Magazine
September 20, 1993
Locals balk at EPA's plan to declare Triumph, Idaho, a Superfund site due to mining waste.
Feature
Locals balk at EPA's plan to declare Triumph, Idaho, a
Superfund site due to mining waste.
... to read the essays, news stories and other articles in the issue, including the sampling displayed here
Essays
The author describes the perils of living in the land of
killer bees.
Author contends financial recklessness caused Stone Forest
Industries' sawmill demise.
Stone Forest Industries blames environmental groups and
the Forest Service for its mill closing when company management is
really to blame.
News
Animal Damage Control will change its name to Wildlife
Services.
Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell proposes a bill that would
force the Washington Redskins to change their name.
An advocacy group's efforts to protect the Black Hill's
ecosystem from too much logging is hindered by a lack of scientific
data.
A jury acquits rancher Paul Berger of charges that he
poisoned eagles in Montana.
The first two people convicted under federal tree-spiking
laws will spend time behind bars.
Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Dan Beard invites two
Ute tribes to take over the Animas-La Plata water diversion
project.
An advocacy group charges that a Waste Management landfill
is contaminating their water supply.
Denis Hayes takes the helm at the environmentally friendly
Bullitt Foundation
Several land-use bills cause division and compromise among
wise-use and environmental groups in Oregon's state
legislature.
The Bureau of Land Management withdraws 20,000 acres of
Sweetgrass Hills, a Native American spiritual site, from mineral
development for two years.
Mattell introduces a "Native American Barbie"
doll.
Dangerous blunders seem to be status quo among plant
workers at Hanford
The Central Arizona Project's water price will skyrocket,
costing stockholders millions.
Two Utah counties, frustrated with the cost of the Central
Utah Project, decide to pull out.
Though the Yellowstone forest recovery is well under way,
moose still suffer.
The EPA cites a Montana mine for seven violations of the
Clean Water Act.
Protesters at hearings throughout Wyoming demonstrate
against wolf reintroduction in Yellowstone.
A wolf is shot illegally in Montana.
Book Reviews
Toward a New Direction: Social Justice, Race and the
Environment focuses on links between pollution and
poverty.
Former government biologist, Mark Shaffer, proposes the
Endangered Species Act be extended to include entire ecosystems
called lifelands.
A book review of "Los Angeles: Capital of the Third World'
by David Rieff.
An annual conservation congress will focus on "Our
Forests, Our Future."
An advocacy group forms to fight off a proposed ski resort
on Seven Utes Mountain, west of Fort Collins, Colo.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service wants to remove all
livestock from an antelope refuge in order to conduct an ecosystem
management restoration program.
The Department of the Interior is writing new rules to
interpret an 1866 mining law concerning road-building.
The fourth annual Headwaters conference explores Western
culture and colonization.
Opinion
HCN publisher, Ed Marston, recommends that we abolish the
Forest Service.
The Forest Service's plans to build a campground and trade
land with developers galvanize resistance residents of Sedona and
Prescott, Ariz.
Sidebar
Idaho Department of Health and Welfare report on arsenic
and lead levels in blood samples of Triumph residents suggests no
need for concern.
Profile of Triumph, an Idaho town that could be declared a
Superfund site by the EPA.
State struggles to find money to pay for the tailings
cleanup at Triumph, Idaho.
- Larry Bullock on Ranch Diaries: A New Mexico cattle company is born
- Kent Schoberle on Ranch Diaries: A New Mexico cattle company is born
- Larry Bullock on Ranch Diaries: A New Mexico cattle company is born
- Kent Schoberle on Ranch Diaries: A New Mexico cattle company is born
- Jim Turner on Ranch Diaries: Why we manage our cattle horseback
