Letters from Gov. Hathaway of Wyoming, Gov. Anderson of Montana, and Gov. Guy of North Dakota respond to the question of how coal resources should be treated in those states. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/4.17/download-entire-issue
A difference in governors
Posted inAugust 4, 1972: The Flathead - a wild river in danger
The Flathead – a wild river in danger
Montana’s Middle Fork Flathead River flows through the proposed Great Bear Wilderness, but a Wild and Scenic designation for the river itself may be needed to stave off future dam construction. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/4.16/download-entire-issue
Posted inAugust 4, 1972: The Flathead - a wild river in danger
Predator control – a review
A discussion of techniques used to poison coyotes, including Compound 1080 and M-44, a device that fires a cyanide capsule into the mouth of curious animals. Part three in a series on predator control. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/4.16/download-entire-issue
Posted inJuly 21, 1972: Revolution in land
Vandals with paint cans
We should be angry with those thoughtless or deliberately destructive people who smear, daub, or spray names, initials, and obscenities in paint across the landscape, destroying in the process one of our basic natural resources, the beauty of our land. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/4.15/download-entire-issue
Posted inJuly 21, 1972: Revolution in land
Upper Snake River is unique
With its beginning on the western slope of the Continental Divide and draining the Teton, Salt River and Wind River Ranges, the Snake River is unique–not so much in its geography, which is spectacular, but in its fishing. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/4.15/download-entire-issue
Posted inJuly 21, 1972: Revolution in land
Revolution in land
Private property land reforms in Maine may hold lessons for the Nature Conservancy and other groups that approach the West’s environmental issues from a principle of private ownership. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/4.15/download-entire-issue
Posted inJuly 7, 1972: A matter of facts!
Predator control – the Cain Report
A summary of the 15 recommendations made by a federal advisory committee on predator control. Part two in a series on predator control. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/4.14/download-entire-issue
Posted inJuly 7, 1972: A matter of facts!
He asked for specifics …!
Wyoming’s Governor Stanley K. Hathaway has fired verbal broadsides at environmentalists for always criticizing but never offering “specifics.” The Governor seems not to be a dedicated or consistent reader of High Country News, else he would find much food for thought therein. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/4.14/download-entire-issue
Posted inJuly 7, 1972: A matter of facts!
A matter of facts!
When the history of the environmental movement is written, it will be found that a small band of unpaid, unsung volunteers blazed the trail. Imbued with little more than clear vision, bulldog tenacity, and a thick skin, they have taken unpopular stands in the causes loosely termed “the environment.” (To read the full text, click on […]
Posted inJune 23, 1972: Decision time for rugged land
Senator reviews history
The National Park Service may be going “back to the drawing board” to improve its newest wilderness proposals after a history lesson about the Wilderness Act from Senator Frank Church (D-Idaho) at a hearing before the Senate Subcommittee on Public lands. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/4.13/download-entire-issue
Posted inJune 23, 1972: Decision time for rugged land
Decision time for rugged land
From the top of Granite Peak, Montana’s highest point, the author surveys the vast rugged country that may soon be designated the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/4.13/download-entire-issue
Posted inJune 23, 1972: Decision time for rugged land
Citizens speak out on wilderness
A letter sent by 17 men and women from Moab, Utah, to the Supervisor of the Manti-La Sal National Forest criticizes policies such as the 1872 Mining Law and advocates for wilderness designation. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/4.13/download-entire-issue
Posted inJune 9, 1972: Sulfur tax endorsed
The powerful hate to lose
A reprinted article about Herman Werner — a wealthy Wyoming rancher who is charged with killing 363 golden eagles on his large ranch — and his efforts to fend off accusations that he has erected miles of “sheep-tight” fence, which harms antelope and other wildlife. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/4.12/download-entire-issue
Posted inJune 9, 1972: Sulfur tax endorsed
Sulfur tax endorsed
Condemning current environmental regulations as “slow, costly, and tortuous,” University of Minnesota economist Walter Heller has advocated a strong tax on sulfur emissions. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/4.12/download-entire-issue
Posted inJune 9, 1972: Sulfur tax endorsed
Predator control in the decade of the environment
An overview of changing attitudes toward the predator control measures taken by ranchers and other users of public land. Part one in a series about predator control. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/4.12/download-entire-issue
Posted inMay 26, 1972: Western coal development moves closer to realization
Western coal development moves closer to realization
As Wyoming Senator Clifford Hansen pushes legislation to construct an aqueduct system that would divert water for industrial use in the Powder River Basin in Montana and Wyoming, plans for escalating extraction of coal are coming out into public view. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/4.11/download-entire-issue
Posted inMay 26, 1972: Western coal development moves closer to realization
Valid concerns expressed
Two anonymous federal employees tally up the total potential impacts — on water, community development, wildlife, and more — of the energy projects like the North Central Power Study project that are proposed for the Powder River Basin. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/4.11/download-entire-issue
Posted inMay 26, 1972: Western coal development moves closer to realization
Hidden Story
The Bureau of Reclamation concealed its study of the Montana-Wyoming aqueduct — a key part of the plan to radically expand coal energy production in the Powder River Basin — by distorting the Freedom of Information Act. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/4.11/download-entire-issue
Posted inMay 12, 1972: Storm brews over Utah
Winning plan for a floodplain
Major flooding of the South Platte River in 1965 forced Denver residents to take a new look at their ugliest eye-sore: a 13-mile stretch of the river that has been used as a junk yard. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/4.10/download-entire-issue
Posted inMay 12, 1972: Storm brews over Utah
Storm brews over Utah
The Bureau of Reclamation faces off with local opponents over a proposed dam that would inundate China Meadows, a choice spot in Utah’s Uinta Mountains. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/4.10/download-entire-issue