Magazine
A doomed species?

June 13, 1994

While experts disagree and timber industry pooh-poohs, spotted owl may lose its long fight for survival.

Feature

A doomed species?
While experts disagree and timber industry pooh-poohs, spotted owl may lose its long fight for survival.
Paul Koberstein June 13, 1994 From the print edition

Sidebar

Northwest forests hit by new lawsuits
Numerous lawsuits attempt to halt logging of old-growth forests.
Paul Koberstein June 13, 1994 From the print edition

Essays

Of buffalo thoughts and amethysts
Childhood in Wyoming was full of hidden riches.
Nancy Banks Essay June 13, 1994 From the print edition

Book Reviews

A new Navajo newspaper
New monthly newspaper Dineh Tribune becomes fourth major paper for Navajo Nation.
Staff June 13, 1994 From the print edition
Renewable energy festival
First annual Freedom Festival will celebrate energy independence.
Staff June 13, 1994 From the print edition
Millions for furniture
Federal audit shows $5.4 million intended for reforestation to have been misspent.
Staff June 13, 1994 From the print edition
Reading the West
Two-week course will explore Western issues.
Staff June 13, 1994 From the print edition
Summer camp for grown-ups
Teton Science School offers natural history courses.
Staff June 13, 1994 From the print edition
Earth voices
Voices of the Earth Conference set.
Staff June 13, 1994 From the print edition
The restless West
Summer Fishtrap Gathering planned for Oregon.
Staff June 13, 1994 From the print edition
Trail volunteers rewarded
Adopt-a-Trail program thrives in Idaho's Targhee National Forest.
Wendy Swope June 13, 1994 From the print edition
Self-reliant homes
Review of The Independent Home: Living Well with Power from the Sun, Wind and Water by Michael Potts.
Steve Hinchman June 13, 1994 From the print edition
Guide for green loggers
Forest Trust publishes guide for environmentally aware logging and forest use.
Staff June 13, 1994 From the print edition

Dear Friends

Dear friends
Electronic archive begins; corrections; thanks for phone books; visitors; intern Alexei Rubenstein
Ed Marston June 13, 1994 From the print edition

News

The Chapman saga continues
U.S. Forest Service's land trade with developer Tom Chapman signed, but Telluride neighbors ask injunction to prevent development.
Staff June 13, 1994 From the print edition
Same old DOE?
GAO reports say DOE has yet to investigate corrupt practices.
Staff June 13, 1994 From the print edition
Grazing combatants vow to keep feuding
Babbitt's grazing hearing in Albuquerque runs into barbed wire; he urges cooperation as ranchers and environmentalists dispute.
Deborah Begel June 13, 1994 From the print edition
Group vows to head off the 'New West'
People for the West, Colorado group, gather support from Western governors and others at conference urging resistance to "environmental storm troopers."
Peter Eichstaedt June 13, 1994 From the print edition
Five star visitor complex
Bureau of Reclamation builds a "Disneyland" Hoover Dam visitor center; cost will up power prices for area customers.
Staff June 13, 1994 From the print edition
Grazing allotment in hot water
Oregon environmental groups sue Malheur National Forest for violating Clean Water Act by allowing grazing to raise water temperatures in the Alan Day River, fatal to fish.
Staff June 13, 1994 From the print edition
Not for the birds
Male grizzly bear trapped and moved after eating bird seed.
Staff June 13, 1994 From the print edition
Wyoming dam gets go-ahead
Construction of Sandstone Dam is approved despite doubts about the geologic suitability of the site.
Staff June 13, 1994 From the print edition
Oil, feathers and EPA
Oil pits kill thousands of migrating birds.
Staff June 13, 1994 From the print edition
The Great River becomes a great sewer
The bi-national program Project del Rio monitors the increasing pollution of the Rio Grande on the U.S.-Mexico border.
Bruce Selcraig June 13, 1994 From the print edition
Agency takes out a cabin
Agency destroys mining cabin used for recreation on Manti-Lasal National Forest.
Staff June 13, 1994 From the print edition
Low-tech ants give a high-tech Idaho lab fits
Harvester ants are stymieing nuclear waste disposal at INEL by digging tunnels and moving radioactive dirt.
Stephen Lyons June 13, 1994 From the print edition
Who will lead the Navajo Nation?
Six candidates for Navajo Nation presidency are running for the August primary.
Staff June 13, 1994 From the print edition
Grand traffic problems
Increased tourism means no parking spaces at Grand Canyon.
Staff June 13, 1994 From the print edition
Roads are the enemies
Babbitt plans to halt building of new roads, hotels and entertainment facilities in national parks.
Staff June 13, 1994 From the print edition
Gold mines are sucking aquifers dry
Gold mines are dewatering aquifers along Nevada's Humboldt River.
Ernie Thompson June 13, 1990 From the print edition
Wolves in the schools
Fremont County schools cancel wolf presentations at elementary schools in Lander, Wyoming.
Staff June 13, 1994 From the print edition
Drought for the Northwest
Drought ahead for the Northwest in summer.
Staff June 13, 1994 From the print edition
Could a treaty block a mine?
Yellowstone's status as a "world heritage site" could affect mining near the park.
Staff June 13, 1994 From the print edition
Tribe courts nuclear utilities
Mescalero Apache tribe going ahead with controversial plan to store nuclear waste.
Staff June 13, 1994 From the print edition

Opinion

Don't try to improve grazing; abolish it!
Andy Kerr believes grazing must be ended rather than reformed.
Andy Kerr Opinion Essay June 13, 1994 From the print edition

Letters

Editorial was biased
Rocky Mountain regional forester defends West Elks land swap.
Elizabeth Estill June 13, 1994 From the print edition
An admirer of "Ms. Schock's Grit'
Writer applauds Susan Schock for fighting grazing in New Mexico.
Daniel Blodgett June 13, 1994 From the print edition
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