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Letter to Edward Abbey from Earth: A Review
A letter to the late Ed Abbey ruefully notes how the writer's grim predictions about overpopulation and over-abuse of the canyon country are coming true.
by Stephen J. Lyons, Apr 29, 1996 -
Heard Around the West
Montana weirdness, Santa Fe Mayor Debbie Jaramillo and nepotism, Utah bans gay groups in schools, livestock fight back in Colorado, rattlesnakes in Vail, and Idaho paints over swastikas.
by Lisa Jones, Apr 29, 1996 -
Yellowstone's wintertime blues
Record numbers of winter visitors to Yellowstone create controversy about how to manage visitor- and snowmobile-caused problems.
by Lynne Bama, Apr 29, 1996 -
Noranda stirs up a swarm of opposition
The controversial Crown Butte mining project near Yellowstone rouses opposition from both local citizens and national politicians.
by Lynne Bama, Apr 29, 1996 -
A park boss goes to bat for the land
Yellowstone National Park Supervisor Michael V. Finley stirs controversy and conflict as he fights to save America's oldest national park.
by Lynne Bama, Apr 29, 1996 -
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by Ed Marston, Apr 15, 1996 -
Sid Goodloe
Sid Goodloe, in his own words, discusses how to be a good steward of the land while making a living at ranching.
by Ed Marston, Apr 15, 1996 -
Heard around the West
Praying for cold weather, Jesus and fishing permits, wild horse contraceptives, reservoirs help earth rotate, Bigfoot on endangered species list, Northwesterners for more fish use, wrong fish for logo.
by Lisa Jones, Apr 15, 1996 -
Last chance for wetlands
The Seattle Audubon Society founds the Washington Wetland Network, or WETNET, to help protect wetlands.
by Staff, Apr 15, 1996 -
Gold medal watchdog
The Olympic Watch League (OWL) keeps an environmental eye on the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.
by Bill Taylor, Apr 15, 1996 -
Rendezvous at Cove-Mallard
The Earth First! Rendezvous will take place on Idaho's controversial Cove-Mallard logging area.
by Staff, Apr 15, 1996 -
Malpractice as usual
Taxpayers pay and managers are rewarded when Forest Service officials in California hand out timber contracts without adequate environmental review.
by Michelle Mcclellan, Apr 15, 1996 -
Christensen goes quarterly
Former HCN regional editor Jon Christensen begins a quarterly called "Great Basin News."
by Staff, Apr 15, 1996 -
Stop the flooding
Oregon's devastating floods could be prevented by restoring Willamette River wetlands and woodlands, study says.
by Staff, Apr 15, 1996 -
Retreat
Vallecitos Mountain Refuge in New Mexico's Carson Forest will hold three eight-day meditation retreats from August through September for environmental and social activists.
by Staff, Apr 15, 1996 -
Take a seat
University of Denver's Graduate School of Public Affairs will choose a professor to hold the Timothy E. Wirth Chair in Environmental and Community Development Policy.
by Bill Taylor, Apr 15, 1996 -
Can Southwest activism and money coexist?
The Pew Charitable Trust offers a huge grant to the 50 environmental groups banded together in the Southwest Forest Alliance - and some environmentalists worry that the money may do more harm than good.
by Peter Aleshire, Apr 15, 1996 -
Democrats gag on bitter budget pills
Democrats fight Republican anti-environment riders attached to the budget bill as the 1996 budget struggle continues.
by Ken Miller, Apr 15, 1996 -
Stirring things up on the Colorado River
The valves at Glen Canyon Dam are opened so the Colorado River can once again flood the Grand Canyon - and scientists, river guides, and environmentalists begin to study the results.
by Larry Warren, Apr 15, 1996 -
A very large subdivision riles a very small town
Irate locals in Big Horn, Wyo., fight the ambitious golf course and vacation home development plans of Homer Scott Jr.
by Samuel Western, Apr 15, 1996
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