The battle over Northwestern old-growth forests is raging
again, but behind the scenes, some locals are trying to make
peace
Magazine
September 27, 2004
The battle over Northwestern old-growth forests is raging again, but behind the scenes, some locals are trying to make peace. Also in this issue: In Wyoming, Gov. Dave Freudenthal tries to put the brakes on the oil and gas leasing rush, but the drilling frenzy continues across the West.
Feature
Sidebar
Lakeview, Ore., survived the drop in the timber economy by
learning to take care of its forests
Editor's Note
A rising number of Westerners are committed to local
solutions that benefit both the land and communities
Essays
A visit to Glass Beach in California leads to
dumpster-diving on a grand scale, and offers a preview of future
geologic strata
Book Reviews
In "They Treated Us Just Like Indians," anthropologist
Paula Wagoner explores the worlds of Bennett County, S.D., where
whites and Indians live together in not-always-easy
proximity
In their latest anthology, Crazy Woman Creek, Linda
Hasselstrom, Gaydell Collier and Nancy Curtis gather the authentic
voices of Western women of all kinds
Perspective
Scott Groene of the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance
disagrees with a recent High Country News essay about the best way
to protect our remaining wilderness
News
In Wyoming, Gov. Dave Freudenthal tries to put the brakes
on the oil and gas leasing rush, but the drilling frenzy continues
across the West
Energy Department, Bechtel Jacobs mess up shipping of
radioactive waste; Interior Department’s damaged records of
Indian trust accounts; public comment time extended on Roadless
Rule
Oregon’s Warm Spring Indians become co-owners of the
Pelton-Round Butte Dam Complex and hope to restore salmon runs on
the Deschutes River
A new scientific study predicts that overall wildfire size
in the West will double by 2100 because of global warming
Two rulings say the Fish and Wildlife Service needs to
take into account endangered species recovery as well as survival
when it comes to development
Private-property rights group wants to overhaul
Oregon’s land-use laws; Initiative 297 in Washington would
prohibit Hanford Nuclear Reservation from accepting more waste;
Fish and Wildlife Service opens more refuges to hunting and
fishing
In Utah, Democrat Scott Matheson Jr. is duking it out with
Republican Jon Huntsman Jr. for the governor’s seat
Heard Around the West
BlueRibbon Coalition director in trouble; recycling
etiquette; Most Livable Communities don’t come cheap; Bed and
Breakfast Beagle in Idaho; UFO Watchtower; Bruce Willis fined by
EPA
Dear Friends
End of summer visitors to HCN; ex-interns make good;
corrections
Letters
Uncommon Westerners
Black Hills rancher Marvin Kammerer helped form the Black
Hills Alliance in South Dakota to work for social justice and the
environment
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