The many newsletters put out by small environmental
grassroots groups reveal a West that is complex, quirky and deeply
committed.
Magazine
May 11, 1998
The many newsletters put out by small environmental grassroots groups reveal a West that is complex, quirky and deeply committed.
Feature
Sidebar
John Jolley's "Grassroots Advocate," published in Casper,
Wyo., serves as a determined gadfly to the state and the federal
government.
A directory gives brief information on some of the many
newsletters from grassroots groups in the West.
Perspective
A journalist takes columnist Alexander Cockburn of the
Nation severely to task for his recent writings, especially about
wolf reintroduction.
Book Reviews
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.
The Western Ancient Forest Campaign sets up a new office
in Nevada City, Calif.
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.
The Wyoming Outdoor Council's new report, "Nuclear
Jeopardy," says a proposed private nuclear waste dump in central
Wyoming is a bad idea.
The Montana Wilderness Association will lead hikes on
public lands during its 36th annual Wilderness Walks program from
May to September.
Grassroots activists will gather at the Southwest Citizen
Mining Activist Conference May 29-31 in Durango, Colo.
A conference to unite activists with scientists and
radiation health professionals will meet June 5-7 in Roswell,
N.M.
Island Institute's 15th annual symposium on human values
and the written word will be held June 18-24 on Alaska's Baranof
Island.
A celebration of shepherds and weavers, Sheep is Life,
will be held June 25-28 at San Juan College in Farmington,
N.M.
The National Wildlife Federation wants to recognize young
people, educators and others who contribute significantly to
protecting the natural world.
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.
Orion: The Hunter's Institute and Montana State University
will host a conference July 25-Aug. 1 in Bozeman, Mont.
Smart Growth Regional Partnerships gives grants of up to
$75,000 to towns and counties in Colorado to help address
growth-related issues.
More than 80 conservation groups will be represented at
the 1998 National Wilderness Conference, May 29-31, in Seattle,
Wash.
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.
Dear Friends
Rearranging a crowded office; springtime visitors;
Michelle Nijhuis stays, Peter Chilson leaves; working assets grant
applied for.
News
The Forest Service agrees to begin removing cattle from
230 miles of streams in New Mexico and Arizona.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
El Nino's impacts on the West have varied widely and
unpredictably.
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.
In an election that drew a lot more media attention than
actual voting, the Sierra Club membership votes down a
controversial anti-immigration policy.
The Montana Dept. of Environmental Quality is in turmoil
as employees complain and quit the agency, citing "lousy
management" and manipulation that favors industry.
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.
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