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The working West: grassroots groups and their newsletters

May 11, 1998

The many newsletters put out by small environmental grassroots groups reveal a West that is complex, quirky and deeply committed.

Feature

The working West: grassroots groups and their newsletters
The many newsletters put out by small environmental grassroots groups reveal a West that is complex, quirky and deeply committed.
Ed Marston May 11, 1998 From the print edition

Sidebar

A fiery Wyoming newspaper pursues the state's fat cats
John Jolley's "Grassroots Advocate," published in Casper, Wyo., serves as a determined gadfly to the state and the federal government.
Ed Marston May 11, 1998 From the print edition
A guide to the glue that keeps the West stuck together
A directory gives brief information on some of the many newsletters from grassroots groups in the West.
Staff May 11, 1998 From the print edition

Perspective

A treatise on columnist Alexander Cockburn
A journalist takes columnist Alexander Cockburn of the Nation severely to task for his recent writings, especially about wolf reintroduction.
Jon Margolis May 11, 1998 From the print edition

Book Reviews

Buffering buffalo
A draft report from the National Academy of Sciences confirms that 30-40 percent of Yellowstone bison test positive for brucellosis but concludes that the risk of them infecting cattle is almost nonexistent.
Michelle Nijhuis May 11, 1998 From the print edition
New in the watershed
The Western Ancient Forest Campaign sets up a new office in Nevada City, Calif.
Staff May 11, 1998 From the print edition
Program gets a C
The federal program, "Jobs in the Woods," intended to retrain timber workers in the Northwest, may have helped some workers, but the Klamath Forest Alliance says the program allows politics rather than science to decide what projects are undertaken.
Staff May 11, 1998 From the print edition
No nuclear jeopardy in Wyoming
The Wyoming Outdoor Council's new report, "Nuclear Jeopardy," says a proposed private nuclear waste dump in central Wyoming is a bad idea.
Staff May 11, 1998 From the print edition
Wilderness Walks
The Montana Wilderness Association will lead hikes on public lands during its 36th annual Wilderness Walks program from May to September.
Staff May 11, 1998 From the print edition
Southwest Citizen Mining Activist Conference
Grassroots activists will gather at the Southwest Citizen Mining Activist Conference May 29-31 in Durango, Colo.
Staff May 11, 1998 From the print edition
Uniting Communities Concerned About Nuclear Contamination
A conference to unite activists with scientists and radiation health professionals will meet June 5-7 in Roswell, N.M.
Staff May 11, 1998 From the print edition
A Culture to Sustain Us: Creating a Center that Holds
Island Institute's 15th annual symposium on human values and the written word will be held June 18-24 on Alaska's Baranof Island.
Staff May 11, 1998 From the print edition
Sheep is Life
A celebration of shepherds and weavers, Sheep is Life, will be held June 25-28 at San Juan College in Farmington, N.M.
Staff May 11, 1998 From the print edition
National Wildlife Federation
The National Wildlife Federation wants to recognize young people, educators and others who contribute significantly to protecting the natural world.
Staff May 11, 1998 From the print edition
Green and Gold
The University of California at Santa Cruz will host "Green and Gold," July 31-Aug. 2, a conference to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the 1848 discovery of gold and signing of the Guadalupe Hidalgo treaty.
Staff May 11, 1998 From the print edition
Philosophy, History and Ethics of the Hunt
Orion: The Hunter's Institute and Montana State University will host a conference July 25-Aug. 1 in Bozeman, Mont.
Staff May 11, 1998 From the print edition
Smart Growth
Smart Growth Regional Partnerships gives grants of up to $75,000 to towns and counties in Colorado to help address growth-related issues.
Staff May 11, 1998 From the print edition
1998 National Wilderness Conference
More than 80 conservation groups will be represented at the 1998 National Wilderness Conference, May 29-31, in Seattle, Wash.
Staff May 11, 1998 From the print edition

Heard Around the West

Heard around the West
The latest D.I.A. snafu; naked skiing in Crested Butte; talking T-shirt swears in Denver; Cody Enterprise follows wolves; law enforcement travails in Calif.; cracking down on "sales" in N.M.; protecting Texas graveyards.
Betsy Marston May 11, 1998 From the print edition

Dear Friends

Dear Friends
Rearranging a crowded office; springtime visitors; Michelle Nijhuis stays, Peter Chilson leaves; working assets grant applied for.
Ed And Betsy Marston May 11, 1998 From the print edition

News

Cows get eviction notice
The Forest Service agrees to begin removing cattle from 230 miles of streams in New Mexico and Arizona.
Michelle Nijhuis May 11, 1998 From the print edition
Hanford's full of holes
The General Accounting Office reports that the Dept. of Energy has not found out enough about the soil between the water table and the Hanford Nuclear Reservation's leaking tanks to make environmentally sound cleanup decisions.
Michelle Nijhuis May 11, 1998 From the print edition
Bison sleek, but suspect
Montana is prepared to fight a new federal proposal that would allow "low-risk" bison unlikely to spread brucellosis to leave Yellowstone National Park without being killed.
Scott Mcmillion May 11, 1998 From the print edition
Water in rivers is OK
New Mexico's attorney general rules that water rights may be held onto even if the water is not diverted from the stream to be used.
J T Thomas May 11, 1998 From the print edition
Jet Skis: Thrill or scourge?
The jet ski industry is pushing on the Park Service to open more park sites for personal watercraft, but the National Park Service and the Dept. of Interior can't agree on how to manage the fast boats.
J T Thomas May 11, 1998 From the print edition
To burn or not to burn
The Burning Man arts festival has asked the BLM for permission for another desert arts gathering to be held Labor Day in the Nevada desert.
J T Thomas May 11, 1998 From the print edition
The Wayward West
Mexican gray wolves released on AZ-NM border; Sen. Larry Craig adds logging rider to bill; Gov. Leavitt says foes of new monument must pay for fight; Nev. bomb tests pricey; Idaho's Owyhee Canyon not yet open; Danns in Nevada still graze without permit.
Dustin Solberg May 11, 1998 From the print edition
El Nino sweeps across the West
El Nino's impacts on the West have varied widely and unpredictably.
J T Thomas May 11, 1998 From the print edition
Outfitter bill may be missing the boat
Some environmentalists say a bill making it easier for outfitters to get permits on federal lands would give commercial interests too much power over public lands.
Michelle Nijhuis May 11, 1998 From the print edition
Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses
In an election that drew a lot more media attention than actual voting, the Sierra Club membership votes down a controversial anti-immigration policy.
Heather Abel May 11, 1998 From the print edition
'Meltdown' continues at state agency
The Montana Dept. of Environmental Quality is in turmoil as employees complain and quit the agency, citing "lousy management" and manipulation that favors industry.
Michelle Nijhuis May 11, 1998 From the print edition
Lingering stereotypes spoken here
Rick Swart, editor of the Wallowa County Chieftain in Oregon, is at the center of a storm over his outspoken opinion that the high school should change its 71-year-old team mascot, the Savages, because the name is offensive to Native Americans.
Tom Bates May 11, 1998 From the print edition
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