Colorado's Animas-La Plata project - the last of the big
BuRec projects, and the most mired in controvery - is tackled by
opponents and proponents who seek consensus.
Magazine
November 11, 1996
Colorado's Animas-La Plata project - the last of the big BuRec projects, and the most mired in controversy - is tackled by opponents and proponents who seek consensus.
Feature
Sidebar
Lt. Gov. Gail Schoettler offers ground rules for reaching
consensus on A-LP.
In Durango, Colo., passions about A-LP still run high -
with former Mayor Jeff Morrissey cited by police for harassing two
anti-A-LP women.
A physical description of the Animas-La Plata water
project shows how complex it is.
Stella Montoya of the La Plata Conservancy District, in
her own words, on A-LP.
Ray Frost, Southern Ute councilman, in his own words, on
A-LP.
Maggie Fox, of the Sierra Club, in her own words, on
A-LP.
Information on how to obtain further A-LP
information.
Retired University of Montana zoologist Bert Pfeiffer
studies "a very unusual animal" remarkably adapted to
drought.
Essays
The much-maligned praire dog is a more interesting - and
more beneficial - animal than most Westerners know.
The environmental movement goes through changes, but love
of place endures even in Washington, D.C.
After a year studying holistic resource management and a
ranching family in Colorado's San Luis Valley, and another three
years writing a book, the author goes back - to find that
everything has changed.
Book Reviews
Rancher Warner Glenn's book, "Eyes of Fire," celebrates
the rare jaguar.
Californians stop moving east, and newcomers move to
California again.
Friends of Pyramid Lake holds essay contest on the
discovery of the Nevada lake by explorer John C. Fremont in
1842.
Environmentalists oppose the Forest Service's proposal to
allow new oil and gas leases in Montana's Rocky Mountain
Front.
Public-land controversies will spice up the Montana
Wilderness Association three-day convention in Bozeman Dec.
6-7.
The Intermountain Forest Industry Association will talk
about "Conflict or Collaboration" Dec. 12.
The Council of State Governments-WEST meeting Nov. 16 to
19 in Santa Fe, N.M., will focus on what makes the West
go.
Heard Around the West
Dogs vs. grizzlies in Glacier N.P.; deer in gardens;
squirrel steals keys; growth in Colo., and FDR on trial in school;
Imnaha, Ore., holds Bear & Rattlesnake Feed; "Floating
Preference" want ad; Enid Greene plans book; boom & bust with
Smokey Bear.
Dear Friends
What happened at elections, Phyllis Becktell leaves HCN,
something familiar, communications.
News
The National Marine Fisheries Service lists only one West
Coast coho salmon population as threatened, but agrees to study two
others for six months.
The Forest Service bans jetboats from Hells Canyon for 21
days each summer on a 21-mile stretch of the Snake River.
At a meeting in Eagle, Colo., to discuss the possible
reintroduction of wolves to the nearby Flat Tops Wilderness,
ranchers denounce and supporters praise the predator.
Bottled water company Crystal Geyser and brewing giant
Anheuser-Busch are among those competing for the exceptionally pure
water of Olancha, Calif.
The BLM appoints Jerry Meredith to manage the newly
created, controversial Grand-Staircase-Escalante National Monument
in Utah.
An innovative program at Oglala Lakota College teaches a
Plains Indian tribe to garden.
Supporters of land-grant status for Indian colleges say
education is the key for Native American prosperity.
Bruce Babbitt signs a historic record of decision to
manage Glen Canyon Dam in a way that protects the Colorado River
and the Grand Canyon.
The Eugene Register Guard sues the Forest Service for
arresting two journalists at a logging protest at Oregon's Warner
Creek.
The state of Utah sues Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt
for trying to "re-inventory" BLM lands for wilderness
designation.
The Telluride Ski and Golf Company is allowed to double
the size of its skiing area, but must pay a fine and restore 19
acres to wetlands near the resort.
The Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides
wins a lawsuit requiring the EPA to divulge the "inert ingredients"
of six pesticides.
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