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Clearing the air on the Colorado Plateau
The Grand Canyon Visibility Transport Commission gets ready to send the EPA its recommendation for restoring clean air to the Colorado Plateau.
by Bill Taylor, Apr 01, 1996 -
Heard around the West
Sen. Hatfield and sausages, hunting in a bra, East bunny "scramble" in N.M., Oliver Stone opposing buffalo hunting in N.M., Carlsbad Caverns a world heritage site, John Talbott fished without a license but still is on Wyoming payroll.
by Lisa Jones, Apr 01, 1996 -
Goodbye, Deadwood
A Deadwood citizen who originally pushed for legalized gambling reflects sadly on the way her town has changed.
by Betty Whittington, Apr 01, 1996 -
Deadwood pays dearly for gambling riches
Legalized gambling in Deadwood, S.D., has brought prosperity but destroyed a community in the process.
by Elizabeth Manning, Apr 01, 1996 -
Navajos say no - then maybe - to casinos
Navajos are undecided about whether to legalize gambling with all its potential money - and many problems.
by Elizabeth Manning, Apr 01, 1996 -
I made $52,000 in 1994 and never bought a pair of shoes that whole year
In her own words, an anonymous gambler describes how she got hooked on gambling at Arizona's Fort McDowell.
by Elizabeth Manning, Apr 01, 1996 -
The nuts and bolts of Western gambling
A survey of the West shows a variety of ways to gamble in every state but Utah.
by Heather Abel, Apr 01, 1996 -
Life is a game, but bingo is serious
Modern Indian gambling began with a lawsuit over bingo at New York's Oneida Nation, and bingo continues to be important to the tribe.
by Elizabeth Manning, Apr 01, 1996 -
Gambling: A tribe hits the jackpot
Gambling at Arizona's Fort McDowell has taken the Yavapai Indians from poverty to wealth in just three years.
by Elizabeth Manning, Apr 01, 1996 -
The Native Home of Hope: Community, Ecology and the West
The Native Home of Hope: Community, Ecology and the West symposium is scheduled for April 12-13 at the University Park Hotel in Salt Lake City.
by Staff, Mar 18, 1996 -
Small Farming in Oregon
The Oregon State University Extension hosts "Small Farming in Oregon" March 29-30 at Linfield College.
by Staff, Mar 18, 1996 -
Environmental heroes
The League of Conservation Voters' 26th annual report rates lawmakers on environmental votes.
by Staff, Mar 18, 1996 -
Arid art
English watercolorist Tony Foster displays paintings of the desert West in Sun Valley, Idaho.
by Staff, Mar 18, 1996 -
Naked and marvelous
Kenneth Perry's topographic map of "The Colorado Plateau and its Drainage" is like seeing the West from heaven.
by C. L. Rawlins, Mar 18, 1996 -
Just a little advice
County Commissioner John Clarke's primer, "The Code of the West," seeks to help newcomers adjust to rural Larimer County, Colo.
by Staff, Mar 18, 1996 -
They did it themselves
Federal employees and outside experts under the auspices of AFSEEE develop a management plan for the Columbia Basin - a volunteer effort that cost taxpayers nothing.
by Michelle Mcclellan, Mar 18, 1996 -
Tailings pile makes waves
The Nuclear Regulatory Agency's decision to cap 130 acres of radioactive debris with dirt on the bank of the Colorado River near Moab, Utah, angers local residents.
by Dustin Solberg, Mar 18, 1996 -
Desert rendezvous
A Desert Wildlands Revival: Water, Wildlife and Wilderness in the High Desert conference in Burns, Oregon.
by Staff, Mar 18, 1996 -
Brand new name, same old story
A new group called Northwesterners for More Fish is made up of electric companies, timber companies and aluminum plants.
by Paul Larmer, Mar 18, 1996 -
EPA tells Colorado to get tough on mine
The EPA orders the state of Colorado to tighten regulations from open-pit gold mine near Victor.
by Jenny Emery, Mar 18, 1996
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