The land-grant universities face change as the West
changes.
Magazine
November 14, 1994
The most important institutions in the West enter a critical period.
Feature
Washington State University finds it difficult to change
when the funding is tight and people uncooperative.
Scientists work to find new ways to control codling moth
outbreaks in Washington's apple orchards.
Evergreen State offers full approach to diverse
agriculture
University of Wyoming professor Glen Whipple believes the
system can work.
Sociologist Aaron Harp at the University of Idaho is
skeptical about the land grants.
Sidebar
Scientists at land-grant colleges face budget
cuts.
Washington's apple growers contribute $2 million to
research this year.
Essays
Wendell Berry challenges the experts of
agribusiness.
Book Reviews
Park Service considers procedural changes and asks advice
about de-jargonizing.
Woodland caribou populations are still too small in
Selkirks.
Montana Wilderness Association holds 36th annual
convention in Great Falls.
Hazel O'Leary proposes reform to protect whistleblowers at
the Department of Energy.
Honor Our Neighbors' Origins and Rights (HONOR) works to
affirm tribal rights and protest racism.
Tom Throop is new executive director of the Wyoming
Outdoor Council.
David Helvarg's book The War Against the Greens documents
violence against environmentalists.
Dear Friends
Another special issue, Chip Rawlins reading,
visitors.
News
Humans re-enact salmon migration to demonstrate obstacles
facing fish.
National Forest Service creates job for national director
of wilderness.
Wise-use movement clashes with environmentalists in
Joseph, Oregon.
Autumn finally ends worst fire season in the West's
memory.
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