The Office of Surface Mining’s proposed changes to coal mining regulations will weaken necessary rules without economic justification. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/14.21/download-entire-issue
Regulatory reform goes awry
Posted inOctober 29, 1982: Winding up in Medicine Bow
Prognosis gloomy for Idaho caribou
The last band of mountain caribou in the lower 48 states, in the Selkirk Mountains of northeastern Washington and norther Idaho, are threatened by a timber sale in an area critical to the caribou’s movement between the United States and Canada. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/14.21/download-entire-issue
Posted inOctober 29, 1982: Winding up in Medicine Bow
Hard times in hard rock
ARCO has closed not only its infamous Washoe Smelter at Anaconda, but also the copper refinery at Great Falls, the mile-wide Berkeley Pit and the entire underground mining operation underlying Butte, Montana. (Plus articles on copper depression in Arizona and Utah.) Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/14.21/download-entire-issue
Posted inOctober 29, 1982: Winding up in Medicine Bow
Winding up in Medicine Bow
A Bureau of Reclamation wind turbine demonstration project in Wyoming may show the future promise of wind power. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/14.21/download-entire-issue
Posted inOctober 15, 1982: The Best and Worst of the West in Congress
Grazing rights extended in Capitol Reef
The U.S. Senate and House have passed legislation to extend cattle grazing for Utah ranchers into Capitol Reef National Park. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/14.20/download-entire-issue
Posted inOctober 15, 1982: The Best and Worst of the West in Congress
A bias toward the public land
We aren’t wholly controlled by economic and scientific laws. There are spiritual values that people have and share and that they sometimes act to preserve. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/14.20/download-entire-issue
Posted inOctober 15, 1982: The Best and Worst of the West in Congress
The Best and Worst of the West in Congress
A review of the West’s congressional delegates, based on how well they accomplished their own agendas, regardless of whether they were pro- or anti-environment. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/14.20/download-entire-issue
Posted inOctober 1, 1982: A talk with James Watt
Eco groups protest new coal regs
Eight conservation groups have filed suit in federal district court in Washington, D.C. to halt implementation of the new federal coal leasing regulations which went into effect August 30. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/14.19/download-entire-issue
Posted inOctober 1, 1982: A talk with James Watt
Heat on Idaho to rewrite water laws
A proposed northern Idaho timber sale, called unacceptable by the state Bureau of Water Quality, has resulted in attempts by the Forest Service and timber industry to rewrite the state water pollution law. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/14.19/download-entire-issue
Posted inOctober 1, 1982: A talk with James Watt
A talk with James Watt
An HCN exclusive interview with Interior Secretary James Watt during a visit to Lander, Wyo. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/14.19/download-entire-issue
Posted inSeptember 17, 1982: Rain, rain, go away
The murky water of Flaming Gorge
Accelerated eutrophication at Wyoming’s Flaming Gorge reservoir has some water experts concerned enough to want a complete study conducted. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/14.18/download-entire-issue
Posted inSeptember 17, 1982: Rain, rain, go away
Taking aim at the Clean Air Act
How top executives from the largest mining, energy and banking interests in the Rocky Mountains work to ambush the single most important piece of legislation safe-guarding the West: the Clean Air Act of 1970. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/14.18/download-entire-issue
Posted inSeptember 17, 1982: Rain, rain, go away
Rain, rain, go away
Acid rain, which could be exacerbated by oil and gas development, is harming lakes in Colorado and elsewhere in the West. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/14.18/download-entire-issue
Posted inSeptember 3, 1982: Idaho's $10 an acre 'dream land'
Rush to power: damming Idaho’s rivers
Idaho’s utilities currently have nine proposals for major dams on Idaho rivers, despite dropping electricity demand. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/14.17/download-entire-issue
Posted inSeptember 3, 1982: Idaho's $10 an acre 'dream land'
Getting into hot water
Idaho ranks just behind California and Nevada in terms of geothermal resources. But so far, development has been limited. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/14.17/download-entire-issue
Posted inSeptember 3, 1982: Idaho's $10 an acre 'dream land'
Idaho’s $10 an acre ‘dream land’
The Bureau of Land Management is again processing homestead applications authorized by the Desert Land Act, which has long been used to claim marginal farmland in Idaho. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/14.17/download-entire-issue
Posted inAugust 20, 1982: Gas sours wildlife in Wyoming
Wilderness oil leasing banned
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed bipartisan, compromise legislation banning oil, natural gas and some mineral leasing in wilderness areas. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/14.16/download-entire-issue
Posted inAugust 20, 1982: Gas sours wildlife in Wyoming
Colorado’s bottle battle
Colorado considers a “bottle bill” like those that have deceased littering in other states. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/14.16/download-entire-issue
Posted inAugust 20, 1982: Gas sours wildlife in Wyoming
Gas sours wildlife in Wyoming
Wildlife killed by poisonous, hydrogen sulfide-laden “sour gas” leaking from a natural gas well raises concerns about future oil and gas drilling in Wyoming. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/14.16/download-entire-issue
Posted inJuly 23, 1982: Ferrets: The prognosis is good
‘Privatizing’ the commonweal
After weeks of secrecy, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management revealed a list of more than 4.3 million acres of public land that may be sold to reduce the national debt. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/14.15/download-entire-issue