The Hispanic livestock cooperative, Ganados del Valle,
wins a lawsuit against the Sierra Club Foundation in New Mexico's
Chama Valley.
Magazine
October 16, 1995
The Hispanic livestock cooperative, Ganados del Valle, wins a lawsuit against the Sierra Club Foundation in New Mexico's Chama Valley.
Feature
Former BLM ranger Skip Edwards fights to preserve Utah's
Westwater Canyon as wilderness at the same time that miner Ron Pene
seeks to develop his family's mining claims in the
canyon.
Sidebar
Would-be miner Ron Pene and the BLM disagree on Westwater
Canyon's wilderness.
Essays
A small group of environmentalists stage a death march for
endangered salmon in the small town of Salmon, Idaho.
Book Reviews
Writer Richard Rodriguez will speak at the Denver Public
Library Oct. 26.
"Life on the Edge: A Guide to California's Endangered
Natural Resources" is reviewed.
Wilderness Land Trust buys 200 acres of private land
inside Raggeds and Maroon Bells-Snowmass wilderness
areas.
Wildlife agencies urge a Wildlife Diversity Funding
Initiative - a 5 percent tax on outdoor products to help preserve
wildlife habitat.
A new group called For the Sake of Salmon aims to improve
habitat for endangered Northwest salmon.
Heard Around the West
Annoying boldface type; Patricia McColm's lawsuits; real
estate ruckuses; driving is faster than flying DIA; preserving
WPPSS; Belarussians in Utah Wal-Mart; lobster kidnapping; canola
oil exhaust and bears; life is less fun.
Dear Friends
Pear Wars; feedback; visitors.
News
A June voluntary climbing ban at Devils Tower may ease
conflicts between rock climbers and Native Americans who use the
site for religious ceremonies.
Environmentalists object to the proposed relocation of two
Jackson-area grizzly bears that are killing cattle.
Using an obscure provision in the recent salvage logging
bill, loggers begin cutting healthy old-growth forests in the
Northwest.
Recent old-growth timber sales like Oregon's Roman Dunn
are clear-cut in what critics call an "old-fashioned, dirty"
way.
Right-wing Republicans in control of Congress plan
sweeping change that will transform the West and roll back 100
years of progress.
State-owned lots with Native American ruins on them may be
sold to provide money for Utah schools.
Colorado Republican Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell seeks to
push ahead with dam construction on Animas-La Plata.
The company town of Port Gamble, Wash., faces a future as
a tourist town when its only sawmill closes.
A look at history shows a cycle in the rise and fall of
Western wise-use movements and sagebrush rebellions.
South Dakota withdraws from the Missouri River Basin
Association, claiming frustration with bureaucracy.
All-terrain vehicles damage two miles of prime salmon
spawning grounds on the upper Salmon River.
National Forest Supervisor Sonny LaSalle offers a
controversial solution to Summit County's housing shortage by
suggesting ski areas build low-cost housing on Forest Service
land.
The killing of wolves in Alberta, Canada, may drive
Montana wolves into biological isolation.
A Forest Service memo suggesting regional foresters work
with the timber industry enrages logging critics.
Opinion
Bad times in Congress point up the lack of unity in the
environmental movement which is split between foundation and
grassroots strategy.
An environmentalist explains his decision to abandon
politics and national groups and work strictly at the grassroots
level using the "collaborative process."
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