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Senator Cliff Hansen stated recently that citizens should not be deluded into thinking the federal government will pay all the bills for cleaning up the nation’s environment. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/2.22/download-entire-issue

A team of forest scientists was recently named to study timber-cutting practices and related resource management activities in high altitude areas in northwestern Wyoming national forests. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/2.21/download-entire-issue

Senator Gale McGee, D-Wyo., cited Wyoming’s failure to use its share of federal water pollution assistance as an example of “ostrich-like do nothingism,” which he stated endangers the state’s future. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/2.21/download-entire-issue

According to figures released by the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission, an estimated 331 black bear were harvested In the state during 1969, more than twice as many as the year before and the highest number since 1966. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/2.20/download-entire-issue

The public interest has been upheld in a public land decision on the Soapholes area of Sublette County. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/2.20/download-entire-issue

Interior Secretary Walter Hickel has announced a four-day conference in response to President Nixon’s call for “a total mobilization” for cleaning up our environment.Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/2.18/download-entire-issue

Several popular fishing holes, including in the Wind River-Big Horn River drainage, the Badwater Creek drainage, and Shoshone Lake, open to eager anglers on May 1. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/2.18/download-entire-issue

An unexpected public outcry may save some of two western Colorado wild horse herds that had been slated for removal. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/17.8/download-entire-issue

All conservationists concerned about proper administration of millions of acres of public domain grazing lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management have a vital stake in public hearings scheduled in three Montana cities. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/2.17/download-entire-issue

The White Clouds area near Challis, Idaho, is under pressure from potential development of molybdenum. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/2.16/download-entire-issue

Much of the loss of critical waterfowl breeding and nesting habitat in the prairie pothole region in eastern Montana has been offset through construction of stock ponds. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/2.15/download-entire-issue

Russell Cooper of Kooskia, Idaho, enjoys the companionship of his six-month-old coyote pup, one of four taken by his father in the Idaho hills near is home. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/2.14/download-entire-issue

Statisticians at the Department of Interior say that significantly more people visited national parks and monuments last year than in 1968. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/2.13/download-entire-issue

The Middle Fork of the Salmon River in Idaho has now become a “Wild River” by designation of Congress and the U.S. Forest Service. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/2.12/download-entire-issue

As snowmobiling becomes a bigger part of the winter recreation scene, many people are pushing to open Yellowstone National Park to snowmobiling and other winter uses. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/2.11/download-entire-issue

Thirty applicants were granted permits to hunt grizzly bears in Wyoming. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/2.11/download-entire-issue

Five golden eagles periodically make their homes with Morlan Nelson’s family in Boise, Idaho. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/2.10/download-entire-issue

The U.S. Forest Service is collecting weather, snow, and avalanche data at 42 locations in 12 western states as a step in the development of an “avalanche hazard rating index.” Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/2.10/download-entire-issue

Many of the nation’s foremost conservation groups have joined in a statement of “basic positions” in response to the Public Land Law Review Commission’s sweeping study of the national forests, public domain, wildlife refuges, and other public lands. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/2.9/download-entire-issue

President Richard Nixon has announced his intention to release the full $800 million appropriated by Congress for construction of wastewater treatment plants, which could prevent cities from dumping millions of gallons of untreated sewage into waterways. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/2.8/download-entire-issue