Gov. Bruce Babbitt, D-AZ, and a possible presidential aspirant, declared the Sagebrush Rebellion “utterly dead, buried and forgotten.” To read this article, click the “View a PDF from the original” link below. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Sagebrush Rebellion has been crushed.
Sagebrush Rebellion has been crushed
Posted inMarch 3, 1986: In defense of running cows on the public's land
Utah: A heavy EIS but little wilderness
After studying nearly 22 million acres of the most rugged, remote and spectacular landscape in the nation, Bureau of Land Management found 1.9 million acres worth preserving as wilderness. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/18.4/download-entire-issue
Posted inMarch 3, 1986: In defense of running cows on the public's land
A frugal desert creature is in deep trouble
There are no mysteries in the story of the demise of the desert tortoise. They are the same factors that have led to the demise of the Southwest itself. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/18.4/download-entire-issue
Posted inMarch 3, 1986: In defense of running cows on the public's land
In defense of running cows on the public’s land
Utah rancher Cecil Garland says we can learn from the damage down by livestock, and correct it while moving into a future that includes grazing on public lands. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/18.4/download-entire-issue
Posted inFebruary 17, 1986: Wolves make a comeback in the West
The BLM closes access to 75,000 acres of wilderness
The public has lost the only practicable, two-wheel-drive access to Western Colorado’s 75,000-acre Dominguez Wilderness Study Area managed by the Bureau of Land Management. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/18.3/download-entire-issue
Posted inFebruary 17, 1986: Wolves make a comeback in the West
A Montana river is pitted against 700 jobs
The debate has heated up in Montana over whether Champion International should be allowed to discharge treated wastewater year-round from its Frenchtown pulp mill into the Clark Fork River. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/18.3/download-entire-issue
Posted inFebruary 17, 1986: Wolves make a comeback in the West
A feudal mentality holds back the West
Unless the trashing and privatization stops, the intermountain Rockies will never escape their feudal social and economic situation. Those who now control the land and the land managers don’t have a glimmer of how to lead the region out of its downward slide. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/18.3/download-entire-issue
Posted inFebruary 17, 1986: Wolves make a comeback in the West
Wolves return to Montana
Gone from the West for almost 50 years, wolves recently crossed the Canadian border to colonize Montana’s Northern Rockies. Up to 20 wolves are spending this winter in Glacier National Park; by spring, the pack could number 40. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/18.3/download-entire-issue
Posted inFebruary 3, 1986: Leadville's poisoned past ... and present
Mountain goats are up against the wall
Increased public access to mountain areas has brought increased sport hunting and poaching, which biologists now realize was heavier at first than many mountain goat populations could withstand. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/18.2/download-entire-issue
Posted inFebruary 3, 1986: Leadville's poisoned past ... and present
Leadville’s old mines are suppurating sores
Although the mines around Leadville, Colo., have closed, acid mine drainage continues to sicken the Arkansas River. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/18.2/download-entire-issue
Posted inFebruary 3, 1986: Leadville's poisoned past ... and present
Environmental leaders stand up for orthodoxy
Things are grim if you identify the vigor of the environmental movement with the major groups — but they are not the movement. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/18.2/download-entire-issue
Posted inJanuary 20, 1986: The 'eternal silence' is shattered
The West’s energy dominoes came crashing down
Dropping oil prices ripple through the West. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/18.1/download-entire-issue
Posted inJanuary 20, 1986: The 'eternal silence' is shattered
Conservationists spent much of 1985 fighting roading and logging
Wilderness legislation in 1984 that protected millions of acres of new wilderness also opened millions of acres to new roading and logging. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/18.1/download-entire-issue
Posted inJanuary 20, 1986: The 'eternal silence' is shattered
The ‘eternal silence’ is shattered
Tourist planes, helicopters and military aircraft make it hard to find peace and quiet in the Grand Canyon. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/18.1/download-entire-issue
Posted inJanuary 20, 1986: The 'eternal silence' is shattered
1985 Index
See a list of all High Country News articles published in 1985, categorized by subject. Click link to view PDF. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline 1985 Index.
Posted inDecember 23, 1985: High Noon in Washington, D.C.
A rancher argues cattle grazing helps everyone
Many people misunderstand the role of the rancher who grazes cattle or sheep on public land. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/17.24/download-entire-issue
Posted inDecember 23, 1985: High Noon in Washington, D.C.
Wildlife is preyed on by cattle and sheep
The desert grasslands of southern Idaho once supported a vast population of antelope, buffalo, deer, elk, moose, grizzly bear and wolves before settlers moved in during the 1840s. Where is all the wildlife today? Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/17.24/download-entire-issue
Posted inDecember 23, 1985: High Noon in Washington, D.C.
Montana looks askance at a Wyoming project
Wyoming proposes to build a $49 million dam on the Middle Fork of the Powder River. Downstream, Montana agriculturalists who rely heavily on the river for irrigation worry that the dam will cause their already marginal water to deteriorate further. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/17.24/download-entire-issue
Posted inDecember 23, 1985: High Noon in Washington, D.C.
BLM’s grazing program is a national scandal
A mere 2 percent of the nation’s cattle are consuming the Western public lands that belong to all Americans. So abused are these lands that many millions of acres are only one-tenth as productive as in pre-settlement times. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/17.24/download-entire-issue
Posted inDecember 23, 1985: High Noon in Washington, D.C.
High Noon in Washington, D.C.
After a year of negotiation between cattle growers, nine national conservation organizations and congressional aides, no compromise was reached on the controversial issue of fees for livestock grazing on public land. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/17.24/download-entire-issue