Secretary James Watt’s downfall was caused largely by his apparent failure to understand the major coal issues and the economy that has evolved since his early stint in Interior in the mid-1970s. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/15.20/download-entire-issue
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Posted inMay 27, 1983: Going from good to better
Going from good to better
The election of Ronald Reagan — the most outspoken anti-environmental presidential candidate since Earth Day in 1970 — has sparked an unprecedented growth in environmental groups. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/15.10/download-entire-issue
Posted inMarch 18, 1983: A grizzly situation
A talk with Senator James McClure
High Country News contributor Glenn Oakley interviews Idaho’s U.S. Senator James McClure on roadless rules, the sale of federal lands, and other issues. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/15.5/download-entire-issue
Posted inMarch 18, 1983: A grizzly situation
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Posted inMarch 4, 1983: To cut or not to cut
Forest plans in the Rockies: Where the ploys are
A summary of forest plans in Colorado, Idaho, Montana and other Western states. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/15.4/download-entire-issue
Posted inNovember 12, 1982: Running the Rockies' wild and scenic rivers
Running the Rockies’ wild and scenic rivers
The Reagan administration has sent Congress a list of rivers it recommends for inclusion in the Nation Wild and Scenic Rivers System, the first time in four years that any rivers outside of Alaska have been recommended. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/14.22/download-entire-issue
Posted inAugust 20, 1982: Gas sours wildlife in Wyoming
Wilderness oil leasing banned
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed bipartisan, compromise legislation banning oil, natural gas and some mineral leasing in wilderness areas. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/14.16/download-entire-issue
Posted inFebruary 5, 1982: Wild game on the table today, none on the range tomorrow?
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Posted inNovember 13, 1981: Making the most of the public lands
Cecil Andrus on windmills and balance
HCN interviews Cecil Andrus, who served as Interior Secretary under President Jimmy Carter and then as ldaho’s governor from 1970-78. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/13.22/download-entire-issue
Posted inOctober 16, 1981: Briney Colorado still defies salty solutions
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Posted inAugust 7, 1981: Cattle, cussing and cowboys
1080 revival renews old wrangle
Sheep producers vigorously lobby the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to lift a ban on Compound 1080, which is used to poison predators. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/13.16/download-entire-issue
Posted inJuly 24, 1981: Peaking in on the Grand Canyon
Colorado county scores record deal to handle energy growth
In a precedent-setting move that has stirred some corporate nerves, the Western Fuels Corp. has agreed to spend at least $15 million to help western Colorado’s Rio Blanco County prepare for a new coal mine. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/13.15/download-entire-issue
Posted inFebruary 20, 1981: Water warning: a ploy, or poison?
1980 Index
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Posted inJanuary 9, 1981: 'I'm a juggie'
Tribes, frustrated with lack of federal regs, consider code
Western tribes with valuable energy resources are considering adopting a comprehensive environmental code, which could lead to court fights over who has the right to regulate development on Indian lands. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/13.1/download-entire-issue
Posted inDecember 26, 1980: Jeffrey City: "I don't know a person in town who isn't thinking of leaving"
Growth studies spur much talk, little consensus
Controlling growth in the Rocky Mountain West has never been fertile ground for a consensus of opinion. So few people were surprised this week that just as Utah announced a new growth study, Colorado was forced to swallow its control proposals. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/12.25/download-entire-issue
Posted inNovember 28, 1980: Channeling the stream of toxic wastes
BLM names Wilderness Study Areas; regional reaction mixed
With little fanfare, the Bureau of Land Management has paired down public lands under consideration for protection as wilderness to 24 million acres in 11 western states. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/12.23/download-entire-issue
Posted inOctober 17, 1980: Politics 1980
Politics 1980
Increasing pressure for resource extraction in the West would suggest that the 1980 election would hinge on natural resource issues. Yet in most political races, natural resource issues are not at the forefront. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/12.20/download-entire-issue
Posted inFebruary 8, 1980: High heating costs fire up consumers in Rockies
U.S. House funds Burlington Dam but not Libby
The Libby Dam, proposed for Montana’s Kootenai River and opposed by a local sportsman’s group, was rejected by the U.S. House in a bill that approved North Dakota’s controversial Burlington Dam. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/12.3/download-entire-issue
Posted inDecember 28, 1979: Fending off nature's bill collector with planning
Utah water conflict unites environmentalists, ranchers
Ranchers and environmentalists in Utah’s Kane Country — where residents a few years ago hanged an effigy of Robert Redford as a statement against his environmentalism — are now protesting the Interior Department to stop a coal strip mine. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/11.25/download-entire-issue
Posted inJune 15, 1979: High prices, doubts plague wind power revival
Churches back environmentalist in North Dakota
Spurred by a desire to stem the loss of productive farmland, several church groups are pouring money into environmental activism in North Dakota. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/11.12/download-entire-issue