In the Interior West, politicians must work with federal
agencies and let go of fading extractive industries, if the region
is to thrive as part of the nation and not be overrun by Bruce
Babbitt's new national monuments.
Magazine
April 10, 2000
In the Interior West, politicians must work with federal agencies and let go of fading extractive industries, if the region is to thrive as part of the nation and not be overrun by Bruce Babbitt's new national monuments.
Feature
Uncommon Westerners
Bike-shop owner Portia Masterson meets Paonia bike-cop
Neal Schwieterman.
Essays
In the changing political and socio-economic realities of
the West, different groups need to learn to listen to each
other.
The West's Indian reservations need help in building
sustainable economies if their wildlife and landscapes are to be
preserved, along with their tribal rights.
In the New West, local and state governments can't compete
with huge multinational corporations.
Northern New Mexico's small farmers would thrive if the
United States quit favoring and subsidizing corporate
agriculture.
An environmentalist with a Wyoming ranching background
tries to find common ground between greens and cowboys who both
love the land.
In the West, a search for the politics of union is
threatened by runaway litigation and advocacy groups that refuse to
compromise.
In the West, the culture of the infinite comes up against
the growing culture of the finite, which says we must adapt to
nature and accept limits.
As regionalism grows, Westerners find that environmental
issues have less and less to do with political
boundaries.
Book Reviews
Alvin Josephy's memoir, "A Walk Toward Oregon," describes
his journey from "Time" journalist to Western historian and
environmentalist.
Jared Farmer's book, "Glen Canyon Dammed: Inventing Lake
Powell and the Canyon Country," takes a fascinating look at lost
Glen Canyon and the big lake that covered it.
A two-day workshop is being offered at the University of
Colorado in Boulder on environmental justice in natural
resources.
Earth Day 2000 events scheduled April 22 all over the
West.
The 22nd annual High Desert Conference takes place April
27-30 in Burns, Oregon.
Twenty authors, including environmental writers, will be
featured at the Northern Arizona Book Festival, April 28-30, in
Flagstaff, Ariz.
The 3rd Annual Natural Resources Laws Conference takes
place May 7-8, 2000 at Montana State University in
Bozeman.
The Mineral Policy Center is holding a photo contest to
show that mining is desecrating the Western landscape.
Conflict resolution will be the focus of a conference, May
16-19, at the University of Arizona in Tucson.
Heard Around the West
Dr. Bruce Hayse's underwater snowmobile adventure in
Jackson, Wyo.; Tlingit Barbie; two young cougars roam Salt Lake
City; Jackson Hole vs. monster houses; Colorado Springs developer
vs. democracy.
Dear Friends
Former interns Matt Klingle, Ann Vileisis and Bob Wilson;
HCN reader survey.
News
Following protests by downwinder Jackson, Wyo., residents,
the Department of Energy agrees to scrap nuclear-waste incineration
plans at the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental
Laboratory.
Utah's Zion National Park, one of the nation's most
popular, has become the first Western park to replace cars with a
shuttle bus system in its most heavily visited area.
The Park Service has begun to restrict motorized
recreation in many national parks, banning tourist flights,
personal watercraft and snowmobiles in some areas and working to
reduce auto congestion.
The Conservation Fund preserves open space in Colo.; Idaho
coalition sues USFS over roadless policy; Western GOPs seek 10-year
deadline for designating wilderness; judge rules four Lower Snake
dams must comply with Clean Water Act; Canada lynx is
listed.
In a precedent-setting move, a Montana judge says that the
Golden Sunlight Mine has to reclaim land whether or not it's made a
profit on mining.
A letter from Elko County District Attorney Gary Woodbury
advised Nevada businesses to not sell to or serve Forest Service
employees.
In a precedent-setting case, Allan Elias is convicted of
"knowing endangerment" for exposing employee Scott Dominguez to
cyanide in an accident that damaged his nervous system.
Santa Fe County's desire to buy water from Top of the
World farms in the San Luis Valley has northern New Mexico farmers
worried that their water rights will be endangered.
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