Wyoming’s new governor, Democrat Dave Freudenthal,
may have a chance to turn the stagnant state around economically
and environmentally, by reducing its dependence on energy and
mineral industries.
Magazine
February 17, 2003
Wyoming’s new governor, Democrat Dave Freudenthal, may have a chance to turn the stagnant state around economically and environmentally, by reducing its dependence on energy and mineral industries. Also in this issue: Some residents of Los Lunas, N.M., say the planned expansion of the wastewater treatment plant is designed to benefit the mayor, who wants to build a subdivision.
Feature
Sidebar
A timeline shows that since its founding, Wyoming has
occasionally boomed but more often busted under the thumb of
extractive industry
New Gov. Dave Freudenthal talks about the challenges and
opportunities that Wyoming faces
Essays
Back in the early 1970s, the writer lived with Ed Abbey
and wandered around in a battered old Chevy, low on cash but rich
in enjoyment
Book Reviews
"Public Lands, Private Gains;" Sacramento Water Education
Foundation; Rocky Mountain Land Series
Michael Brown’s documentary, Dust to
Dust, tells the story of Libby, Mont., and the struggle
of its people against deadly disease caused by asbestos-laced dust
from a vermiculate mine
The Boise-based Winter Wildlands Alliance works to
encourage "human-powered" winter recreation on public lands in
Idaho, Colorado, California and Nevada
The Portland-based Food Alliance offers consumers and
farmers a label guaranteeing pesticide-free, organically grown
products at a much lower price.
In Native River, William D. Layman uses words and
photographs to explore an earlier era of the Columbia River, before
it was tamed and transformed by dams
Marc Reisner’s posthumously published book,
A Dangerous Place: California’s Unsettling
Fate, looks at California and its earthquakes, and imagines what
will happen when "the Big One" finally hits
Marc Reisner’s posthumously published book,
A Dangerous Place: California’s Unsettling
Fate, looks at California and its earthquakes, and imagines what
will happen when "the Big One" finally hits
Writers on the Range
The writer says California’s agricultural elite is
holding on to Colorado River water that could better serve the
region’s growing cities.
Heard Around the West
President Bush and "green, green lima beans;" divorce
harms the environment; jackalope designer dies; lassoing chickens
in Douglas, Wyo.; cactus thieves in Phoenix; venting spleen in
Grand Junction, Colo.; and re-engineering cows in the
future
Dear Friends
Melting ice reveals archaeological treasures; postcards
from the edge; congratulations; Farley Shelden dies; visitors; tune
in to Radio HCN; and stimulate minds & bodies with HCN in your
coffeeshop
News
The timber industry hopes Northwestern forests will be
reopened to logging through a court decision ordering a
reassessment of the population and habitat of two threatened birds:
the northern spotted owl and the marbled murrelet
A new study shows that logging communities received little
of the economic help promised to them when the timber industry
collapsed in the Northwest during the 1990s
Members of California’s Quincy Library Group are
fighting Forest Service plans for logging the Plumas and Lassen
national forests.
Seventy percent of full-time National Park Service jobs
may go to private sector; northern pike still thriving in
California’s Lake Davis; traffic accident damaged nuclear
waste container on way to WIPP in New Mexico; Washington state
fears plans to down
Some residents of Los Lunas, N.M., say the planned
expansion of the wastewater treatment plant is designed to benefit
the mayor, who wants to build a subdivision.
Southern Arizona cities are importing cacti from west
Texas, and demand is beginning to outstrip the natural
supply.
Residents of Castle Valley, Utah, are working with the
state trust lands agency to find a way to preserve open space while
also raising more money for schools
Canada finally passes an endangered species law, but it
only protects "federal species" living in oceans or on the 1
percent of Canadian land that is federal.
In Soul of Nowhere, writer Craig Childs
explores the rugged canyons of the southwest and the ruins left
behind by past civilizations that did their best to "match the
scenery" yet still perished.
Letters
Condos or cow? Neither!
Beyond rangeland conflict
Keep questioning the establishment
Build wealth, not walls
Anti-immigration myopia
It wasn't "environmental racism"
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