Public hearings on the rewriting of the Endangered Species
Act stir up controversy among environmentalists and their
opponents.
Magazine
May 15, 1995
Public hearings on the rewriting of the Endangered Species Act stir up controversy among environmentalists and their opponents.
Feature
The Endangered Species Act, enormously popular at its
inception in 1973, now faces serious challenges as it comes up for
revision.
Jasper Carlton, head of the Biodiversity Legal Foundation
in Boulder, Colo., was "guerilla lawyering" to protect threatened
species in court.
Hank Fischer of Defenders of Wildlife tries to use
communication and consensus-building to save endangered
species.
An innovative Fish and Wildlife program called Partners
for Wildlife faces dismantling, despite the success it has shown in
working cooperatively with ranchers and landowners along Montana's
Blackfoot River.
Saving the bull trout will require the cooperation of five
states and 34 national forests.
Essays
A writer thoughtfully considers the philosophical and
religious ramifications of the struggle to save endangered
species.
The mixture of guns, anti-environmentalism and conspiracy
theories in the Northwest makes a frightening, fascist
brew.
Heard Around the West
A digest of news reports on militias and the reaction to
them in the West in the wake of the Oklahoma City
bombing.
Dear Friends
Semi-special issue on Endangered Species Act; more
responses to Margolis piece; reader surveys.
News
A wolf released in Yellowstone gives birth to pups near
Red Lodge, Mont., after her mate is illegally killed.
A once-quiet hot springs is overwhelmed by visitors after
guidebooks tout it.
Salt Lake City's expensive bid to host the 2002 Winter
Olympics is meeting surprisingly lukewarm opposition from
environmentalists.
Amid rumors of violence, the Forest Service backs down on
its plan to cut the number of Kit and Sherry Laney's cows that
graze a wilderness allotment.
Wilderness Society president Jon Roush is blasted for
selling $140,000 worth of timber from his Western ranch.
As salmon runs in the Northwest diminish, the size of
individual fish decreases too.
Letters
- Yes, the drought really is that bad
- The Navajo Nation’s first economist takes a fresh view on development
- The Yurok Tribe is bringing condors home to Northern California skies
- What’s wrong with the Manitou Cliff Dwellings Museum and Preserve?
- Duwamish Tribe sues Interior in federal court, alleging sex discrimination
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