In Nevada, the only Western state without Forest Service wilderness, Congress has finally begun to examine mountain ranges for potential wilderness.

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Conferees chop at below-cost timber sales

Industry, environmentalists, university and Forest Service representatives met in Spokane, Wash., to hash out arguments for and against below-cost timber sales. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/18.5/download-entire-issue

by Maggie Coon

Fishing bridge must be destroyed

Since 1976, biologists have attributed 90 percent of Yellowstone National Park’s grizzly bear mortality to Fishing Bridge, which contains a 308-unit campground and a 358-unit recreational vehicle park. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/18.5/download-entire-issue

by David A. Smith

Nevada debates the virtues of wilderness

In Nevada, the only Western state without Forest Service wilderness, Congress has finally begun to examine mountain ranges for potential wilderness. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/18.5/download-entire-issue

by Tom Kizzia

Sagebrush Rebellion has been crushed

Gov. Bruce Babbitt, D-AZ, and a possible presidential aspirant, declared the Sagebrush Rebellion “utterly dead, buried and forgotten.”  To read this article, click the “View a PDF from the original” link below. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Sagebrush Rebellion has been crushed.

by Ed Marston