Proposed oil and gas leasing on National Forest lands
comes under fire.
Magazine
April 19, 1993
Environmentalists' euphoria over President Bill Clinton's Western policies came to an abrupt end in late March, when the White House pulled public land reforms from its new budget.
Feature
Duncan Energy Inc. builds an illegal road through national
grasslands while the Forest Service and the U.S. Attorney's office
bicker.
Chevron's widened search for oil into the Uinta mountains
threatens the entire range.
Durango, Colo., residents charge that gas production
pollutes their wells.
Environmentalists' euphoria over President Bill Clinton's Western policies came to an abrupt end in late March, when the White House pulled public land reforms from its new budget.
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Book Reviews
A Conference on western Colorado trails will take place in
Grand Junction.
Uravan, Colo, is proposed to house a dumpsite for
naturally occurring radioactive waste.
Several books on the Great Basin are reviewed: "Hiking the
Great Basin' by John Hart; "The Hiker's Guide to Nevada' by Bruce
Grubbs and "Nevada Mountain Ranges' by George Wuerthner.
Island Press publishes "Green at Work: Finding a Business
Career that Works for the Environment'.
Several Ute tribes will gather for the United Ute Powwow
Celebration.
Utah State University will host conference on: Conflicts
in Natural Resource Management: Integrating Social and Ecological
Concerns.
The Park Service offers a series of monument management
conferences at Petroglyph National Monument.
A re-enactment of the Oregon Trail migration of 1843 is
planned.
News
The Pentagon confirms chemical weapons testing on U.S.
soldiers during WWII.
The West Coast Ancient Forest Activists conference
promotes discussion between enviro's and loggers in
Oregon.
The state Senate softens House anti-green legislation in
Idaho.
Tourism inquiries are up in Wyoming and Montana.
The Lawrence Livermore Lab develops a new process that
produces oil shale more cheaply.
Higher grazing, logging and mining fees are dropped from
the budget.
A BLM decision limits predator killing on BLM lands to
"emergency control.'
Clinton nominates Daniel Beard as the commissioner of the
Bureau of Reclamation.
The Mexican Spotted Owl is listed as threatened.
A leg-hold trap ban dies in Arizona's rancher-friendly
legislature.
Michael Frome is axed from the Defenders of Wildlife
publication.
A bill passed by the state legislature promises mining
reform in New Mexico.
The Wyoming Game and Fish Department prohibits the
introduction of exotic species at a game ranch.
An Oregon fishing boat hooks a submarine.
The military wants to launch missiles from Utah into New
Mexico.
Opinion
Book excerpt: "A Hunter's Road, a Journey with Man and Dog
across the American Uplands", by Jim Fergus.
Ed Marston reflects on his experience at the Forest Summit
in Oregon.
A reporter chronicles the events in the Pacific Northwest
leading up to the Forest Summit in Oregon.
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