Park officials and environmentalists protest a proposed
landfill at Eagle Mountain, Calif., right next to Joshua Tree
National Park.
Items by Elizabeth Manning
The Nez Perce Indians regain Oregon land lost to them for
120 years, and decide to use it as a wildlife preserve.
In her own words, Lakota Sioux spiritual and cultural
leader Charlotte Black Elk discusses the clash between Native and
white spirituality at places like Devils Tower.
The growing desire of Native Americans to protect their
sacred sites in the West leads to sometimes acrimonious debate over
public access, the First Amendment and the definition of sacred
places.
A new comic book called "Tribal Force" wants to offer
positive role models as well as entertainment to young Native
Americans.
Rancher Rob Blair in his own words on why he intends to
keep raising cattle on the Mojave Preserve.
California's new Mojave National Preserve, touted as "a
park for the 21st century," seeks to remain primitive and to avoid
alienating the small communities in and around the
preserve.
Jerry Freeman, owner of the tiny town of Nipton, Calif.,
in his own words on why he thinks the preserve will be a good - and
profitable - thing.
Environmental activist Judi Barr, who survived a car bomb
on the eve of Redwood Summer in 1990, dies of cancer at home in
Willits, Calif.
Chicago's Shorebank Corp. leads in innovative attempts to
raise loans and create business development in the Willapa Bay
area.
The Department of Energy is considering using Hanford's
research nuclear reactor to produce tritium for nuclear
weapons.
The National Rifle Association may be losing some of its
hunter membership and other moderates as it moves farther to the
right.
The Wildlife Legislative Fund of America packs a lot of
clout among hunters and politicians.
In his own words, Mac Carelli, owner of C&C Meats in
Sheridan, Wyo., describes how he deals with bison
carcasses.
Yellowstone National Park photographer Jim Peaco, in his
own words, on the bison slaughter.
The FAA bans all commercial overflights of Colorado's
Rocky Mountain National Park without much opposition.
Strange winter weather brings extremes to the West, from
70-degree days in Colorado to floods in Nevada and snows and ice in
the Northwest.
Bruce Hucko's book "Where There is No Name for Art: The
Art of Tewa Pueblo Children," celebrates creativity of young Native
Americans.
Tread Lightly! tries to rein in reckless ORV advertising
that glorifies the vehicles ripping up the land.
Forest Service volunteer Earl Monroe uses a skinny little
bulldozer to help build trails on Colorado's Western
Slope.
Well-organized and well-heeled, off-road vehicle users
constitute a large and powerful group aiming to stake its claim to
the West's public lands.
Six young condors now in a holding pen in Arizona's
Vermilion Cliffs will be the first condors to live on the Colorado
Plateau since 1924.
The Eugene Register Guard sues the Forest Service for
arresting two journalists at a logging protest at Oregon's Warner
Creek.
The BLM appoints Jerry Meredith to manage the newly
created, controversial Grand-Staircase-Escalante National Monument
in Utah.
A provision in the spending bill allows the Endangered
Species Act and the National Environmental Policy Act to be waived
for border projects such as fences - which could harm endangered
species.
Idaho's Proposition 3 would void Gov. Phil Batt's deal to
bring some nuclear waste into the state and would require that all
such agreements in the future have citizen approval.
Democrats hope to make progress in Oregon at both state
and national levels.
In Washington, Democrats hope to win back the state
Legislature that went to Republicans two years ago.
The Crested Butte Ski Resort in Colorado drops its plans
to build new ski runs on a neighboring mountain.
A plan to build a visitor's center for Utah's Grand Gulch
worries some, who fear more people - including pothunters - will be
encouraged to visit the area.
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