Dear HCN, Before launching into my diatribe, I want to thank you for the recent cover story on the history of the Butte mines (HCN, 6/7/99). It ought to be required reading in history classes in Montana public schools. Now, here’s my response to the letter you printed from Battle Mountain Gold’s corporate consigliere (HCN, […]
Eric Christensen
Watch out for the military
Dear HCN, Steve Stuebner’s article on the Idaho Training Range (HCN, 1/24/94, p. 5), a proposed Air Force bombing range that will turn approximately 3 million acres of southwest Idaho into a virtual battle zone, accurately reflects the stakes for Idaho’s environment. Environmentalists in other Western states ought to pay close attention to the Pentagon’s […]