Editor’s note: The author is said to live “on a 100-year-old ranch that once was miles from the nearest neighbor but now may be right next door to your new subdivision.” Dear new neighbors, I’ve never met any of you. If I did, I would be perfectly polite. Probably I’d even think you’re nice folks. […]
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Posted inApril 13, 1998: Oil clashes with elk in the Book Cliffs
A postscript from anonymous
Dear HCN, Lynne Bama’s wild horse story is an excellent introduction to many of the philosophical and practical problems attendant to management of a large, sacred, feral domestic ungulate on the public lands (HCN, 3/2/98). Although ecologically responsible management of feral horses and burros under current laws and policies is theoretically possible, censuses and removals […]
Posted inOctober 2, 1995: Did Idaho libel the feds?
Where credit is due
Dear HCN, Your essay “How to get rural people to stand proud and tall” perpetuates the myth that the Mono Lake Committee “saved” Mono Lake (HCN, 9/4/95). The record clearly shows that the increased flows into Mono Lake of the past several years – thanks to decreased diversions out of the Mono Basin by the […]
Posted inOctober 28, 1985: The fully operational MX missile
A BLM employee’s cry of rage
Sometimes it seems that the BLM purposely chooses the worst possible field management, or no management whatsoever, in an attempt to attract public attention. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/17.20/download-entire-issue