Several Interior Department agencies are profiled,
including the Fish and Wildlife Service, the National Park Service,
the BLM, the Bureau of Reclamation and many others.
Magazine

January 25, 1993
Bruce Babbitt will manage a fragmented and dysfunctional Department of the Interior.
Feature
Bruce Babbitt will manage a fragmented and dysfunctional
Department of the Interior.
A Bush administration conspiracy destroys a plan for
environmental protection in Yellowstone and costs a Park Service
official her job.
Babbitt wins as Secretary of the Interior by a narrow
margin.
... to read the essays, news stories and other articles in the issue, including the sampling displayed here
Sidebar
Introduction to : Babbitt in his own words
Excerpts from the House subcommittee staff report reveal
details of of Lorraine Mintzmyer's transfer and changes to
Yellowstone's "Vision" document.
Babbitt speaks out on multiple use policy, the BLM and
western water policy.
The former Secretary of the Interior, Stewart Udall,
speculates on Babbitt's effect on the agency.
Senior BLM director, Bob Moore, gives his opinion on
appointees and career people.
Book Reviews
A review of "Tracking and the Art of Seeing: How to Read
Animal Track and Sign', by Paul Rezendes.
Public forums discussing the seven year drought will be
hosted by the Nevada Water Resources Association.
Silverton will host another avalanche training
course.
The forest-watchdog group, Gold Creek Resources Protection
Association, wins its first battle in a timber fight against the
Burnt Bridge Timber Sale.
'Making A Change: A Student Guide to Social Change
Internships in the Northern Rockies', describes internships in the
west.
A theater troupe will perform "biologically explicit'
musical comedy.
The book "Seeds of Change' examines massive agricultural
changes arising from contact between the continents.
Conference on environment, land use and alternative
economic strategies planned in Boulder.
The Fish and Wildlife Service is slow to confirm wolf
sightings, which could affect wolf reintroduction in
Yellowstone.
News
Transfers among Forest Service employees from several
Idaho national forests are political, employees say.
According to the EPA, bonds from the Summitville
Consolidated Mining Co. don't cover hazardous waste cleanup
costs.
A Colorado Division of Wildlife study will count black
bears on Black Mesa.
The National Weather Service reports that precipitation is
above normal in Utah and Arizona.
A housing development blocks access to Arizona's Coronado
National Forest.
A rancher decides to preserve land by selling it to the
Bureau of Land Management rather than selling out to
developers.
An Animal Damage Control plan to use M-44s to poison
animals is under fire in Wyoming.
Four species of Snake River snails and a limpets are now
under Endangered Species Act Protection.
The FAA agrees to strictly enforce flight-free zones over
the Grand Canyon.
The Archaeological Resources Protection Act of 1979 helps
nab a pot hunter.
The Washington Public Power Supply System is too
expensive, says the Bonneville Power Administration.
Opinion
The President of the Montana Wilderness Association's
governing council offers an opinion on the Montana Wilderness
bill.
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