Items by Steve Stuebner

Nature hits a home run for salmon
A rare combination of ideal conditions leads to Idaho's biggest salmon and steelhead runs in 25 years.
Steve Stuebner Sept. 24, 2001 From the print edition
Coalition finds harmony in the backcountry
In Idaho, the Winter Coalition has brought together snowmobilers and Nordic skiers to zone winter recreation uses in the Sawtooth National Forest.
Steve Stuebner Jan. 15, 2001 From the print edition
Supreme Court upholds Babbitt's grazing reforms
The Supreme Court upholds Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt's grazing reforms, and allows non-ranchers to qualify for grazing permits.
Steve Stuebner June 5, 2000 From the print edition
Activist calls for cease-fire on wolves
Some wolf advocates are furious over the recent killing of five livestock-attacking wolves in the White Cloud Mountains of Idaho.
Steve Stuebner May 22, 2000 From the print edition
Wolves worry outfitters
Idaho hunting guides worry that reintroduced wolves will kill too many elk and put outfitters like themselves out of business.
Steve Stuebner Feb. 1, 1999 From the print edition
Ruckus on a recreation river
The Forest Service's plan to cut whitewater rafting numbers on Idaho's popular Middle Fork of the Salmon rouses opposition from commercial boaters.
Steve Stuebner May 25, 1998 From the print edition
Counties want to develop public land
In Washington's Skamania County, pressure is building to get public lands in the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area back into private hands.
Steve Stuebner Feb. 16, 1998 From the print edition
States get semi-tough on poachers
Flagrant cases of wildlife poaching inspire new legislation throughout the West to crack down on criminal hunters.
Steve Stuebner April 28, 1997 From the print edition
Idaho says no to grizzlies
The Idaho Fish and Game Commission opposes the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's plan to restore grizzly bears to the state.
John Rosapepe And Steve Stuebner Feb. 17, 1997 From the print edition
The report is readable - and grim
The Interior Columbia Basin Management Project has produced a useful but depressing science document, "Status of the Interior Columbia Basin."
Paul Larmer And Steve Stuebner Feb. 3, 1997 From the print edition
Columbia Basin plan staggers home
The Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Project - a pioneer attempt to adopt a strategy for 75 million acres of public land in the Northwest - has so far achieved little but its own survival in the face of Republican attacks.
Steve Stuebner Feb. 3, 1997 From the print edition
Locals learn the value of a good view
Developers' desire to build two subdivisions on private land within Idaho's Sawtooth National Recreation Area stirs up trouble between landowners and the Forest Service.
Steve Stuebner Dec. 9, 1996 From the print edition
Idaho jury hits 12 Cove-Mallard protesters hard
An Idaho county jury assesses $1.15 million in damages against 12 Earth First! Cove-Mallard protesters.
Steve Stuebner Nov. 25, 1996 From the print edition
Radioactive waste is hot issue in Idaho
Nuclear waste critics got a "Stop the Shipments" initiative on the November ballot, to derail Idaho Gov. Batt's agreement to accept more waste - but some warn the situation is too complex for a simple solution.
Steve Stuebner Sept. 2, 1996 From the print edition
Marvel wins a round
The Idaho Supreme Court rules that the State Land Board erred in granting a grazing lease to a Challis rancher who had been outbid by anti-grazing activist Jon Marvel.
Steve Stuebner Aug. 19, 1996 From the print edition
Idaho air base guns for more space, again
Idaho opponents assail Mountain Home Air Force Base's latest training-range expansion plans.
Steve Stuebner June 24, 1996 From the print edition
A faint ray of hope for Northwest salmon
This year, some Idaho Snake River salmon may get to skip the usual barge journey around dams and be allowed to swim over the dams via spillways.
Steve Stuebner May 13, 1996 From the print edition
The secret life of wolverines
Researchers study the elusive wolverine and discover new facts about the animal's range, numbers, social life and sexual behavior.
Steve Stuebner Feb. 5, 1996 From the print edition
Is the ESA being gutted in order to save it?
Attempts by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to "streamline" enforcement of the Endangered Species Act worry environmentalists.
Steve Stuebner Oct. 2, 1995 From the print edition
Festering Idaho mine to be cleaned; others remain
Four mining companies agree to pay the $50 million cost of cleaning up toxic runoff from the defunct Blackbird Mine.
Steve Stuebner Aug. 21, 1995 From the print edition
Huge snowmelt may lift salmon past killer dams
A heavy runoff from snow helps migratory salmon get over dams on their way to the ocean.
Steve Stuebner May 29, 1995 From the print edition
Is it politics, or is it revolution?
Republican take-over and states' rights furor threaten environmental regulations throughout West.
Steve Stuebner April 17, 1995 From the print edition
Reward offered in rampage of eagle poaching
A slew of eagle-poaching incidents in southwest Idaho may be linked to illegal wildlife trade.
Steve Stuebner March 20, 1995 From the print edition
Salmon campaign fractures over how to include people
An injunction on mining, logging and grazing on six Idaho forests provokes huge community reaction and creates divisions among environmentalists.
Steve Stuebner Feb. 20, 1995 From the print edition
Environmentalists and feds try to save Idaho's rivers
Environmental groups seek federal remedies to improve the Snake River's flows.
Steve Stuebner Feb. 20, 1995 From the print edition
River purity is a new goal for all sorts offarmers
Catfish farmer Don Campbell is one of many Idaho farmers who want to help restore the Snake River.
Steve Stuebner Feb. 20, 1995 From the print edition
No more ignoring the obvious: Idaho sucks itself dry
Overpumping has drained Idaho's Snake River acquifer until rivers like the Big Lost run dry.
Steve Stuebner Feb. 20, 1995 From the print edition
New governor accepts nuclear waste
Idaho's new Governor Philip E. Batt agrees to accept 11 railroad-carried casks of nuclear waste from the U.S. Navy.
Steve Stuebner Feb. 6, 1995 From the print edition
Bidding war shakes up Idaho grazing leases
Ranchers bid against each other and the Idaho Watersheds Project for grazing leases on Idaho state land.
Steve Stuebner Jan. 23, 1995 From the print edition
'Wise use' plans abhor change
Wise-use groups resist any attempt to restrict land use.
Paul Larmer And Steve Stuebner Sept. 5, 1994 From the print edition
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