A new breed of green Evangelical Christians seeks to
spread the good news of Bible-based environmentalism to their
conservative fellow Christians.
Magazine
April 28, 1997
A new breed of green Evangelical Christians seeks to spread the good news of Bible-based environmentalism to their conservative fellow Christians.
Feature
Sidebar
An evangelical pastor, who is also an environmentalist,
tries to bring what some see as two conflicting worlds
together.
An Evangelical Lutheran pastor denounces the racial
extremists of the so-called "Christian Identity" movement who have
lately flocked to Montana.
Quotes from Scripture about the environment.
Essays
A Catholic environmentalist considers coyotes and the
Creator during a retreat at a Trappist Monastery in the
mountains.
Book Reviews
Two lectures, "Night of the Living Beanfield" and
"Reading, Writing and Revolution" set for May 1-4 in Breckenridge,
Colo.
Spring meeting of the Colorado Coalition of Land Trusts
set for May 1-3 in Colorado Springs.
Green infiltration of the Christian right is one topic to
be discussed at the Wise Use Leadership Conference May 2-4 in
Reno/Sparks, Nev.
A symposium, "Transportation Partnerships," will take
place May 1-2 in Glenwood Springs, Colo.
"Wetland Restoration in the Landscape" is a conference set
for May 5-7 in Corvallis, Ore.
The 1996/97 edition of the Pacific Northwest Environmental
Directory is a good resource for job-hunters, researchers,
etc.
Wyoming produces a draft wolf-management plan allowing for
six wolf packs to move outside Yellowstone's boundaries.
News
One year after a train derailment spewed chlorine gas and
other dangerous chemicals, residents of Alberton, Mont., say their
town is unsafe and their health still impaired.
The New World Mine swap, intended to protect Yellowstone
National Park from a gold mine, remains in limbo - partly because
almost half of the mineral rights belong to 80-year-old Margaret
Reeb, who wants to mine the gold and refuses to
negotiate.
Sam Hitt, a founding member of the Southwest Forest
Alliance, is ousted from the group amid complaints about his
extremism and refusal to compromise.
Idaho's Sawtooth National Forest Supervisor Bill LeVere
faces fierce criticism from Rep. Helen Chenoweth and ranchers for
his crackdown on overgrazing, but so far refuses to back
down.
Flagrant cases of wildlife poaching inspire new
legislation throughout the West to crack down on criminal
hunters.
The April 1 deadline for Navajos still living on Hopi
Partitioned Lands in Arizona passes without the feared evictions,
but the Hopis say the remaining Navajos still need to sign a lease
or leave.
Nevada's attorney general takes away the BLM's right to
hold stock-water rights and says such rights belong solely to
ranchers.
Heard Around the West
Cows cause fires; cow-car catastrophe; getting gross
w/pukey tobacco in AZ.; John Birch conspiracy mongers in WY.; Moab
survives spring break; resourceful lost 8-yr.-old in Arches;
invading rattlers and depressed alpacas; "Habitat Drive" near
Telluride.
Dear Friends
Big Sky apology, reader surveys, research fund feedback,
extravagant responses to April Fools, the Unabomber, spring intern
Emily Miller.
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