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Triumph, Idaho, to EPA: Get out

September 20, 1993

Locals balk at EPA's plan to declare Triumph, Idaho, a Superfund site due to mining waste.

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Triumph, Idaho, to EPA: Get Out
Locals balk at EPA's plan to declare Triumph, Idaho, a Superfund site due to mining waste.
Steve Stuebner Sept. 20, 1993 From the print edition
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Testing for toxics
Idaho Department of Health and Welfare report on arsenic and lead levels in blood samples of Triumph residents suggests no need for concern.
Staff Sept. 20, 1993 From the print edition
Triumph: A great place to grow kids and fish
Profile of Triumph, an Idaho town that could be declared a Superfund site by the EPA.
Steve Stuebner Sept. 20, 1993 From the print edition
State of Idaho wants to lead the cleanup drive at Triumph
State struggles to find money to pay for the tailings cleanup at Triumph, Idaho.
Steve Stuebner Sept. 20, 1993 From the print edition

Essays

Killer bees
The author describes the perils of living in the land of killer bees.
Staff Essay Sept. 20, 1993 From the print edition
Stone Container cuts a wide swath
Author contends financial recklessness caused Stone Forest Industries' sawmill demise.
Darrell Geist Essay Sept. 20, 1993 From the print edition
Stone Container cuts a wide swath: In the woods, it cuts, runs and blames
Stone Forest Industries blames environmental groups and the Forest Service for its mill closing when company management is really to blame.
Edward Smith Essay Sept. 20, 1993 From the print edition

Book Reviews

Environmental Racism Conference
Toward a New Direction: Social Justice, Race and the Environment focuses on links between pollution and poverty.
Staff Sept. 20, 1993 From the print edition
Ailing Ecosystems
Former government biologist, Mark Shaffer, proposes the Endangered Species Act be extended to include entire ecosystems called lifelands.
Ernie Atencio Sept. 20, 1993 From the print edition
Capital of the Third World
A book review of "Los Angeles: Capital of the Third World' by David Rieff.
Ed Marston Sept. 20, 1993 From the print edition
Future Forests in Wyoming
An annual conservation congress will focus on "Our Forests, Our Future."
Staff Sept. 20, 1993 From the print edition
Gould group gears up
An advocacy group forms to fight off a proposed ski resort on Seven Utes Mountain, west of Fort Collins, Colo.
David Frey Sept. 20, 1993 From the print edition
Restarting the Hart
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.
Staff Sept. 20, 1993 From the print edition
Ruinous roads
The Department of the Interior is writing new rules to interpret an 1866 mining law concerning road-building.
Staff Sept. 20, 1993 From the print edition
Unsettling the West
The fourth annual Headwaters conference explores Western culture and colonization.
Staff Sept. 20, 1993 From the print edition

News

What's in a name?
Animal Damage Control will change its name to Wildlife Services.
Staff Sept. 20, 1993 From the print edition
Campbell blocks Redskins
Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell proposes a bill that would force the Washington Redskins to change their name.
Staff Sept. 20, 1993 From the print edition
On this forest, multiple use is logging, and logging
An advocacy group's efforts to protect the Black Hill's ecosystem from too much logging is hindered by a lack of scientific data.
Andrew Nachison Sept. 20, 1993 From the print edition
Rancher acquitted in Montana
A jury acquits rancher Paul Berger of charges that he poisoned eagles in Montana.
Staff Sept. 20, 1993 From the print edition
Tree-spikers nailed
The first two people convicted under federal tree-spiking laws will spend time behind bars.
Staff Sept. 20, 1993 From the print edition
Tribes may take over Animas-La Plata
Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Dan Beard invites two Ute tribes to take over the Animas-La Plata water diversion project.
Staff Sept. 20, 1993 From the print edition
Rural Colorado county says it is being dumped on
An advocacy group charges that a Waste Management landfill is contaminating their water supply.
Adam Duerk, Paul Larmer Sept. 20, 1993 From the print edition
Foundation seeks to change Northwest
Denis Hayes takes the helm at the environmentally friendly Bullitt Foundation
Paul Koberstein Sept. 20, 1993 From the print edition
Oregon legislative session is a wash
Several land-use bills cause division and compromise among wise-use and environmental groups in Oregon's state legislature.
Alan Pittman Sept. 20, 1993 From the print edition
Reprieve in Montana
The Bureau of Land Management withdraws 20,000 acres of Sweetgrass Hills, a Native American spiritual site, from mineral development for two years.
Staff Sept. 20, 1993 From the print edition
What a doll
Mattell introduces a "Native American Barbie" doll.
Staff Sept. 20, 1993 From the print edition
Nuclear waste is a terrible thing to mind
Dangerous blunders seem to be status quo among plant workers at Hanford
Staff Sept. 20, 1993 From the print edition
Pulling out of CAP
The Central Arizona Project's water price will skyrocket, costing stockholders millions.
Staff Sept. 20, 1993 From the print edition
Two Utah counties flee water project
Two Utah counties, frustrated with the cost of the Central Utah Project, decide to pull out.
Larry Warren, Steve Hinchman Sept. 20, 1993 From the print edition
Baptism of fire
Though the Yellowstone forest recovery is well under way, moose still suffer.
Staff Sept. 20, 1993 From the print edition
EPA cites Montana mine
The EPA cites a Montana mine for seven violations of the Clean Water Act.
Staff Sept. 20, 1993 From the print edition
Snarls dominate lightly attended wolf hearings
Protesters at hearings throughout Wyoming demonstrate against wolf reintroduction in Yellowstone.
Tom Reed Sept. 20, 1993 From the print edition
Wolf killed in Montana
A wolf is shot illegally in Montana.
Staff Sept. 20, 1993 From the print edition

Opinion

It’s time to clearcut the Forest Service
HCN publisher, Ed Marston, recommends that we abolish the Forest Service.
Ed Marston Essay Opinion Sept. 20, 1993 From the print edition
Forest Service proposals rile Arizonans
The Forest Service's plans to build a campground and trade land with developers galvanize resistance residents of Sedona and Prescott, Ariz.
James Bishop Jr. Opinion Sept. 20, 1993 From the print edition
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