The uncertain truce set up by Pres. Clinton's 1993
Northwest Forest Plan is threatened by dissatisfaction as
environmentalists, loggers and scientists still fight over
remaining old growth and cannot agree how best to manage the
forests.
Magazine
November 23, 1998
The uncertain truce set up by Pres. Clinton's 1993 Northwest Forest Plan is threatened by dissatisfaction as environmentalists, loggers and scientists still fight over remaining old growth and cannot agree how best to manage the forests.
Feature
Sidebar
The Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Project
is more ambitious than the Northwest Forest Plan and seems to be
facing even more problems.
Essays
Speculations that 9,300-year-old human remains found near
Kennewick, Wash., have "European features" lead to tongue-in-cheek
ruminations over writer's new status as descendant of "indigenous"
people.
Perspective
The Republican Revolution may be stalled in the rest of
the country, but the Rocky Mountain West remains a stronghold for
GOP hard-liners.
Heard Around the West
Two-headed deer in Montana; Jimsonweed trouble in Utah;
Ursus Mark VII bear-proof suit; porcupine poetic justice;
radioactive insects at Hanford; dinosaurs at Grand
Staircase.
Dear Friends
First snow; Michael Berman's photo exhibition; fall
visitors; HCN honored by Wirth Chair in Denver; Marlene Zanetell
and "junkyard dogs."
News
Environmental groups and the U.S. government offer a
$25,000 reward for the arrest of whoever has been killing the
Mexican wolves recently reintroduced in Arizona and New
Mexico.
Biologists in the Western United States and Canada are
working on ways to redesign highways - adding overpasses and
underpasses to reduce the number of animals killed while crossing
roads.
Forest Service finds bomb in Driggs, Idaho; Vail ski
resort denies arson will harm skiing; BuRec tightens security at
Western dams; Elko County, Nev., crews bulldoze a USFS road along
the Jarbidge River.
In Montana, Initiative 137 banning new cyanide heap-leach
gold mines wins despite a last-minute campaign blitz by the mining
industry.
In Arizona, an open space-saving scheme called "Growing
Smarter" wins despite environmental opposition.
In Colorado, ballot initiatives regulating hog farms won,
and water developer Gary Boyce's San Luis Valley initiatives
lost.
In Oregon, voters defeated a ban on clear-cutting forests,
but agreed to allow the state to spend some lottery funds on parks
and habitat protection.
California voters banned leghold traps, while Utah voted
to prohibit citizens' initiatives that would restrict hunting or
trapping unless they get a two-thirds vote of approval.
WY: Republicans win; MT: Developers pay; NV: Sen. Reid, D,
re-elected; WA moves to left; ID: Republicans rule; NM: Heather
Wilson wins; CO: Mark Udall only Democrat to win; OR: Gov.
Kitzhaber re-elected; AZ: Republicans win; UT: Gay Democrat
wins.
Although their winning essays showed they value forests
for vastly different reasons, the eight winners of Siuslaw National
Forest Supervisor Jim Furnish's contest on "Why I Value the
Siuslaw" enjoyed their three-day tour of the area.
Exotic lake trout are ravaging the threatened native
Yellowstone cutthroat trout in Yellowstone National Park.
Cyprus-Amax's plan to open a controversial molybdenum mine
near Crested Butte, Colo., has been stalled by a water court
judge's postponement of a trial over whether the mining company can
build a reservoir.
Letters
- Tribes call out Oregon’s reckless gaming regulation
- Electric vehicles drive up demand for ‘green metals’
- Land-grab universities
- Conservation groups want to buy land to protect it. One problem: It’s often illegal
- Humble suckers: Pacific lamprey have survived 5 mass extinctions but are now under threat
Featured stories
-
FRIENDS OF CEDAR MESA DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR Friends of Cedar Mesa is hiring a Development Director who will have the overall responsibilities of leading our fundraising programs and reports directly to our...
-
WATER RIGHTS/ADJUDICATION BUREAU CHIEF 
Job Overview: Working to support and implement the Department's mission to help ensure that Montana's land and water resources provide benefits for present and future...
-
CLIMATE CHANGE COORDINATOR The Greater Yellowstone Coalition is seeking a Climate Change Coordinator to play a lead role in shaping our programs to make the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem...
-
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Executive Director Position Announcement POSITION TITLE: Executive Director ORGANIZATION: Friends of Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument REPORTING TO: Board of Directors EMPLOYMENT TYPE: Part-time - Full-time, based...
-
HEALTHY CITIES PROGRAM DIRECTOR The Healthy Cities Program Director leads and manages the Healthy Cities Program for the Arizona Chapter and is responsible for developing and implementing innovative, high...
-
CONSERVATION PROGRAM MANAGER Grand Staircase Escalante Partners (GSEP) Conservation Programs Manager Job Opening Our Mission: Honoring the past and safeguarding the future of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument through...
-
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR Grand Staircase Escalante Partners (GSEP) Associate Director Job Posting Our Mission: Honoring the past and safeguarding the future of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument through science,...
-
UNIQUE, ENERGY-EFFICIENT HOME ON ACREAGE NEAR MOSCOW, IDAHO Custom-built energy-efficient 3000 sqft two-story 3BR home, 900 sqft 1 BR accessory cottage above 2-car garage and large shop. Large horse barn. $1,200,000. See online...
-
OUTDOOR ADVENTURE BUSINESS FOR SALE Missoula Outdoor Learning Adventures (MOLA) - established and profitable outdoor adventure & education business in Missoula, Montana. Summer camp, raft & climb guide, teen travel,...
-
OJO SARCO FARM/HOME A wonderful country setting for a farm/work 1350s.f. frame home plus 1000 studio/workshop. 5 acres w fruit trees, an irrigation well, pasture and a small...
-
STEWARDSHIP COORDINATOR Join Skagit Land Trust (the Trust), a not-for-profit conservation organization based in Mount Vernon, Washington, and help protect land for people and wildlife. Skagit Land...
-
2022 SEASONAL SCIENCE EDUCATOR The Mount St. Helens Institute Science Educator supports our science education and rental programs including day and overnight programs for youth ages 6-18, their families...
-
POLICY DIRECTOR Heart of the Rockies Initiative is seeking a Policy Director to lead and define policy efforts to advance our mission to keep working lands and...
-
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER Self-Help Enterprises seeks an experienced and strategic CFO
-
CONSERVATION SPECIALIST - LAND PROTECTION FOCUS View full job description and how to apply at
-
RIVER EDUCATOR & GUIDE River Educator & Guide River Educator & Guide (Trip Leader) Non-exempt, Seasonal Position: Full-time OR part-time (early April through October; may be flexible with start/end...
-
LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION DIRECTOR The Land and Water Conservation Director is a full-time salaried position with the Mountain Area Land Trust in Evergreen, CO. The successful candidate will have...
-
FOOD SYSTEMS ENVIRONMENTAL FELLOWSHIP If you were to design a sustainable society from the ground up, it would look nothing like the contemporary United States. But what would it...
-
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR The Rio Grande Headwaters Land Trust (RiGHT) is seeking an Executive Director who will lead RiGHT toward a future of continued high conservation impact, organizational...
-
COMMUNITY ORGANIZER
Help protect Montana's water quality, family farms and ranches, & unique quality of life. Work hard, meet good people, make the world a better place!...
