Items by Steve Stuebner

Eagles fly off the endangered species list
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Mollie Beattie wants to reclassify bald eagles from endangered to threatened status.
Steve Stuebner Aug. 8, 1994 From the print edition
Environmentalists strike out in Idaho
Pro-environment bills struck down in 1994 Idaho legislative session.
Steve Stuebner May 2, 1994 From the print edition
Idaho governor fights for a bombing range
Idaho Governor Cecil Andrus supports new bombing range in Owyhee Canyon.
Steve Stuebner Jan. 24, 1994 From the print edition
Hail to the Chief
A profile of Jack Ward Thomas, new chief of the Forest Service.
Steve Stuebner Dec. 13, 1993 From the print edition
A timely solution for the Hells Canyon river war
The Forest Service proposes a plan to appease jet-boaters and other river users in Hells Canyon National Recreation Area.
Steve Stuebner Nov. 15, 1993 From the print edition
Idaho Gov. Andrus takes on eight dams
Idaho Governor Cecil Andrus sues federal agencies in an attempt to save endangered salmon on the Snake and Columbia rivers.
Steve Stuebner Oct. 18, 1993 From the print edition
State of Idaho wants to lead the cleanup drive at Triumph
State struggles to find money to pay for the tailings cleanup at Triumph, Idaho.
Steve Stuebner Sept. 20, 1993 From the print edition
Triumph: A great place to grow kids and fish
Profile of Triumph, an Idaho town that could be declared a Superfund site by the EPA.
Steve Stuebner Sept. 20, 1993 From the print edition
Triumph, Idaho, to EPA: Get Out
Locals balk at EPA's plan to declare Triumph, Idaho, a Superfund site due to mining waste.
Steve Stuebner Sept. 20, 1993 From the print edition
Legislature's anti-green crusade is sidetracked
The state Senate softens House anti-green legislation in Idaho.
Steve Stuebner April 19, 1993 From the print edition
BLM may adopt grazing incentive plan
Prodded by stinging internal audits" and the likelihood that Congress will pass a sweeping reform bill in 1993, Bureau of Land Management officials are pushing a new grazing fee policy they hope will resolve the controversy over use of public lands by livestock.
Steve Stuebner Dec. 28, 1992 From the print edition
Salmon: Can a new plan save the fish?
The key question in 1992 is whether pro-fish political forces, with the aid of the Endangered Species Act, can change dam operations fast enough, and significantly enough, to save the salmon. Some 95 percent of the juvenile salmon are killed by the dams and reservoirs, but so far, the agencies charged with operating the world's largest hydroelectric system have failed to reverse the decline.
Steve Stuebner March 9, 1992 From the print edition
U.S. military plots vast land coups
If the U.S. military has its way, 3.5 million acres in the West -- a vast playground for hikers, sportsmen, arrowhead-collectors, river rats and wildlife -- would be converted into a make-believe war zone.
Steve Stuebner Feb. 12, 1990 From the print edition
Are domestic sheep killing bighorn sheep?
A recent outbreak of a deadly disease in Idaho's Salmon River bighorn sheep herd has raised the old issue of whether domestic sheep are to blame.
Steve Stuebner Jan. 30, 1989 From the print edition
High Country News Classifieds