In the wake of the defeated plans for the giant Kaiparowits power plant, another coal-fired power plant is planned for the canyon country of southern Utah — the 3,000 megawatt Intermountain Power Project, to be located 10 miles east of Capitol Reef National Park.
Coal plant planners eye Southern Utah
In the wake of the defeated plans for the giant Kaiparowits power plant, another coal-fired power plant is planned for the canyon country of southern Utah — the 3,000 megawatt Intermountain Power Project, to be located 10 miles east of Capitol Reef National Park. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/9.9/download-entire-issue
Pinchot ruled the Forest Service back when conservation was king
In the second of a two-part series, author Peter Wild recounts how Gifford Pinchot tramped through the West and schemed with President Teddy Roosevelt, and ultimately became chief of 16 million acres of forest reserves. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/9.9/download-entire-issue
Severed mineral estate haunts Western ranchers
When Congress passed the Stock-Raising Homestead Act in 1916 to further encourage development of the west, it didn’t foresee the stress it would put on ranchers by reserving the mineral rights on that land for the federal government, creating “split-estate.” Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/9.9/download-entire-issue