by a few Northwestern Republicans may open a loophole for Democratic challengers in the coming election.
by Heather Abel, May 13, 1996 -
Ellensburg wins back its beauty
A group of concerned Ellensburg, Wash., citizens succeeds in getting 12 tall, unsightly power poles removed from downtown.
by Bill Taylor, May 13, 1996
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