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Subdividing the desert: Should there be a vote?

October 3, 1994

Tucson activists fight development of the desert's ironwood forest.

Feature

Subdividing the desert: Should there be a vote?
Tucson activists fight development of the desert's ironwood forest.
Tony Davis Oct. 3, 1994 From the print edition

Essays

An agency icon at 50
The 50 year birthday of Smokey Bear provokes ironic retrospective of icon's career.
Jim Carrier Essay Oct. 3, 1994 From the print edition
Burning nerve gas makes me 'volatile'
The Army's plans to incinerate deadly chemical weapons are dangerous, expensive and irresponsible.
Chip Ward Essay Oct. 3, 1994 From the print edition
The Southwest's writers are terrified liars
A writer argues that Southwestern writers refuse to tell the truth about the contemporary West.
Charles Bowden Essay Oct. 3, 1994 From the print edition

Book Reviews

Water planning in the desert
Nevada State Division of Water Planning drafts new policy to guide water-planning decisions.
Staff Oct. 3, 1994 From the print edition
Hikers can bear grizzlies
Greater Ecosystem Alliance says restoring grizzly bear populations won't interfere with recreationists.
Staff Oct. 3, 1994 From the print edition
Bigots in Big Sky
Montana Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights issues report on hate groups.
Shara Rutberg Oct. 3, 1994 From the print edition
Saved from subdivision
Letter-writing campaign stops development of privately owned land in a national forest.
Staff Oct. 3, 1994 From the print edition
Sole source
EPA may grant special protection to an aquifer in eastern Washington and Western Idaho as "sole source" of drinking water for the area.
Staff Oct. 3, 1994 From the print edition
New look at a river basin
The Environmental Defense Fund wants to protect the Colorado River Basin.
Staff Oct. 3, 1994 From the print edition
One down, three to go
Ecotrust works to save forests by encouraging sensible economic development.
Staff Oct. 3, 1994 From the print edition
A climbing plan for Devils Tower
Park Service tries to develop a climbing management plan that will satisfy Native Americans who regard Devils Tower as sacred.
Pam Ostermiller Oct. 3, 1994 From the print edition
No room at the top
American Mountain Foundation tries to save Colorado's "Fourteeners" from being loved to death by climbers.
Staff Oct. 3, 1994 From the print edition
Save the temperate forests
Second International Temperate Forest Conference meets in Missoula.
Staff Oct. 3, 1994 From the print edition
False alarm
General Accounting Office report proves that environmental nonprofits do not make money on land transactions.
Paul Larmer Oct. 3, 1994 From the print edition
Peak writing experience
Native American Writers Forum meets in Telluride.
Staff Oct. 3, 1994 From the print edition
Evolving wetlands
Sixth annual conference of Colorado Riparian Association meets in Alamosa.
Staff Oct. 3, 1994 From the print edition
Leopold floats us to an understanding
Chip Rawlins reviews A View of the River by Luna Leopold.
C.l. Rawlins Oct. 3, 1994 From the print edition

Dear Friends

Dear friends
Earthquake, Research Fund drive, board meeting in Logan, survey, interns Meg Krehbiel and Chip Giller.
Ed Marston Oct. 3, 1994 From the print edition

News

Judge rocks Montana's open-pit mines
Montana judge rules that reclamation at open-pit mines in the state must include the pit itself.
Duncan Adams Oct. 3, 1994 From the print edition
Inspector commits "career suicide'
Federal safety inspector Steve Jones is fired after publicizing dangers of chemical weapons incineration at Tooele Army Depot.
Staff Oct. 3, 1994 From the print edition
Mike Synar loses
Democrat Mike Synar loses Oklahoma primary.
Staff Oct. 3, 1994 From the print edition
Mining reform: dead or alive?
Chances for reform of the 1872 Mining Law this year recede as Congress prepares to adjourn.
Staff Oct. 3, 1994 From the print edition
Parental care for uranium tailings only goes so far
Atlas Minerals Co. says cleaning up uranium tailings near Moab may prove too expensive.
Peter Mcbride Oct. 3, 1994 From the print edition
Ranchers arrested at wildlife refuge
Ranchers arrested at wildlife refuge
The arrest of rancher Dwight Hammond for running cattle on a wildlife refuge provokes a wise-use backlash in Oregon.
Kathie Durbin Oct. 3, 1994 From the print edition
Yellowstone makes bragging hazardous ...
Rangers photograph wildlife so poached animals will be easy to identify.
Staff Oct. 3, 1994 From the print edition
... As park poacher holds on to trophies
Convicted poacher Donald E. Lewis is allowed to keep his illegal animal trophies.
Staff Oct. 3, 1994 From the print edition
Forest Service accomplishes appeal-proof timber sales
Activists claim the Forest Service's revised timber sale procedures make appeals almost impossible.
Erik Ryberg Oct. 3, 1994 From the print edition

Letters

Oh, what a war on the West!
Lloyd Agte Oct. 3, 1994 From the print edition
No rush to log
Tom Ribe Oct. 3, 1994 From the print edition
The clueless West
Ramon Oct. 3, 1994 From the print edition
No bust yet
Randy Russell Oct. 3, 1994 From the print edition
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