James McClure shakes up the Senate, and the West

The surprise announcement by Sen. James McClure that he will not seek a fourth term had an earthquake-like effect on the relatively stable structure of Idaho’s congressional politics. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/22.2/download-entire-issue This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline James McClure shakes up the Senate, […]

See a list of all High Country News articles published in 1989, categorized by subject. Click link to view PDF. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline 1989 Index.

What sense are we to make of the inland West’s last 10 years? And what possible futures can we imagine for the 1990s and beyond, based on our interpretation of the 1980s? Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/22.1/download-entire-issue

As habitat dwindles around the world, the Rocky Mountain West has become a stronghold for commercial poachers and illegal hunters seeking the last concentrations of trophy animals. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/21.24/download-entire-issue

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The Colorado River through the Grand Canyon rises and falls in lockstep with the West’s demand for electric power. Now environmentalists are asking federal power authorities to let the river off its very short leash. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/21.23/download-entire-issue

The Clark Fork Coalition has combined individuals and groups from Idaho, Montana and Washington in pursuit of one goal: cleaning up the Clark Fork River Basin. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/21.23/download-entire-issue

For a variety of reasons, Idaho is the first Western state to seriously attempt to control nonpoint source water pollution. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/21.23/download-entire-issue

In Oregon, ranchers, academics and environmentalists are managing watersheds of small creeks with chainsaws, fire and cattle to bring those creeks back to life and save an endangered trout. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/21.23/download-entire-issue

The drastic decline of the West’s natural resource economy and the failings of conventional water development have created a climate for change. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/21.23/download-entire-issue

Southwestern cities are famous for drawing down their aquifers. But Albuquerque, New Mexico, may exhaust its aquifer while still leaving it in the ground. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/21.22/download-entire-issue

During the droughty summer of 1988, irrigators sucked many Montana streams dry. The backlash could re-order the way the state manages water. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/21.22/download-entire-issue

The West’s refusal to confront the issue of water quality will haunt the region. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/21.22/download-entire-issue

The Newlands project in Nevada has become a diabolical machine whose main products are poisoned and deformed birds. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/21.22/download-entire-issue

In the case of Colorado’s Arkansas River, it’s more accurate to talk of a pollution-shed than a watershed. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/21.22/download-entire-issue