Sabotage of an oil and gas exploration rig outside Jackson, Wyoming, raises questions that divide the environmental community. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/13.9/download-entire-issue
Blowing it: ‘ecotage’ in Jackson Hole
Posted inApril 17, 1981: Tax forecloses inheritance dream
Tax forecloses inheritance dream
Inheritance taxes negate the rise in farmland value and consume some farms that would otherwise pass on to the farmers’ heirs, prompting efforts to reform tax laws. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/13.8/download-entire-issue
Posted inApril 17, 1981: Tax forecloses inheritance dream
Oil shale risks shared by nation’s water users, taxpayers
In part two of a two-part series, a geologist from Colorado examines the future of oil shale in the Rocky Mountain region, exploring the water, reclamation and technological questions that must be resolved. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/13.8/download-entire-issue
Posted inApril 17, 1981: Tax forecloses inheritance dream
Earth First! says it’s time to be tough
Editor Dan Whipple examines and critiques the roots and new tactics of the radical environmental group Earth First! Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/13.8/download-entire-issue
Posted inApril 3, 1981: Oil shale future: Jewel or synfuel?
Oil shale future: Jewel or synfuel?
In part one of a two-part series, a geologist from Colorado examines the future of oil shale in the Rocky Mountain region, exploring the properties of the oil-rich rock and the jockeying of energy companies for a piece of the action. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/13.7/download-entire-issue
Posted inApril 3, 1981: Oil shale future: Jewel or synfuel?
Jemez geothermal drilling strikes angry chord
The U.S. Department of Energy and commercial partners want to construct a geothermal well and power plant in New Mexico’s Valle Caldera, an area sacred to the Pueblo Indians and a mecca for tourists and outdoor recreationists. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/13.7/download-entire-issue
Posted inApril 3, 1981: Oil shale future: Jewel or synfuel?
Greeley said, ‘Go West,’ but fought the 19th century ‘Great Barbeque’ of public land
Horace Greeley, best know for saying ‘Go West, young man,” also said “Nature offers us good bargains, but she does not trust and will not be cheated.” Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/13.7/download-entire-issue
Posted inMarch 20, 1981: 'Extinct' grizzlies sighted in Colorado
Idaho’s new energy source stumbles in regulatory darkness
Despite efforts by Idaho’s Public Utilities Commission, the innovative energy source known as cogeneration remains stalled by a complex of financing and regulatory stumbling blocks. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/13.6/download-entire-issue
Posted inMarch 20, 1981: 'Extinct' grizzlies sighted in Colorado
‘Extinct’ grizzlies sighted in Colorado
Recent reports of grizzly bears in Colorado may end the blanket denial of the grizzly’s presence there by state and federal officials. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/13.6/download-entire-issue
Posted inMarch 6, 1981: John Baden: Put public lands in private hands
Tribes to monitor leases?
Indian tribal leaders recently told a Senate committee that they could do a better job of monitoring oil operations on their lands then the federal government. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/13.5/download-entire-issue
Posted inMarch 6, 1981: John Baden: Put public lands in private hands
John Baden: Put public lands in private hands
The Center for Political Economy and Natural Resources, based in Bozeman, Montana, advocates for applying free market economic approaches to managing natural resources, including those on public lands. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/13.5/download-entire-issue
Posted inMarch 6, 1981: John Baden: Put public lands in private hands
Cocky CERT courts controversy, loses four tribes
The Council of Energy Resource Tribes emerged in 1975 with the bravado of a homegrown OPEC, but some tribes are withdrawing as the organization comes under federal scrutiny. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/13.5/download-entire-issue
Posted inFebruary 20, 1981: Water warning: a ploy, or poison?
Water warning: a ploy, or poison?
The Colorado Department of Health has warned the residents of Irondale, Colo., that their wells are contaminated with DBCP, a pesticide known to cause male sterility and possibly cancer. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/13.4/download-entire-issue
Posted inFebruary 20, 1981: Water warning: a ploy, or poison?
First forest plan perplexes public
A forest plan for Montana’s Lolo National Forest, the first to be drafted under the 1976 National Forest Management Act, draws scrutiny from both environmentalists and the timber industry. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/13.4/download-entire-issue
Posted inFebruary 20, 1981: Water warning: a ploy, or poison?
Emotional water issues clog ETSI’s pipeline
Energy Transportation Systems Inc. proposes to build a coal-slurry pipeline to transport coal from Wyoming to Louisiana, but the required water is the principal emotional and political hurdle. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/13.4/download-entire-issue
Posted inFebruary 20, 1981: Water warning: a ploy, or poison?
1980 Index
See a list of all High Country News articles published in 1980, categorized by subject. Click link to view PDF. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline 1980 Index.
Posted inFebruary 6, 1981: Wyoming loses million on ore tax
Wyoming loses million on ore tax
Because of outdated tax assessment methods, the state of Wyoming has lost about $10 million in uranium severance tax payments since 1977. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/13.3/download-entire-issue
Posted inFebruary 6, 1981: Wyoming loses million on ore tax
Utah water planners turn on the pressure
As Salt Lake City sprawls toward the Kennecott’s Bingham copper mine, issues of air and water pollution are pressed on state regulators. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/13.3/download-entire-issue
Posted inFebruary 6, 1981: Wyoming loses million on ore tax
Linford’s pen still pursues West’s polluters
Ernest Linford may be retired after a noted career as a journalist and professor in Wyoming, but he remains committed to land and water conservation. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/13.3/download-entire-issue
Posted inJanuary 23, 1981: Water watchdogs neglect the Navajo
Water watchdogs neglect the Navajo
A congressional investigation has found that there may be serious undiscovered drinking water problems on the Navajo Indian Reservation. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/13.2/download-entire-issue