Quiet Stillwater disturbed by platinum plant

As mining companies sniff around a huge platinum deposit along Montana’s Beartooth Mountain front, locals and state wildlife officials are wondering whether the ranching, hunting, fishing and scenery will be displaced by tunnels, roads and smelters. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/11.19/download-entire-issue

Howard Zahniser, although lesser known than Bob Marshall or John Muir, was an unlikely and humble champion of wilderness who rallied the nation behind the Wilderness Act of 1964. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/11.18/download-entire-issue

The 1,500-mile Northern Tier pipeline, which would transport Alaskan crude oil from Port Angeles, Wash. to Clearbrook, Minn., is expected to be approved by Interior Secretary Cecil Andrus and President Carter. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/11.18/download-entire-issue

A group of Crested Butte, Colo., citizens are confronting the 1872 Mining Law as a way to stop AMAX, Inc. from extracting molybdenum from nearby Mt. Emmons. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/11.17/download-entire-issue

Although Boulder, Colorado’s growth-limiting ordinance passed nearly three years ago, there has been no cooling of the controversy about its philosophy and consequences. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/11.17/download-entire-issue

The Three Mile Island nuclear accident has only added to the uranium industry’s troubles, which include the erratic price of uranium and pending political decisions. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/11.16/download-entire-issue

Despite serious reservations at the federal Office of Surface Mining, political pressure may force the approval of a coal strip mine on the Navajo Nation in New Mexico. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/11.16/download-entire-issue

In the second article of a two-part series on wind energy, a giant wind-water generating system is proposed near Medicine Bow in southeastern Wyoming. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/11.15/download-entire-issue

Utah environmentalists are up in arms over the closing of the Utah office of The Wilderness Society and the firing of field representative Dick Carter. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/11.15/download-entire-issue

The Clark Fork of the Yellowstone in northwestern Wyoming has inspired plans for railroads, highways and dams, but the most recent proposal is to designate 22 miles of the river’s rugged canyon as Wild and Scenic. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/11.14/download-entire-issue

Rarely in the history of the country has there been a relationship as close and as symbiotic — and as effective for conservation — as existed between President Teddy Roosevelt and Gifford Pinchot, the first chief of the newly formed U.S. Forest Service. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/11.13/download-entire-issue

The controversy between environmentalists and loggers over designation of the River of No Return Wilderness in Idaho is focused on gaining the allegiance of Idaho Sen. Frank Church, whose view will weigh heavily on the outcome. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/11.13/download-entire-issue