The discovery of a potential major oil and gas deposit in the heart of the Bridger-Teton National Forest in western Wyoming is creating a conflict between two highly valued resources: oil and wilderness.


Dealing with environmental backlash: a proposal

A new term has cropped up on the political scene recently — “environmental backlash.” The same people who are warning about environmental backlash are the same people who seem to be against effective environmental protection in the first place. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/9.23/download-entire-issue

Oil development threatens forests

The discovery of a potential major oil and gas deposit in the heart of the Bridger-Teton National Forest in western Wyoming is creating a conflict between two highly valued resources: oil and wilderness. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/9.23/download-entire-issue

Stewart Udall made conservation national policy

Generations to come will look upon the work of Steward Udall — Secretary of the Interior Department under both Presidents John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson — as exceptional, a lesson of political survival combined with effective conservation. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/9.23/download-entire-issue