If you have a birdfeeder, binoculars and access to a computer, you can join the BirdSource Great “98 Backyard Bird Count, Feb 20-22. Sponsored by the National Audubon Society and Cornell University, the project will use the Internet to collect sightings from birdwatchers across the continent, documenting some unusual migration patterns observed this winter. Anyone […]
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Posted inFebruary 16, 1998: Private rights vs. public lands
7th Annual Land Use Continuing Education Conference
Utah Gov. Michael Leavitt and John Nichols, author of The Milagro Beanfield War, will be among the guest speakers at the 7th Annual Land Use Continuing Education Conference in Denver, March 12-13. Topics will include preserving open space, private property rights, small town economic development and urban growth boundaries. Contact the Rocky Mountain Land Use […]
Posted inFebruary 16, 1998: Private rights vs. public lands
Working the Watershed
Richard Manning’s article “Working the Watershed” (HCN, 3/17/97) could easily have been titled “Overworking the Watershed.” It described efforts to restore salmon fisheries and oyster beds to Willapa Bay, a part of southwestern Washington state that has been logged and logged and logged again. Now the neighboring, and similarly overworked, Chinook watershed is the subject […]
Posted inFebruary 16, 1998: Private rights vs. public lands
Green Building Resource Center
Design professionals interested in incorporating “green” practices into their work have a new site on the Web. From straw-bale houses to national parks, the Green Building Resource Center provides information about energy efficiency, water conservation and other sustainable-design issues. The site is operated by two nonprofits, the Salt Lake-based Global Environmental Options (GEO) and Building […]
Posted inFebruary 2, 1998: Looking at dams in a new way
River rats get ready
RIVER RATS GET READY More than 1,500 whitewater enthusiasts and conservationists are expected to show up for Friends of the River’s 18th Annual Rivers Festival, Feb. 20-22, at the Fort Mason Center in San Francisco, Calif. This year’s theme: Protecting Rivers for the Next Generation. Speakers include photographer Galen Rowell and the Glen Canyon Institute’s […]
Posted inFebruary 2, 1998: Looking at dams in a new way
Oil leasing sparks debate
OIL LEASING SPARKS DEBATE The U.S. Forest Service’s proposal to open 370,000 acres south of Yellowstone National Park to oil and gas leasing is drawing opposition. The proposal centers on Wyoming, home to wildlife, including wolves and grizzly bears. Environmentalists say drilling threatens the area that serves as a wildlife corridor between the Gros Ventre […]
Posted inFebruary 2, 1998: Looking at dams in a new way
Cars to get the boot
CARS TO GET THE BOOT Cars are on their way to the endangered list in three of the country’s most popular parks. The National Park Service wants to replace private cars with light rail in Grand Canyon and expand bus systems in Yosemite and Zion national parks by 2000. “The problem isn’t too many people, […]
Posted inFebruary 2, 1998: Looking at dams in a new way
1998 Arkansas River Basin Water Forum
The 1998 Arkansas River Basin Water Forum meets in La Junta, Colo., Feb. 4-5 to talk about endangered species, agriculture and groundwater quality, and other issues that affect the basin, which includes areas of eastern Colorado, Kansas and New Mexico. Former Colorado Sen. Hank Brown and Rep. Robert Schaffer, R-Colo., are keynote speakers. Contact the […]
Posted inFebruary 2, 1998: Looking at dams in a new way
North American Interdisciplinary Conference on Environment and Community
The Center for Environmental Arts and Humanities is calling for papers and creative submissions for the North American Interdisciplinary Conference on Environment and Community, set for Feb. 19-21 at the University of Nevada, Reno. Those whose work is selected will get the chance to join artists, scientists, ranchers and outdoor enthusiasts in workshops and panels. […]
Posted inFebruary 2, 1998: Looking at dams in a new way
The International Association of Wildland Fire
The International Association of Wildland Fire holds its second conference March 29-April 1 in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. The conference, a follow-up to a get-together in 1995, will explore the worldwide effects of fire and fire-management strategies on endangered species and their habitats. “It’s an effort to get the firefighter talking to the fire manager talking […]
Posted inFebruary 2, 1998: Looking at dams in a new way
Restoring the Wolf
Abstracts for papers are due by late February for a Defenders of Wildlife conference on Restoring the Wolf, set for Nov. 12-14 in Seattle, Wash. Panel discussions and workshops will focus on wolf ecology, the economics of recovery, grant writing and lobbying and on tap: ambassador wolves from Mission: Wolf, a Colorado-based wolf education and […]
Posted inDecember 22, 1997: Gold Rush: Mining seeks to tighten its grip on the 'last, best place'
Gold Rush: Mining seeks to tighten its grip on the ‘last, best place’
Note: this front-page essay introduces this issue’s feature story. Pity Montana. Everyone wants a piece of it. Most desire its trout streams, the solace of its open spaces, its stunning mountains. Mining companies want the metals buried beneath this incomparable landscape. Hardrock mining is already big business in Montana. But it could soon get bigger. […]
Posted inDecember 8, 1997: Mono Lake: Victory over Los Angeles turns into local controversy
Termite tenacity
Termites build their homes to last. The evidence is in New Mexico, where a team of University of Colorado scientists have identified termite mounds dating back to the Jurassic period, 155 million years ago. More than 100 sandstone pillars, some as high as 20 feet and six feet in diameter, were found over the last […]
Posted inDecember 8, 1997: Mono Lake: Victory over Los Angeles turns into local controversy
Get to work
The Student Conservation Association is offering 1,200 interns an opportunity to put rhetoric into action. The SCA is seeking applications from people who want expense-paid internships in places as diverse as Alaska and Puerto Rico. Interns usually work with conservation projects in national parks and on forests, as well as on private land, doing everything […]
Posted inNovember 10, 1997: Drain Lake Powell? Democracy and science finally come West
League of Women Voters
Colorado phones will ring soon, and the Colorado League of Women Voters will begin to survey the public about their knowledge of the causes of water pollution. The League has received a $150,000 grant from the Environmental Protection Agency to educate people about how to prevent household-generated contaminants such as motor oil and lawn chemicals […]
Posted inNovember 10, 1997: Drain Lake Powell? Democracy and science finally come West
The Endangered Species Act
The Endangered Species Act will be among the topics covered at the Colorado Cattlemen’s Association and Colorado CattleWomen’s midwinter conference Dec. 4-5 in Colorado Springs, Colo. More than 250 ranchers and biologists are expected to attend this panel discussion on how the act can be modified to engage the agriculture industry in endangered species’ recovery. […]
Posted inNovember 10, 1997: Drain Lake Powell? Democracy and science finally come West
Another wild opportunity
The Bureau of Land Management has pushed 180,000 acres of Colorado outback a step closer to becoming wilderness study areas. The agency recently labeled the areas “roadless’ after completing new surveys. The surveys were prompted by the Colorado Environmental Coalition, which said the areas should have been included in the BLM’s 1980 survey of potential […]
Posted inNovember 10, 1997: Drain Lake Powell? Democracy and science finally come West
More ATVers than aliens
You can search for alien life forms near Roswell, N.M., and not see them, but you can’t miss all-terrain vehicles. For the past 20 years, motor-bikers have carved tracks all around 3,530-acre Haystack Mountain. But unfettered roaming may end soon. The Roswell District of the Bureau of Land Management has finished a draft management plan […]
Posted inNovember 10, 1997: Drain Lake Powell? Democracy and science finally come West
A chance to go wild
Utah has no rivers protected under the 1968 federal Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, but that might change. This month, the Forest Service released a draft report on recommendations for possible wild and scenic designation within the Uinta National Forest. This forest alone has 92 small sections of rivers eligible for designation, but the agency […]
Posted inNovember 10, 1997: Drain Lake Powell? Democracy and science finally come West
Continental Divide Trail
You don’t have to leave your home to experience the Continental Divide Trail. Exploring the trail is now as easy as typing www.gorp.com/cdts/ and hitting return. The Continental Divide Trail Society has created a Web page for hikers to exchange information, inquire about weather conditions and find hiking partners via the Forum, the site’s on-line […]