The military wants to launch missiles from Utah into New Mexico. To read this article, download this HCN issue in PDF format. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Missile plan shoots for the West.
Paul Larmer
Posted inApril 5, 1993: Special issue: Small towns under seige
Drought in the Northwest hurts salmon, power
Diminished reservoirs slow salmon migration and hike power prices in the Pacific Northwest. To read this article, download this HCN issue in PDF format. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Drought in the Northwest hurts salmon, power.
Posted inApril 5, 1993: Special issue: Small towns under seige
Areas fear glitzification
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Areas fear glitzification.
Posted inMarch 22, 1993: The dam that won't die
Wise-use ordinance challenged in Idaho
Wise-use organizing tactics come under fire from several environmental groups. To read this article, download this HCN issue in PDF format. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Wise-use ordinance challenged in Idaho.
Posted inMarch 8, 1993: A famous skeleton returns to the earth
Mining reform may hit paydirt in 1993
Mining reform legislation which could overturn the 1872 Mining Law is introduced in Congress. To read this article, download this HCN issue in PDF format. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Mining reform may hit paydirt in 1993.
Posted inMarch 8, 1993: A famous skeleton returns to the earth
The drill starts to change at Interior
Jim Baca and George Frampton are appointed as heads of the BLM and the Interior Department’s fish and wildlife programs, respectively. To read this article, download this HCN issue in PDF format. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline The drill starts to change at Interior.
Posted inFebruary 22, 1993: The continuing saga of New Mexico's Gray Ranch
Two underground resources clash in New Mexico
Oil and gas exploration threatens a pristine cave system. To read this article, download this HCN issue in PDF format. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Two underground resources clash in New Mexico.
Posted inFebruary 8, 1993: Lawmakers turn the Fifth into sharp-pointed sword
Dead and dying trees
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Dead and dying trees.
Posted inJanuary 25, 1993: Can Bruce Babbitt make Interior hum?
Babbitt’s domain: 1.9 billion acres
The domain of Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt encompasses a $7.25 billion budget, 75,000 employees, and more than 500 million acres of land onshore, and another 1.4 billion acres offshore. Interior’s holdings sprawl across the nation. It manages everything from the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island in New York to San Francisco’s Golden Gate National […]
Posted inDecember 28, 1992: Audubon's 'ranch' ungrazed, but used
Wildlife ‘refuges’ play host to bombers, cattle and jetskiers
Wildlife refuges have never been just for wildlife. The 90 million-acre national wildlife refuge system also hosts military maneuvers, cattle, hunters, boaters and other “secondary” users. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/24.24/download-entire-issue
Posted inApril 2, 1984: Oil shale comes on hard times
A tri-state wilderness area causes strife
A recently released Bureau of Land Management Draft EIS for wilderness within Owyhee Canyonlands in Oregon, Idaho and Nevada has sparked controversy. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/16.6/download-entire-issue
Posted inSeptember 5, 1994: Can planning rein in a stampede?
Careful planning avoids takings
Note: This article is a sidebar to one of this issue’s feature stories: ‘Wise use’ plans abhor change. Planners and elected officials deciding land use tend to shudder when you mention it: takings. Just how far can a community go with regulations before an irate, and often rich, landowner slaps back with a lawsuit claiming the […]