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Is trapping doomed?

April 12, 1999

Wildlife trapping - which has a long history in the West - today comes into fierce conflict with environmentalists, animal advocates, and residents upset by the risk traps pose to domestic dogs.

Feature

Is trapping doomed?
Wildlife trapping - which has a long history in the West - today comes into fierce conflict with environmentalists, animal advocates, and residents upset by the risk traps pose to domestic dogs.
Tom Reed April 12, 1999 From the print edition

Sidebar

Trapping in the United States
A timeline traces the history of animal trapping in the United States from Pre-Columbian days until now.
Tom Reed April 12, 1999 From the print edition
A Wyoming trapper seeks pelts, and beauty
A profile of Wyoming trapper Tom Lucas offers insight into an old-fashioned but very controversial lifestyle
Tom Reed April 12, 1999 From the print edition
In the '90s, trapping still has a role
Some say that animal trapping is still necessary for predator control and other specific wildlife problems.
Tom Reed April 12, 1999 From the print edition

Essays

Saint Contrary: John Wesley Powell
John Wesley Powell, who was a Civil War hero, scientist and geographer, as well as the explorer who first rafted the length of the Colorado River, could be the West's unofficial patron saint, a flawed and human saint whose ideas still challenge us today.
William Debuys Essay April 12, 1999 From the print edition

Book Reviews

A history of how a grassroots rebellion won a water war
Peter Carrels' "Uphill Against Water: The Great Dakota Water War" is a shocking story of how bureaucracy destroyed rural economies and indigenous people, all in the name of progress.
Ed Marston April 12, 1999 From the print edition
Hot Topics in Natural Resources
University of Colorado Law School lecture series on "Hot Topics in Natural Resources" April 16 and May 4 on the Boulder campus.
Staff April 12, 1999 From the print edition
Preserving Our Rural Landscape
Montana Audubon annual meeting will focus on "Preserving Our Rural Landscape," April 23-25, in Helena.
Staff April 12, 1999 From the print edition
Dr. Jane Goodall
Primate expert Dr. Jane Goodall speaks on "Chimpanzees: So like us," April 27 in Jackson Hole, Wyo.
Staff April 12, 1999 From the print edition
A River of Dreams and Realities
Arkansas River Basin Water Forum, "A River of Dreams and Realities," will be held April 23-24 in Canon City, Colo.
Staff April 12, 1999 From the print edition
Desert Conference
Desert wildlands activists will discuss grazing reform at the 21st annual Desert Conference, April 29-May 2, in southeastern Oregon.
Staff April 12, 1999 From the print edition
Earle A. Chiles Award
The High Desert Museum calls for nominations for the 1999 Earle A. Chiles Award for thoughtful management of natural and cultural resources of the High Desert.
Staff April 12, 1999 From the print edition
Wyoming Wildlife Federation
Wyoming Wildlife Federation's 53rd annual meeting will be held May 15-16 in Story, Wyo.
Staff April 12, 1999 From the print edition
Draining Lake Powell
Colorado College hosts a debate about draining Lake Powell, April 21, in Colorado Springs, Colo.
Staff April 12, 1999 From the print edition
Nothing is everything
"Travelers in an Antique Land" pairs poetry by William Studebaker with photographs by Russell Hepworth.
John Sollers April 12, 1999 From the print edition

Heard Around the West

Heard around the West
Speed limits return to Mont.; chic camouflage; salmon too pooped to procreate; coyote killed by snowmobile in Idaho; prairie dogs are pets in Japan; Dave Barry and DIA; Utah's Burr Trail; bivy sack controversy in "Mountaineers"; hand cannon at gun show.
Betsy Marston April 12, 1999 From the print edition

Dear Friends

Dear Friends
Trash patrol; Elizabeth Manning and Westwater Canyon; visitors; corrections.
Ed Marston April 12, 1999 From the print edition

News

Gold mine capsizes in Westwater Canyon
Rafters and environmentalists rejoice because the federal government orders the removal of Ron Pene's controversial gold mine in Utah's Westwater Canyon.
Juniper Davis April 12, 1999 From the print edition
No go for a gold mine
The controversial Battle Mountain gold mine in Okanogan, Wash., is denied a plan of operations because - ironically - the mine fails to meet the requirements of the 1872 Mining Law.
Michelle Nijhuis April 12, 1999 From the print edition
The Wayward West
No refuge for prairie dogs in Baca County, CO; Zortman and Landusky gold mines reclamation; pipe bomb for Forest Guardians in Santa Fe; legislation fails to derail Mont. anti-cyanide initiative; judge says Yellowstone broke law in bio-prospecting deal.
Dustin Solberg And Patricia Walsh April 12, 1999 From the print edition
Charting the course of the San Pedro
An international environmental commission joins the debate on how to protect the San Pedro River in southern Arizona, where rapid growth has increased the pressure on the desert river.
Michelle Nijhuis April 12, 1999 From the print edition
Now, salmon in the backyard
The listing of salmon and steelhead under the Endangered Species Act is forcing communities like Bellevue, Wash., to take action to protect fish habitat.
Dustin Solberg April 12, 1999 From the print edition
Montana won't bend for bison
Despite word from the federal government that bison do not threaten cattle with brucellosis, Montana continues to crack down on stray animals and arrest protesters.
Rachel Odell April 12, 1999 From the print edition
Web hosts faux greens
The Idaho Conservation League is furious because a pro-timber industry group has set up a Web site with a very similar name and an opposing message.
Stephen Stuebner April 12, 1999 From the print edition
The new voice at BLM
Dallas lawyer Thomas A. Fry III is appointed acting director of BLM.
Stephen Stuebner April 12, 1999 From the print edition
Nuclear waste dump opens
The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant outside Carlsbad, N.M., receives its first truckload of nuclear debris as anti-nuclear activists continue to protest.
Tony Davis April 12, 1999 From the print edition
Strangling the Last Best River
The Yellowstone River is still the longest undammed river in the Lower 48, but miles of riprap on its banks lock the river into a channel that is more a rain gutter than a free-flowing river.
Hal Herring April 12, 1999 From the print edition
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