The power industry could build at least five 10,000-megawatt coal-fired power plants in the Powder River Basin of Montana and Wyoming, with staggering social, economic and environmental implications.


Huge power complex planned

The power industry could build at least five 10,000-megawatt coal-fired power plants in the Powder River Basin of Montana and Wyoming, with staggering social, economic and environmental implications. (To read the full text, click on the “View a PDF from the original” link below, or download a PDF of the entire issue: http://www.hcn.org/issues/4.1/download-entire-issue.) This article appeared…

Shifting dunes found in Idaho

A few short miles to the west of the small Idaho town of St. Anthony lies an area of unique natural wonder and beauty — sand dunes that are all too often bypassed by the traveler in his hasty approach to Yellowstone National Park. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/4.1/download-entire-issue

The public lands — our view

The public lands of the West and Alaska constitute one of the greatest treasures remaining in the public domain. We are down to the vestiges — what was least desirable in the settling of this great country — but these vestiges are now immensely valuable. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/4.1/download-entire-issue