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Jack Ward Thomas: Hail to the chief

December 13, 1993

A profile of Jack Ward Thomas, new chief of the Forest Service.

Feature

Hail to the Chief
A profile of Jack Ward Thomas, new chief of the Forest Service.
Steve Stuebner Dec. 13, 1993 From the print edition
Ranger prods and and pulls her district in a new direction
Kamas District Ranger Melissa Blackwell represents a new direction for the National Forest Service.
Nan Chalat Dec. 13, 1993 From the print edition
Agency inches toward diversity
District Ranger Melissa Blackwell cites her career as proof that the Forest Service is dropping gender barriers and shifting priorities.
Nan Chalat, Marion Stewart Dec. 13, 1993 From the print edition
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Editor's Note

An historic event
An opinion about the ramifications of appointing Jack Ward Thomas as the new chief of the Forest Service.
Ed Marston Opinion Essay Dec. 13, 1993 From the print edition

Photo Essay

Western women wild with joy!
A look back at women's suffrage efforts in the west
Becky Rumsey Photos Dec. 13, 1993 From the print edition

Essays

The road to affluence
An essay on the changing nature of affluence in today's economy.
David Ehrenfeld Essay Dec. 13, 1993 From the print edition

Book Reviews

BOMBING IDAHO'S HIGH DESERT
The Air Force wants to designate much of Idaho's Owyhee County as the Big Springs Training Range.
Staff Dec. 13, 1993 From the print edition
Look Ma, no trees
Tree Free EcoPaper sells paper products made wihout wood.
Staff Dec. 13, 1993 From the print edition
Montana's disappearing wetlands
The Montana Audubon Council releases a study showing the Clean Water Act is vital to the state's wetlands.
Staff Dec. 13, 1993 From the print edition
Let the market help
Defenders of Wildlife publishes a report, "Economic Incentives into the Endangered Species Act.'
Staff Dec. 13, 1993 From the print edition
Put her at the top
The Women Climbers Northwest group releases its 1994 calendar.
Dave Frey Dec. 13, 1993 From the print edition
Salmon symposium
The University of Washington holds a seminar entitled "Pacific Salmon and their Ecosystems.'
Staff Dec. 13, 1993 From the print edition
Wetlands at a distance
The managers of Telluride Ski Resort reach a settlement with the EPA in a suit over the largest wetland violation in Colorado history.
Staff Dec. 13, 1993 From the print edition
Wilderness poets lookout
The Utah Wilderness Association sponsors its 9th annual wilderness poetry competition.
Staff Dec. 13, 1993 From the print edition

News

Faux deer draws faux hunters near Vail
The Colorado Division of Wildlife catches outlaw hunters with Robodeer.
Carol Kuzdek-Laird Dec. 13, 1993 From the print edition
J'accuse in Oregon
The Hells Canyon Preservation Council claims the Forest Service is guilty of desecrating petroglyphs by building roads to Pittsburg Landing.
Staff Dec. 13, 1993 From the print edition
Logging firms scour the West for trees
Boise Cascade and the Louisiana-Pacific lumber companies export timber from Dixie National Forest to the chagrin of local companies.
Brent Israelson Dec. 13, 1993 From the print edition
Congress halts MRS grants
Department of Energy limits MRS grants to counties or Indian tribes which agree to accept high-level nuclear waste.
Staff Dec. 13, 1993 From the print edition
Maybe another wolf
Biologists can't confirm if a video shot in Hayden Valley of Yellowstone shows an endangered gray wolf.
Staff Dec. 13, 1993 From the print edition
Jobs flow to WIPP
The Department of Energy announces it will add 68 jobs to the $8 billion Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico.
Staff Dec. 13, 1993 From the print edition
Salvage sales assailed
Several groups sue the Forest Service to block salvage timber sales in Idaho.
Staff Dec. 13, 1993 From the print edition
Groups say rich ranchers get free ride
Environmental groups charge that BLM land is overgrazed by cattle owned by Hewlett-Packard electronics moguls.
Rocky Barker Dec. 13, 1993 From the print edition
The return of Tom Horn?
The Tom Horn Society claims responsibility for the bombing of a BLM office in Reno.
Staff Dec. 13, 1993 From the print edition
Clearcuts and the Clearwater
The Sierra Club and the Idaho Wilderness Society agree to a Forest Service plan to cut 80 million board-feet in Idaho.
Staff Dec. 13, 1993 From the print edition
How many are there?
The House of Represenatives passes a bill to launch the National Biological Survey.
Staff Dec. 13, 1993 From the print edition
Mining reform moves closer
The House of Represenatives passes a bill to reform the 1872 Mining Law.
Staff Dec. 13, 1993 From the print edition
Wanderlust West
Record numbers of Germans are touring the west.
Staff Dec. 13, 1993 From the print edition
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