Dear HCN, It is my policy not to comment on news coverage of me, but in this case I have to correct the record. A letter you mailed out to potential readers with the lead article on The Wildlands Project seriously distorts history (HCN, 4/26/88). I did not ever agree to not “speak out about […]
Dave Foreman
Posted inMay 16, 1994: Babbitt is trying to nationalize the BLM
Endless pressure, endlessly applied
Never have a president and secretary of the Interior so disappointed conservationists as have Bill Clinton and Bruce Babbitt. The firing of Jim Baca as Bureau of Land Management director is simply the icing on a multi-layered cake of betrayal. We shouldn’t be surprised, though. Between nomination and taking office as secretary of the Interior, […]
Posted inFebruary 25, 1991: Colorado enters a new water era
The perils of illegal action
The more one becomes involved in conscious law-breaking, whether nonviolent civil disobedience or monkeywrenching, the more one needs to be scrupulously deliberate about doing so. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/23.3/download-entire-issue
Posted inNovember 18, 1977: South Wyoming may not look like much, but ...
Cutler: wilderness areas don’t have to be pristine, virgin
In the second of a two-part series, Dave Foreman responds to the argument that over-eager conservationists degrade the wilderness system by fighting to include inferior areas in it. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/9.22/download-entire-issue
Posted inNovember 4, 1977: Solar heating industry troubled by installation, operating problems
Are we degrading the Wilderness System?
In the first of a two-part series, Dave Foreman responds to the argument that over-eager conservationists degrade the wilderness system by fighting to include inferior areas in it. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/9.21/download-entire-issue
Posted inJune 4, 1976: Designating wilderness -- asking for destruction?
Designating wilderness — asking for destruction?
Land that is scenic, well-watered, and with recreation opportunities will be heavily used regardless of whether or not it is designated as wilderness. Many wilderness areas receive little use at all. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/8.12/download-entire-issue