Peter and Katherine Montague are dedicated to dissolving the reticence that has traditionally characterized Western towns, and have been building an “information bank” in the Southern Rockies. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/7.4/download-entire-issue
Gadflying and gathering facts
Posted inFebruary 14, 1975: Who's getting to your legislator? (and what are they saying?)
A saga of Steamboat Springs
In 1970, faced with rapid growth, Steamboat Springs residents’ opinions of zoning had turned from opposition to action, but it is looking like their efforts were too late. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/7.4/download-entire-issue
Posted inJanuary 31, 1975: State roadblock at Beaver Creek
Utah solons look at predators
Three predator bills have been introduced in the 1975 session of the Utah Legislature. Two of the bills support strict control and eradication; one favors predator management. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/7.3/download-entire-issue
Posted inJanuary 31, 1975: State roadblock at Beaver Creek
State roadblock at Beaver Creek
The state of Colorado has expressed doubt about whether Beaver Creek can be developed into a Vail-like ski resort without compromising environmental imperatives and local human needs. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/7.3/download-entire-issue
Posted inJanuary 31, 1975: State roadblock at Beaver Creek
Plainsmen critical of West River diversion
The bills drawing the most fire in North Dakota’s legislature are those to advance the West River Diversion, a plan to divert water from the Missouri River throughout southwestern North Dakota for industry, agriculture, and municipal use. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/7.3/download-entire-issue
Posted inJanuary 17, 1975: Cinderella Sunshine: A tale of two principalities
Regional siting bills
A summary of industrial siting legislation efforts in Wyoming, Idaho, Utah, North Dakota, and Colorado. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/7.2/download-entire-issue
Posted inJanuary 17, 1975: Cinderella Sunshine: A tale of two principalities
Jerry Plunkett, inventor
Jerry Plunkett, the angry, outspoken-yet-gentlemanly president of Materials Consultants, thinks that the country needs fresh approaches to the energy problem. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/7.2/download-entire-issue
Posted inJanuary 17, 1975: Cinderella Sunshine: A tale of two principalities
Cinderella Sunshine: A tale of two principalities
Once upon a time there were on the Kingdom of Earth two major principalities — Ruritania and Metropolitania. They were linked together by the Royal Road of Progress and a secret underground passageway called Deals. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/7.2/download-entire-issue
Posted inJanuary 3, 1975: Western site sought for A-wastes
Western site sought for A-wastes
Nuclear waste disposal used to be a quiet topic of study. But now that hazardous radioactive leftovers are scheduled to move into Nevada, Idaho, or Washington, the topic is making headlines. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/7.1/download-entire-issue
Posted inJanuary 3, 1975: Western site sought for A-wastes
Sagebrush: Shall we praise or eradicate it?
HCN responds to readers after recent article sparked a wave of questioning about the dynamic between sagebrush and grass, wildlife and livestock. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/7.1/download-entire-issue
Posted inDecember 20, 1974: Jim Bridger builders break promises
Water suit vital to coal and agriculture
Environmental Defense Fund staff member Kathy Fletcher doesn’t hide the fact that her group is upset about the rush to develop the coal resources of the Northern Great Plains. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/6.25/download-entire-issue
Posted inDecember 20, 1974: Jim Bridger builders break promises
Utilities and air advocates clash
Industries interested in Wyoming confronted an outspoken assortment of Wyoming people at hearings on the state’s proposed sulfur dioxide regulations in Cheyenne this month. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/6.25/download-entire-issue
Posted inDecember 20, 1974: Jim Bridger builders break promises
Jim Bridger builders break promises
Pacific Power & Light and Idaho Power, the two utilities that are constructing the Jim Bridger Power Plant near Rock Springs, Wyoming, have created unexpected impacts related to the plant’s siting and emissions. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/6.25/download-entire-issue
Posted inDecember 6, 1974: Ranching industry on the rocks
Wyoming proposes land planning act
One of the most far reaching bills coming before the Wyoming legislature in 1975 will be a state land use planning act, which would establish a land use commission, create statewide land use goals, and identify critical areas. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/6.24/download-entire-issue
Posted inDecember 6, 1974: Ranching industry on the rocks
Ranching industry on the rocks
The cattleman now finds himself confronted by an array of problems — inflation, sluggish markets, water conflicts — not seen since the Dust Bowl days of the 1930s. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/6.24/download-entire-issue
Posted inDecember 6, 1974: Ranching industry on the rocks
Bridger-Teton’s man in the middle
Jim Connor, a planner-coordinator for the Bridger-Teton National Forest, softens the blows from environmentalists and industry. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/6.24/download-entire-issue
Posted inNovember 22, 1974: Meeteetsee contemplates its future
Meeteetsee contemplates its future
Meeteetsee, a small cowtown in northwest Wyoming, may change dramatically if AMAX decides to develop an open pit copper mine in the nearby Wood River Valley. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/6.23/download-entire-issue
Posted inNovember 22, 1974: Meeteetsee contemplates its future
Invisible poison — sulfur dioxide
Sulfur dioxide — which creates sulfuric acid when it comes into contact with air and water — is increasing in the West with each new coal-fired power plant, destroying crops, damaging trees, and increasing hospital admissions. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/6.23/download-entire-issue
Posted inNovember 22, 1974: Meeteetsee contemplates its future
Environment a big winner at the polls
The nation’s voters have reaffirmed their commitment to environmental protection by electing some candidates with strong environmental platforms and removing some of the legislatios who failed to act on behalf of the land. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/6.23/download-entire-issue
Posted inNovember 8, 1974: BLM exposes own grazing abuses
‘Prairie Revival’ bringing native grasses back to pastures, backyards
Conservation-minded folks are using productive native prairie plants such as sandreed grass and Indian grass for forage, erosion and noxious weed control, and for nutrient replenishing and landscaping. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/6.22/download-entire-issue