Ernie Day fell in love with the White Clouds high mountain country of central Idaho about 10 years ago but at that time he never dreamed his love affair would square him off against the second largest mining company in the United States, or put him in the thick of an Idaho gubernatorial election. Download […]
A conservation portrait: Ernie Day
Posted inAugust 3, 1973: Off the road
Off the road
The users of more than five million off-road recreational vehicles (ORVs) — motorcycles, four-wheelers, campers, and snowmobiles — are having difficulty sharing the public lands with those who favor traditional forms of locomotion — hikers, skiers, and showshoers. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/5.15/download-entire-issue
Posted inAugust 3, 1973: Off the road
In defense of trail cycling
Riding a trail-type motorcycle along a challenging trail through broken terrain or a remote scenic area can provide a genuine thrill, no matter what your age. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/5.15/download-entire-issue
Posted inAugust 3, 1973: Off the road
Club criticizes Kaiparowits
Marga Raskin, a representative of the Sierra Club has, commended Secretary of the Interior Rogers C.B. Morton for halting construction of the Kaiparowits power plant on the grounds that it would significantly degrade southern Utah’s air. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/5.15/download-entire-issue
Posted inJuly 6, 1973: We're alive and well, thank you!
We’re alive and well, thank you!
HCN hasn’t gone from rags to riches, exactly, but we are alive and well. Happily, it’s a story not only of this paper but also you, our readers and stockholders. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/5.14/download-entire-issue
Posted inJuly 6, 1973: We're alive and well, thank you!
Court requires breeder study
A Washington D. C. federal appeals court overruled a lower court decision and said that the Atomic Energy Commission needs to do an environmental impact statement on their proposed liquid metal fast breeder reactor (LMFBR) program. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/5.14/download-entire-issue
Posted inJuly 6, 1973: We're alive and well, thank you!
A second look at national land use
A Senate bill with the grandiose aim of establishing a national land use policy falls hopelessly short of that aim and needs strong amending in a House version. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/5.14/download-entire-issue
Posted inJune 22, 1973: The crisis in energy: stampede corralled
1973: The crisis in energy – stampede corralled
The stampede into coal development in the northern Great Plains may be suddenly halted. Citizens and conservationists have filed suit to stop development until comprehensive analysis is made of the development’s regional impacts. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/5.13/download-entire-issue
Posted inJune 22, 1973: The crisis in energy: stampede corralled
Colstrip challenged
A recent ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court saying that the Environmental Protection Agency cannot allow “significant deterioration” of air quality may deter construction of Montana Power’s Colstrip Units One and Two. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/5.13/download-entire-issue
Posted inJune 8, 1973: Popo Agie to be considered
Reviewing the energy crisis
A summary of the state of various renewable energy technologies and their context within the politics of fossil fuels and the energy crisis. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/5.12/download-entire-issue
Posted inJune 8, 1973: Popo Agie to be considered
Popo Agie to be considered
A hearing slated for Lander could determine how much of the Popo Agie Primitive Area in Wyoming’s Wind River Mountains will be set aside as future wilderness. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/5.12/download-entire-issue
Posted inJune 8, 1973: Popo Agie to be considered
Congress to act on pipeline
When the courts blocked the construction of the trans-Alaska pipeline, they gave Congress the opportunity and responsibility to obtain an environmentally sound answer to the Alaskan oil development question — a decision that’s coming due. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/5.12/download-entire-issue
Posted inMay 25, 1973: No more trade-offs!
No more trade-offs!
Some conservationists, myself included, are tired of trading off-one region for another. No longer do we believe that one area can be saved by simply sending the energy producers elsewhere. The energy producers will be back; they have to come back. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/5.11/download-entire-issue
Posted inMay 25, 1973: No more trade-offs!
Backpacking fever spreads
A fever has broken out in South Dakota. Symptoms are the ‘desire to hike’ wilderness trails, an adventuring instinct, and a love for untapped nature. It’s called back-packingitis. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/5.11/download-entire-issue
Posted inMay 25, 1973: No more trade-offs!
Another disaster in the wings
Following the disastrous episode of the oil spill in the San Juan River, and the consequent danger of oil pollution in Lake Powell, the question has been raised of other potential disasters in that southern Utah area. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/5.11/download-entire-issue
Posted inMay 11, 1973: 'I'd hate to pay for another!'
‘Where it’s at’ in environment
A recent report by the National Center for Voluntary Action stresses that one of the major problems facing the environmental movement is lack of government cooperation and encouragement. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/5.10/download-entire-issue
Posted inMay 11, 1973: 'I'd hate to pay for another!'
‘I’d hate to pay for another!’
With the waters of Lake Powell now rising to within site of Rainbow Bridge, a battle is raging over whether the reservoir’s waters will be allowed to encroach further upon the famous sandstone formation. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/5.10/download-entire-issue
Posted inMay 11, 1973: 'I'd hate to pay for another!'
Bear Lake: a two-state gem
Bear Lake, which straddles the Utah-Idaho border, attracts fishermen, bird-watchers, and others who come to enjoy its cool waters. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/5.10/download-entire-issue
Posted inApril 27, 1973: 'Landmark' case heard
Restoring a dam disaster
Years after the construction of the Libby Dam on the Kootenai River in Montana forced a re-routing of a Burlington Northern rail line, the area cleared for the rail line remains an open sore on the land. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/5.9/download-entire-issue
Posted inApril 27, 1973: 'Landmark' case heard
‘Landmark’ case heard
In a hearing concerning Wyoming’s Teton National Forest, environmental groups argued that the U.S. Forest Service had not complied with the National Environmental Policy Act or its own regulations in awarding timbering contracts. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/5.9/download-entire-issue