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The land that Harold Tso oversees and the director of the Navajo Nation’s Environmental Protection Commission is even more untracked than most environmental ground. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/6.22/download-entire-issue

Conservation-minded folks are using productive native prairie plants such as sandreed grass and Indian grass for forage, erosion and noxious weed control, and for nutrient replenishing and landscaping. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/6.22/download-entire-issue

Citing inflation, tight money and the absence of a national energy policy, the Colony Development Operation — the favored developer of western Colorado’s oil shale — stumbled, fell, and pulled out of the race. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/6.20/download-entire-issue

The proposed Congressional “giveaway” of 185,000 acres of Grand Canyon National Park and other public lands has been challenged by a coalition of six national conservation groups. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/6.19/download-entire-issue

The Natural Resources Defense Council has charged that the government and electric utilities have greatly overrated the advantages of burning Western coal in power plants. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/6.19/download-entire-issue

Connecting four-lane Interstate 70 through the winding, narrow 13 miles of Glenwood Canyon is enough to give highway engineers nightmares. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/6.18/download-entire-issue

With the federal oil shale prototype program still in its infancy and the first leased tracts barely off the auction block, it now appears that pressure is building to prematurely push oil shale into a full scale industry. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/6.16/download-entire-issue

Colorado Gov. John Vanderhoof is opposed to construction of the Two Forks Dam on the South Platte River, advocating a policy of wise growth rather than a sudden expansion of Denver’s water supply. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/6.14/download-entire-issue

In the Canadian prairies near Fort McMurray, Alberta, 10-story-high bucketwheel excavators churn through the earth, digging up Athabasca oil sands. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/6.12/download-entire-issue

Tax incentives currently encourage coal extraction, but could be reformed to favor clean energy from wind and solar. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/6.11/download-entire-issue

A well-attended conference in Denver, sponsored by Environmental Action of Colorado, is a mark of maturity for an industry that is harnessing the power of the sun. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/6.10/download-entire-issue

The re-design and re-building of the Wyoming Governor’s mansion was a chance to celebrate energy efficiency and alternative energy, but the selection panel chose the conventional option. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/6.9/download-entire-issue

The Burlington Northern and the Chicago Northwestern have applied to the Interstate Commerce Commission for a permit to build a new 120-mile rail line between Gillette and Douglas for transporting coal. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/6.8/download-entire-issue

For the bighorn sheep who once grazed further down in the valleys than they do today, the rise of the cattle industry after the Civil War marked the beginning of their decline. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/6.6/download-entire-issue

A group of ranchers, farmers and conservationists are fighting for a moratorium on the Garrison Diversion, an irrigation project that would pump 871,000 acre-feet of Missouri River water through 1,800 miles of major canals and laterals. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/6.5/download-entire-issue

Hunting pressure outside Yellowstone National Park, coupled with a controversial grizzly management program within the park, are some of the reasons that grizzly bear numbers are declining. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/6.4/download-entire-issue

The Bureau of Land Management is initiating a program designed to halt serious environmental degradation caused by those who lease BLM land to extract oil and gas. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/6.4/download-entire-issue

A U.S. District Court judge last week heard arguments for and against coal development in the Powder River Basin, ahead of a ruling that could temporarily freeze the government’s role in the development and shape future coal planning. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/6.3/download-entire-issue