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What a long strange trip it's been

January 23, 1995

Denver International Airport may become a giant boondoggle.

Feature

The West sings the Denver airport blues
Denver International Airport may become a giant boondoggle.
Ray Ring Jan. 23, 1995 From the print edition

Sidebar

Ambition becomes a megamess
The history of Denver International Airport, like that of other Western megaprojects, is the history of a megamess.
Ray Ring Jan. 23, 1995 From the print edition
Plucky 'Batman and Robin' make an airport their case
Retired engineers Paul Earle and Jim Buck are two of DIA's most persistent critics.
Ray Ring Jan. 23, 1995 From the print edition

Dear Friends

Dear friends
Special issue on DIA, visitors, reporters in Yellowstone waiting for wolves.
Ed Marston Jan. 23, 1995 From the print edition

News

'Wise-use' laws challenged
Greater Gila Biodiversity Project and Gila Watch file suit against Catron County's "wise-use" ordinances.
Staff Jan. 23, 1995 From the print edition
A Newtonian vision
Ultra-conservatives want to turn over public lands and national parks to the states and strip budgets of Interior and the Forest Service.
Staff Jan. 23, 1995 From the print edition
Are grizzlies safe?
Federal biologists say grizzlies are "recovered" and no longer need endangered species protection in greater Yellowstone area.
Staff Jan. 23, 1995 From the print edition
Imported wolves lope off into Idaho wilderness
Four wolves are returned to Idaho's Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness.
Rocky Barker Jan. 23, 1995 From the print edition
So far, wolf reintroduction survives legal challenge
Legal wrangling over wolf reintroduction persists until the last minute.
Anders Halverson Jan. 23, 1995 From the print edition
Developer paralyzes Jackson's new plan
Developer Jere Bishop stymies Jackson's new zoning master plan.
Matt Testa Jan. 23, 1995 From the print edition
Feds targeted by louder thunder from below
More than 500 attend conservative Western summit in January.
Jim Woolf Jan. 23, 1995 From the print edition
Yellowstone bison guts pile up
Bison straying from Yellowstone into Montana are slaughtered because of brucellosis fears.
Lynne Bama Jan. 23, 1995 From the print edition
White Mesa Utes beat back Superfund tailings
White Mesa Utes defeat DOE's plans to dump hazardous waste on land surround their reservation.
Brent Israelsen Jan. 23, 1995 From the print edition
Babbitt cedes grazing reform to Congress
Bruce Babbitt gives up on grazing reform.
Tony Davis Jan. 23, 1995 From the print edition
Bidding war shakes up Idaho grazing leases
Ranchers bid against each other and the Idaho Watersheds Project for grazing leases on Idaho state land.
Steve Stuebner Jan. 23, 1995 From the print edition
Option 9 survives
Judge upholds Clinton administration's Option 9 plan for forest management.
Staff Jan. 23, 1995 From the print edition
L-P coughs up
Louisiana-Pacific must pay settlement to Olathe, Colorado, families who sued under Clean Air Act.
Staff Jan. 23, 1995 From the print edition
Forest Service may finally evaluate grazing
Environmental lawsuit demands the Forest Service do analyses for 150 grazing allotments on the Beaverhead National Forest.
Paul Larmer Jan. 23, 1995 From the print edition
Wilderness trader cashes in
Developer Tom Chapman makes huge profit trading his wilderness inholding in the West Elks Wilderness for land near Telluride.
Staff Jan. 23, 1995 From the print edition

Opinion

An ersatz democracy gets what it deserves
Media, elected officials and the city of Denver all share responsibility for DIA and its problems.
Ed Marston Opinion Essay Jan. 23, 1995 From the print edition

Letters

Land-use planning can be a nightmare
Maxine Keesling Jan. 23, 1995 From the print edition
BuRec will halt water spreading
Daniel P. Beard Jan. 23, 1995 From the print edition
Park Service can't reform itself
Peter Thompson Jan. 23, 1995 From the print edition
Albuquerque didn't want to hear it
Herb H. Smith Jan. 23, 1995 From the print edition
Oregon's Wallowa County is suffering
Rick Swart Jan. 23, 1995 From the print edition
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