From his own little ranchette in the beleaguered but
beautiful Bitterroot Valley, a Western historian considers
Montana's long history of being panicked about growth.
Magazine
May 10, 1999
A ranchette owner defends her home and lifestyle in a subdivision near Bozeman, Mont., a Western historian considers Montana's long history of being panicked about growth from his ranchette in the beleaguered but beautiful Bitterroot Valley, and other essays.
Feature
Essays
A ranchette owner defends her home and lifestyle in a
subdivision near Bozeman, Montana.
A former nature writer says that there needs to be
moratorium on all new "nature writers'" books.
A freelance writer laments his poverty and the lack of
respect Western writers get in those New York magazines.
Rafting the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon with
his parents, the writer sees magic work on his father, who suffers
from Parkinson's Disease.
A writer remembers long drives on Wyoming highways and
laments the fact that fire destroyed the cafe at Mule Creek
Junction, which often served as an oasis, especially in a winter
blizzard.
The writer and his wife mourn the death of an old, giant
saguaro cactus.
The writer spins shed bison wool from a bison ranch into
rich and beautiful yarn, and muses about the wild bison that once
roamed her part of the West.
Book Reviews
The BLM has published a brochure about the threatened
desert tortoise to educate the public about the animal and how it
should be treated if encountered.
"Crown of the Canyons," an atlas compiled by the
Wilderness Society, says the monument is part of a larger ecosystem
that includes rural communities as well as other public
lands.
Some Oregon hikers are opposed to Mount Hood National
Forest officials' proposal to drastically reduce the number of
people allowed on 20 of the forest's most popular trails.
Activist Elizabeth Tenney has founded a free electronic
service, the Eastern Sierra Agenda Network, to help keep locals
informed about area environmental issues.
An exhibit, "Photography and the Old West," composed of 80
photographs from the second half of the 19th century, is showing
through May 31 at the Anasazi Heritage Center in Dolores,
Colo.
Weavers and shepherds convene for workshops and exhibits
on June 24-26 at the Diné College in Tsaile, Ariz.
Writers gather for an annual conference June 27-July 2 or
July 2-4 in Enterprise, Ore.
Sponsored by Colorado State University, a field tour takes
place July 29-30 in northern New Mexico.
A free Web site links readers directly to Web sites of
original news sources.
The Ford Foundation/Udall Center offers a paid opportunity
for research, teaching and writing on environmental conflict
resolution.
The Soil and Water Conservation's bi-monthly magazine has
a new look.
The Religious Campaign for Forest Conservation unites
Christians and Jews in the struggle to save old-growth forests and
end commercial logging on all public lands.
Heard Around the West
Ed Abbey's "enemies"; moose-poop paper; potatoes become
upscale vodka in Idaho; sage grouse in love dislike voyeurs;
garbage picked up near Lake Mead; Las Vegas' expensive palm trees;
proposed new state mottos; gun debate cancelled by Colo.
Legislature.
Dear Friends
New HCN Web site designer Chris Wehner; Ed Quillen: "I
want my Columbine back"; potluck coming in Helena, Mont.
News
In California, the Sierra Club wants to remove a dam and
restore Hetch Hetchy Valley, once part of Yosemite National Park
and now flooded by a reservoir that provides water to San
Francisco.
Explosions set off in the course of coal mining in
Wyoming's Powder River Basin create poisonous clouds of nitrogen
oxide gases, which sometimes linger over the homes and schools of
area residents.
Montana wildlife photographer Chuck Bartlebaugh teaches
people how to "safely and responsibly enjoy wildlife" - something
he believes some irresponsible photographers work against, by
taking photos of people dangerously close to wild
animals.
Rep. Jim Hansen of Utah snatches bill HR 1500 from Utah
Wilderness Coalition for his own bill; Wyo. Sen. Craig Thomas wants
to stop gov't from getting more land; first radioactive waste goes
to WIPP; Colo. House committee kills corporate hog-farming
bill
Dubois, Wyo., environmentalists are frustrated by the lack
of local interest in and opposition to the Forest Service's plans
to open almost 1 million acres of the Shoshone National Forest to
oil and gas exploration.
Some conservationists say that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service's proposals for beefing up its Habitat Conservation Plans
still do not go far enough to effectively protect endangered
species on private lands.
In Colorado, reintroduction of Canada lynx and the
starvation of some of the animals has some conservationists
agreeing with the livestock lobby's arguments that federal
biologists rushed to bring in the lynx without due
consideration.
The Colorado State Legislature passes a law requiring its
consent before federal or state agencies can restore threatened and
endangered species to Colorado.
Poetry
A poet meets a charging elk in Montana.
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