Magazine
Yellowstone

December 27, 1993

Seven stories about controversial management in the nation's premier national park.

Feature

Firms milk park's 'wildlife'
National Park managers deliberate over whether or not they should charge biotechnical firms for extracting microbes from Yellowstone.
Michael Milstein Dec. 27, 1993 From the print edition
Yellowstone
Introduction to the lead stories on Yellowstone National Park.
Staff Dec. 27, 1993 From the print edition
Grizzly recovery plan could doom bears, critics say
Environmentalists and wildlife biologists criticize a Forest Service plan to manage grizzlies in Yellowstone.
Craig Welch Dec. 27, 1993 From the print edition
Park to scientists: Shut up!
Park Service scientists charge that the park suppressed research on grizzlies and elk foraging.
Craig Welch Dec. 27, 1993 From the print edition
Poacher gets light sentence
A hunter pleads guilty to poaching elk in Yellowstone National Park.
Michael Milstein Dec. 27, 1993 From the print edition
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Sidebar

Poachers zero in on Yellowstone's prized wildlife
More poachers take wildlife from Yellowstone.
Lauren McKeever Dec. 27, 1993 From the print edition
The plan in brief
The National Park Service's plan for grizzly recovery in Yellowstone is summarized.
Craig Welch Dec. 27, 1993 From the print edition
Are bears counted twice?
A National Park Service scientist complains that there are no reliable statistics on grizzly populations in Yellowstone.
Craig Welch Dec. 27, 1993 From the print edition

Book Reviews

Wildlife refuge needs money
An Interior Department report concludes that many wildlife refuges suffer from neglect.
Staff Dec. 27, 1993 From the print edition
Little support for public-land ranchers
A public opinion poll shows widespread disapproval of current range policies.
Staff Dec. 27, 1993 From the print edition
Nevada mine wants to grow
The Independence Mining Co. says the 1872 Mining Law entitles it to double the size of its gold mine north of Elko.
Staff Dec. 27, 1993 From the print edition
No driving in Zion?
Tourists in Zion National Park may have to park their cars and take a bus if a National Park Service plan is approved.
Staff Dec. 27, 1993 From the print edition
Real western women
The Women of the West Museum in Denver will feature women from all economic and ethnic backgrounds.
Staff Dec. 27, 1993 From the print edition
Sonoran stewardship
'Bridging Borders: A Cross-Border Exchange' explores protecting cultural and environmental heritage along the U.S.-Mexican border.
Staff Dec. 27, 1993 From the print edition
The Virgin River is the target
Las Vegas puts the Virgin River at the top of its list for future water supplies, upsetting upstream users.
Staff Dec. 27, 1993 From the print edition

News

'Empty' county can't find room for trash
Wayne County, Utah, can't find a place for its garbage due to tougher federal regulations.
Larry Mosher Dec. 27, 1993 From the print edition
Critics want foresters fired
Environmentalists urge Jack Ward Thomas to remove the two top forest managers in the agency's Southwest region.
Staff Dec. 27, 1993 From the print edition
DOE unlocks some classified data
Department of Energy Secretary Hazel O'Leary launches an "openness initiative' that reveals the DOE's sordid past.
Jon Christensen Dec. 27, 1993 From the print edition
Newspaper series unsettles the Northwest
The Spokesman-Review publishes a series about Forest Service mismanagement in five national forests in the Northwest.
Ken Olsen Dec. 27, 1993 From the print edition
Wyoming beats around the bush
A Wyoming law relaxing mined land reclamation standards could cost the state federal funding and regulatory authority.
Staff Dec. 27, 1993 From the print edition
Barbee must apply for his job
Bruce Babbitt elevates the rank of superintendent for several national parks.
Staff Dec. 27, 1993 From the print edition
Crisis for tribal sawmill
The Navajo Nation's logging company is bankrupt and the forestry program is in trouble according to the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Staff Dec. 27, 1993 From the print edition
Mid-Continent mine dispute continues
The federal Office of Surface Mining says Colorado underestimated the cost and extent of reclaiming the Mid-Continent mine site near Redstone, Colo.
Staff Dec. 27, 1993 From the print edition
Red sandstone and black lace
An artist wants to string 10,000 bras across the Grand Canyon.
Staff Dec. 27, 1993 From the print edition
Use-it-or-lose-it dam draws fire
Wyoming tries to revive the Sandstone Dam project in order to reserve the state's Colorado River water rights.
Cherie Winner Dec. 27, 1993 From the print edition
Andrus' suit gains support
A coalition of environmentalists and business owners support Idaho Gov. Cecil Andrus' suit to hold dam operators responsible for killing salmon.
Staff Dec. 27, 1993 From the print edition
The bottom line on pollution
Protesters moon a coal-fired narrow-gauge train to protest pollution.
Staff Dec. 27, 1993 From the print edition
The missing lynx
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service agrees to launch a multistate search for the rare lynx.
Staff Dec. 27, 1993 From the print edition
Methane creates an explosive situation in Colorado
Residents of methane-polluted residential areas blame the problem on natural gas companies.
Steve Hinchman Dec. 27, 1993 From the print edition
Agency makes it harder to steal trees
Forest Service Chief Dale Robertson creates an independent law-enforcement branch.
Chris Eldridge Dec. 27, 1993 From the print edition
BPA proposes a fish trust
Rep. Pete DeFazio wants the Bonneville Power Administration to turn over its salmon restoration program to a more wildlife-oriented agency.
Staff Dec. 27, 1993 From the print edition
Sierra Club to back big wildlands bill
The Sierra Club joins the Alliance for the Wild Rockies in backing the Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act.
Paul Larmer Dec. 27, 1993 From the print edition
Struggling species in Colorado
The Colorado Division of Wildlife adds the boreal toad and the Rio Grande sucker to the endangered list, and the Mexican spotted owl to the threatened list.
Staff Dec. 27, 1993 From the print edition

Opinion

Environmentalists shouldn't have helped force out Dale Robertson
Opinion writer says that former Forest Chief Dale Robertson shouldn't have been replaced by Jack Ward Thomas.
Randal O'Toole Opinion Essay Dec. 27, 1993 From the print edition
She wants her colleages to feel free to say: 'Madam Secretary, you're full of crap'
Department of Energy Secretary Hazel O'Leary pledges to start cleaning up her agency.
Ed Marston Opinion Essay Dec. 27, 1993 From the print edition
How military secrecy zones out Nevada
A reporter chronicles the strange happenings (that we shouldn't know about) at the top-secret Nevada Test Site.
Jon Christensen Opinion Dec. 27, 1993 From the print edition
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