Magazine
Can mining come clean?

May 30, 1994

Kennecott Copper wants to clean up Bingham Canyon copper mine on its own, while Environmental Protection Agency wants to make it a Superfund site.

Feature

Can a copper firm restore a blasted ecosystem?
Kennecott Copper wants to clean up Bingham Canyon copper mine on its own, while Environmental Protection Agency wants to make it a Superfund site.
Jon Christensen May 30, 1994 From the print edition

Sidebar

Irrigation pumps kill salmon
Survey finds faulty screens at more than half of Northwest's dams.
Carol Busch May 30, 1994 From the print edition
The labyrinthine nature of mine waste regulations
Environmental Protection Agency wants to put gold and copper mines under Superfund regulations.
Jon Christensen May 30, 1994 From the print edition

Book Reviews

Environmental group reaches out
The Colorado Environmental Coalition opens new office in Grand Junction.
Staff May 30, 1994 From the print edition
Learn the limits
Regulatory Takings Resources: What are the Constitutional Limits set for University of Colorado.
Staff May 30, 1994 From the print edition
Colorado Central
Colorado Central is new magazine by Ed and Martha Quillen.
Ed Marston May 30, 1994 From the print edition
ADC must go
Two reports look at abuses in Animal Damage Control program.
Carol Busch May 30, 1994 From the print edition
Wind in the West
New wind turbines spur four wind-power projects in the West.
Staff May 30, 1994 From the print edition
Our West
Or West: Loving the Land conference set for Wyoming.
Staff May 30, 1994 From the print edition
Changing the law of the river
Bureau of Reclamation releases draft plan to change the way the Colorado River is managed in Nevada, Arizona and California.
Staff May 30, 1994 From the print edition
Sharing the land
Jackson Hole Alliance for Responsible Planning and Northern Rockies Conservation Cooperative to host Sharing the Land: Preserving Jackson Whole.
Staff May 30, 1994 From the print edition
All eyes on cows
Rangeland Reform "94 hearings set.
Staff May 30, 1994 From the print edition
Endangered waters
American Rivers lists 10 endangered rivers.
Staff May 30, 1994 From the print edition
Saving the remnants
Citizens' Wilderness Proposal for Wyoming BLM lands being developed.
Staff May 30, 1994 From the print edition
Techno-weenie resources
Institute for Energy and Environmental Research hires physicist for groups that work on nuclear issues.
Staff May 30, 1994 From the print edition
For rangeland reformers
Western Legislative Conference to host Rangeland Reform and Watershed Management in the West.
Staff May 30, 1994 From the print edition
Is "natural regulation' leading to unnatural results?
Rocky Times in Rocky Mountain National Park - An Unnatural History by Karl Hess Jr. reviewed.
Michael Frome May 30, 1994 From the print edition

Dear Friends

Dear friends
Good news for staff; Fan mail for Gretchen; Recycled paper; Flights over Grand Canyon; March for trees; Visitors.
Betsy Marston May 30, 1994 From the print edition

News

Dams spill water, salmon in Northwest
National Marine Fisheries Service orders eight Columbia and Snake river dams to spill water to help save salmon.
Rocky Barker May 30, 1994 From the print edition
Suit halts coyote killings
Lawsuit forces Idaho to cancel permit for shooting coyotes.
Staff May 30, 1994 From the print edition
Utah's wildlife division is gutshot
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources scaled back and shaken up.
Larry Warren May 30, 1994 From the print edition
Power plant disappears
Proposal for nuclear energy plant near Show Low, Ariz., wasn't real.
Staff May 30, 1994 From the print edition
Mushrooming business is curbed
Forest Service develops regulations to quell violence in Northwest's booming mushroom business.
Staff May 30, 1994 From the print edition
Recycling attracts Utah tribe
Skull Valley Goshute Tribe joins forces with two environmental engineering firms in recycling business.
Staff May 30, 1994 From the print edition
Babbitt attacks mining's gold heists
Barrick Goldstrike Mines pays U.S. $10,000 for $10 billion in gold.
Jon Christensen May 30, 1994 From the print edition
Rural area beats back water diversion plan
American Water Development Inc. loses battle for San Luis, Colo., water.
Barry Noreen May 30, 1994 From the print edition
International park draws fire
Proposal for park spanning Northern Cascades in U.S. and Canada is controversial.
Staff May 30, 1994 From the print edition
A savage SLAPP suit
Group wants to stop impending destruction of Savage Rapids Dam in Oregon.
Staff May 30, 1994 From the print edition
Going to pot
Marijuana dropped into Maricopa County, Ariz., irrigation canal could sprout plants all over county.
Staff May 30, 1994 From the print edition

Opinion

Scientist says Yellowstone Park is being destroyed
Yellowstone elk destroying the biodiversity and ecological integrity of ecosystem.
Frederic H. Wagner Opinion Essay May 30, 1994 From the print edition
Why one advocacy group steers clear of consensus efforts
Why Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance doesn't participate in advisory groups.
Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance Opinion Essay May 30, 1994 From the print edition

Letters

A Neanderthal mentality in Silver City
Mark B. Apel May 30, 1994 From the print edition
About lycra and denim
Roger C. Brown May 30, 1994 From the print edition
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