Mormons are often stereotyped as conservative
anti-environmentalists, but Utah activists Richard Ingebretsen and
Chris Peterson of the Glen Canyon Institute want to convince fellow
believers that it’s OK to be green
Magazine

December 22, 2003
Mormons are often stereotyped as conservative anti-environmentalists, but Utah activists Richard Ingebretsen and Chris Peterson of the Glen Canyon Institute want to convince fellow believers that it’s OK to be green. Also in this issue: The proposed salvage logging of the Biscuit Fire area in Oregon’s Siskiyou Forest is one of the largest timber sales in history, and critics say it’s not only ecologically dangerous, but undermines the Roadless Rule.
Feature
Sidebar
The Mormon Church, founded by Joseph Smith in the early
19th century, has a distinctive set of doctrines, theology and
church governance
Editor's Note
Now that Mormons are debating environmental issues such as
draining Lake Powell, it’s high time they looked at
overpopulation and the rampant development of Utah’s Wasatch
Front
Essays
The writer remembers with love a man who might have seemed
worthless to the rest of his community, but who taught a young boy
important lessons about fishing, rivers, life and
sovereignty
Book Reviews
Print the Legend: Photography and the American
West by Martha Sandweiss takes a hard and thoughtful look
at the historical uses of photography in the West
In Hispanic Albuquerque: 1706-1846,
Marc Simmons takes readers on a fascinating journey through the
history of the Duke City in New Mexico
The nonprofit State Democracy Foundation has created a new
Web site to keep citizens informed about what their legislators are
up to
Writers on the Range
People sometimes move to rural places like Driggs, Idaho,
to get away from the rest of the world, but they tend to stay in
communities that are lively and welcoming
Heard Around the West
Fat bears; La Verkin welcomes U.N.; Boise, Utah; scratch
‘n’ sniff for rural newcomers; pronghorn vs. antelope;
clear-thinking kids thwart crazy bus driver; and global warming is
good for wine
Dear Friends
HCN takes a Christmas break; thanks to Peggy Rosenberry;
Robyn Morrison and Rosemary Winters keep writing; this
issue’s cover art; and scratch ‘n’ sniff manure
brochures work
News
The proposed salvage logging of the Biscuit Fire area in
Oregon’s Siskiyou Forest is one of the largest timber sales
in history, and critics say it’s not only ecologically
dangerous, but undermines the Roadless Rule
EPA boss Mike Leavitt approves Bush’s Clear Skies
Initiative; Bush signs Healthy Forests Restoration Act; Forest
Service lays off workers to privatize jobs; and former government
officials form Environment 2004 to criticize Bush’s
environmental policies
West Nile virus is impacting Western wildlife,
particularly birds, and some think coalbed methane development may
be spreading the disease
GeoProducts wants to build a geothermal plant in New
Mexico’s Valles Caldera National Preserve and sell power to
Los Alamos National Laboratory, but some say the whole plan is a
scam to get money from the Forest Service
The October wildfires in Southern California burned rare
trees and may have caused the extinction of a butterfly -- proving,
some say, that San Diego’s Multiple Species Conservation
Program did not protect enough habitat to save imperiled
species
With a natural gas shortage looming, and the encouragement
of the Bush White House, energy companies are looking to coal
again, and coal-fired power plants are being planned in Sigurd,
Utah, and across the West
California buys the controversial Ahmanson Ranch, north of
Los Angeles, and agrees to preserve it as open space
Tucson environmental consultant Mary Darling pleads guilty
to illegally moving endangered Pima pineapple cacti, in a
complicated plan to raise the value of local real estate
If the Bush administration pushes through a rule change to
the Clean Water Act, three-fourths of the West’s rivers would
be unprotected from pollution
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints gains
control of the Wyoming historic site of Martin’s Cove, where
Mormon immigrants died 150 years ago
California’s newest clean-air law, designed to deal
with pollution from small engines, narrowly survives an attempt to
shoot it down in the U.S. Congress
The National Wildlife Federation negotiates two important
land deals with ranchers in the Yellowstone area, ending grazing on
Horse Butte and protecting local bison
The bison herd that wandered into Grand Canyon National
Park is largely made up of bison-cow half-breeds, but the state of
Arizona and the park are still undecided about what to do with the
destructive but valuable animals
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