Heavy runoff has overflowed the Cochiti Reservoir, threatening the Anasazi ruins and wildlife of Bandelier National Monument. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/17.14/download-entire-issue
Bailing out a National Monument in New Mexico
Posted inJuly 8, 1985: A fruitgrower falls prey to his poisonous sprays
The Grand Canyon is filled — with noise
The mechanized world of the late 20th century is intruding in an unexpected way in the wilderness of Grand Canyon National Park. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/17.13/download-entire-issue
Posted inJuly 8, 1985: A fruitgrower falls prey to his poisonous sprays
A fruitgrower falls prey to his poisonous sprays
Fruitgrowers in the North Fork Valley in Delta County, Colo., wake up to the dangerous health effects of pesticides. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/17.13/download-entire-issue
Posted inJuly 8, 1985: A fruitgrower falls prey to his poisonous sprays
1080 may hasten the sheep industry’s death
If compound 1080 again comes into wide use, the inevitable abuses that will follow could mean the end of livestock grazing on public lands. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/17.13/download-entire-issue
Posted inJune 24, 1985: Murky language lands an EIS in deep water
Idaho forests to get $1.3 billion in roads
Northern Idaho’s three National Forests plan to build 16,570 miles of new roads over the next 45 years. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/17.12/download-entire-issue
Posted inJune 24, 1985: Murky language lands an EIS in deep water
Murky language lands an EIS in deep water
If a court ruling holds up, federal bureaucrats may have to re-think how they write Environmental Impact Statements. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/17.12/download-entire-issue
Posted inJune 24, 1985: Murky language lands an EIS in deep water
Arizona farmers get a reprieve as CAP water makes its debut
In an area stressed by groundwater depletion, farmers and politicians watch as the first trickle of Central Arizona Project water flows. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/17.12/download-entire-issue
Posted inJune 10, 1985: The Endangered Species Act is thus far a glass hammer
What do grizzly bear watchers, outfitters and researchers have in common? Not much.
Everyone agrees the bear should be saved. The question has been and continues to be: how? Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/17.11/download-entire-issue
Posted inJune 10, 1985: The Endangered Species Act is thus far a glass hammer
Congress wasn’t thinking of the earth’s humbler creatures when it passed this law
The Endangered Species Act runs into Western water law as the tiny Colorado squawfish, humpback chub and the ponytail chub thwart dams in the Colorado River basin. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/17.11/download-entire-issue
Posted inJune 10, 1985: The Endangered Species Act is thus far a glass hammer
A rare and tiny ferret points to the nation’s muddled approach to endangered species
Although a black-footed ferret recovery effort in Wyoming has scored successes, progress toward captive breeding has been rocky and slow. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/17.11/download-entire-issue
Posted inMay 27, 1985: Wilderness: It ain't what you think
Wilderness management’s time has come
Although hundreds of wilderness areas have been created, few are actually managed according to the spirit of the Wilderness Act. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/17.10/download-entire-issue
Posted inMay 27, 1985: Wilderness: It ain't what you think
Can wilderness be saved from Vibram soles?
Trends in visitor use, lackadaisical management, shoestring funding levels and political motivations have all contributed to a failure to control overuse. To read the full text, click on the “View a PDF from the original” link below (shorter download), or download a PDF of the entire issue: http://www.hcn.org/issues/17.10/download-entire-issue This article appeared in the print edition […]
Posted inMay 27, 1985: Wilderness: It ain't what you think
Idaho’s River of No Return Wilderness: Jetboats, planes are the rule here
Holes within the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness mean heavily used exceptions to the Wilderness Act. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/17.10/download-entire-issue This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Idaho’s River of No Return Wilderness: Jetboats, planes are the rule here.
Posted inMay 13, 1985: Mining may come to a wilderness
The Montana Legislature gave coal a break
Montana’s coal severance tax may still be the highest in the nation at 30 percent, but a portion of that environmental insurance was chipped away during the 1985 Montana Legislature. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/17.9/download-entire-issue
Posted inMay 13, 1985: Mining may come to a wilderness
The economics of logging will shape Idaho wildlands
The recent decline in Idaho’s wood-products industry helps explain why the industry and the Idaho congressional delegation led by Republican Sen. James McClure have fought so fiercely against additional wilderness. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/17.9/download-entire-issue
Posted inMay 13, 1985: Mining may come to a wilderness
Mining may come to a wilderness
Taking advantage of the 1872 Mining Law and the exemption in the Wilderness Act, U.S. Borax and the American Smelting and Refining Company want to mine in Montana’s Cabinet Mountains. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/17.9/download-entire-issue
Posted inApril 29, 1985: A financial buccaneer and his resort come to Idaho's Priest Lake
Llamas step softly and carry big packs
The Forest Service district office in Boulder, Colo., has invited back one of its most productive summer employees: Julio, a five-year-old, chocolate brown llama. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/17.8/download-entire-issue
Posted inApril 29, 1985: A financial buccaneer and his resort come to Idaho's Priest Lake
A financial buccaneer and his resort come to Idaho’s Priest Lake
Priest Lake’s future is tangled in a web of money-making through the doings and undoings of British financier Sir James Goldsmith. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/17.8/download-entire-issue
Posted inApril 15, 1985: Peaches and apples roar back
Idaho will further dewater the Snake River
The ratification of the Snake River Water Agreement sets off an adjudication of water rights on the Snake River. It’s expected to take 10 years to determine how much unappropriated water remains to be diverted. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/17.7/download-entire-issue
Posted inApril 15, 1985: Peaches and apples roar back
Grand Junction ran a high gold fever
The people living through western Colorado’s energy boom and bust over the last five years are still bewildered. Most say it was a period of heady euphoria followed by thousands of personal tragedies that stunned the region. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/17.7/download-entire-issue