Idaho Watersheds Project loses bid for public land to
ranchers Will and Vangie Ingram.
Items by Paul Larmer
Boundary County land-use plan found
unconstitutional.
The Sierra Club joins the Alliance for the Wild Rockies in
backing the Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act.
Rep. Pat Williams introduces the Montana Wilderness Act
for the 16th time, amidst disagreements between The Alliance for
the Wild Rockies, The Sierra Club and other members of the
environmentalist community.
BLM hydrologist is censured after charging that
groundwater pumping could harm the nation's first national
conservation area along the San Pedro River.
The Forest Service struggles over approval of an Aspen
Skiing Co. expansion plan to develop Burnt Mountain, near the
Maroon Bells Wilderness.
An advocacy group charges that a Waste Management landfill
is contaminating their water supply.
Clinton appoints officials to the BLM, Bureau of
Reclamation, NPS, US Fish and Wildlife and the Bureau of Indian
Affairs.
The Colorado legislature passes mining reforms after the
Summitville gold mine disaster.
The military wants to launch missiles from Utah into New
Mexico.
Accelerating growth worries locals in Dubois, Wyoming, and
Glenwood Springs, Colorado.
Diminished reservoirs slow salmon migration and hike power
prices in the Pacific Northwest.
Wise-use organizing tactics come under fire from several
environmental groups.
Jim Baca and George Frampton are appointed as heads of the
BLM and the Interior Department's fish and wildlife programs,
respectively.
Mining reform legislation which could overturn the 1872
Mining Law is introduced in Congress.
Oil and gas exploration threatens a pristine cave
system.
A Forest Products Industry report proposes cutting more
trees.
Several Interior Department agencies are profiled,
including the Fish and Wildlife Service, the National Park Service,
the BLM, the Bureau of Reclamation and many others.
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.
A recently released Bureau of Land Management Draft EIS for wilderness within Owyhee Canyonlands in Oregon, Idaho and Nevada has sparked controversy.
A cautious approach can help a community avoid "takings"
lawsuits.
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