Magazine
River of dreams

September 24, 2001

For 30 years, activists have been working to remove two dams and restore salmon runs on Washington's Elwha River, and now the goal is in sight -- if the money comes through from Congress.

Feature

River of dreams
For 30 years, activists have been working to remove two dams and restore salmon runs on Washington's Elwha River, and now the goal is in sight - if the money comes through from Congress.
Adam Burke Sept. 24, 2001 From the print edition

Sidebar

The revival of a river people
Robert Lundahl's new film, "Unconquering the Last Frontier," explores the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe's history with Washington's Elwha River and its salmon.
Adam Burke Sept. 24, 2001 From the print edition
'Hydro(power) had no friends'
In his own words, Orville Campbell, who spent 30 years working for the companies that own the Elwha dams, talks about the movement to take down those dams.
Adam Burke Sept. 24, 2001 From the print edition
Lessons for the Colorado
On river trips, Richard Ingebretsen of the Glen Canyon Institute talks about Lake Powell and introduces people to the idea of removing Glen Canyon Dam and resurrecting the Colorado River's drowned canyons.
Adam Burke Sept. 24, 2001 From the print edition

Essays

The enduring Endangered Species Act
Former Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt pushed collaboration as a way to save the Endangered Species Act, an approach that has helped to strengthen this strong and flexible law.
Paul Larmer Essay Sept. 24, 2001 From the print edition
In the house of the grizzly
A hunter's close encounter with grizzlies in Wyoming breeds respect for the great bear that is the true lord of the forest.
Tom Reed Essay Sept. 24, 2001 From the print edition

Heard Around the West

Heard around the West
Fish falls on firefighter; Seattle mansions; drag queens in Idaho Falls; Maroon Bells restroom gets makeover; Albuquerque Mayor Jim Baca vs. opponent's hairdo; Denver Jack-O-Launching; how not to respond to a DUI; Fresno landfill not historic landmark.
Betsy Marston Sept. 24, 2001 From the print edition

Dear Friends

Dear Friends
Former HCN intern Karen Mockler and freelancer Mike Stark win journalism war; new interns Erika Trautman and Mason Adams; rabble-rousers and other visitors.
Staff Sept. 24, 2001 From the print edition
Far from out of it
The terrorist acts of Sept. 11 touched everyone in the HCN office, and some of our friends and families were eyewitnesses.
Ed Marston Sept. 24, 2001 From the print edition

News

Nature hits a home run for salmon
A rare combination of ideal conditions leads to Idaho's biggest salmon and steelhead runs in 25 years.
Steve Stuebner Sept. 24, 2001 From the print edition
State proposes mother-lode mine fee
New Mexico presents Phelps Dodge with a plan that could cost the company $759 billion to close out and clean up its Chino Mine near Silver City, the state's largest.
Rachel Jackson Sept. 24, 2001 From the print edition
The Latest Bounce
Utah's Olympics could be cancelled after terrorist acts; 16,000 acres near Scottsdale, AZ reclassified as open space; Idaho's Coeur d'Alene Basin Superfund suit partly resolved; Lewis & Clark bicentennial; retirement age for firefighters raised.
Rebecca Clarren and Michele Nijhuis Sept. 24, 2001 From the print edition
Grand Teton rancher gives up grazing lease
Wyoming rancher Brad Mead gives up his 2,000-acre grazing lease in Grand Teton National Park.
Jack Clinton Sept. 24, 2001 From the print edition
Oak killer on the loose
Sudden oak death, a disease which has killed thousands of native oak trees in Northern California, has appeared in southern Oregon.
Oakley Brooks Sept. 24, 2001 From the print edition
Montana guts a green law
Montana greens are worried that recent legislative changes to the state's 1971 Montana Environmental Policy Act will make the law almost impossible to enforce.
Ron Selden Sept. 24, 2001 From the print edition
The timber sale that won't die
The Eagle Creek timber sale in Mount Hood National Forest near Portland, Ore., is a mecca for protesters, but some say the sale is environmentally sound, and the protests are much ado about nothing.
Rachel Jackson Sept. 24, 2001 From the print edition
Klamath water is finally for the birds
Spurred by a lawsuit over the needs of the threatened bald eagle, the Bureau of Reclamation agrees to give some water to six wildlife refuges in the Klamath Basin of Oregon and California.
Rebecca Clarren Sept. 24, 2001 From the print edition

Letters

Klamath story misrepresents the ESA
Felice Pace Sept. 24, 2001 From the print edition
Check for your wallets
Brandt Mannchen Sept. 24, 2001 From the print edition
Responsible ranchers obey the law
Mike Ford Sept. 24, 2001 From the print edition
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