Conservation groups have advocated since 1956 for giving wilderness protection to the upper Selway — also called the Magruder Corridor — area, and are growing impatient with what they see at continued foot-dragging by the Forest Service. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/3.15/download-entire-issue
Speaking out on the Selway-Bitterroot
Posted inAugust 6, 1971: Timber study is released
Eagles!
James Vogan, a helicopter pilot from Murray, Utah, testified before a Senate subcommittee that he had participated in the shooting of nearly 800 eagles in Wyoming and Colorado. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/3.15/download-entire-issue
Posted inJuly 23, 1971: Eagles' deaths NOT vindicated
Floating Western rivers
The author floats Idaho’s Salmon River — also called the River of No Return. Part four in a multi-article series about floating the West’s rivers. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/3.14/download-entire-issue
Posted inJuly 23, 1971: Eagles' deaths NOT vindicated
Eagles’ deaths NOT vindicated
The case of Wyoming’s poisoned eagles took a bizarre turn when Van Irvine — the sheep rancher from Casper, Wyo., who is charged on 29 counts of game violations — asked for a no contest plea and was fined the absolute minimum on all charges. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/3.14/download-entire-issue
Posted inJuly 23, 1971: Eagles' deaths NOT vindicated
A great creation
Few look upon the area of Wyoming’s Great Divide Basin as anything but a dry, God-forsaken desert. But the Red Desert is a storehouse of natural wonders and interesting cultural history. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/3.14/download-entire-issue
Posted inJuly 9, 1971: Wyoming Council meets ... new director named
Wyoming Council meets … new director named
Keith Becker, a former Navy pilot from Thermopolis, Wyo., has been named the new executive director of the Wyoming Outdoor Coordinating Council. He succeeds Tom Bell, director since 1967, who is stepping down to devote full time to editorship of High Country News. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/3.13/download-entire-issue
Posted inJuly 9, 1971: Wyoming Council meets ... new director named
Ecology, priorities and the Washington State Department of Ecology
A paper presented to the Washington State Ecological Commission, outlining the relevance of the science of ecology to addressing current environmental problems. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/3.13/download-entire-issue
Posted inJuly 9, 1971: Wyoming Council meets ... new director named
Backpacking: things to know
The popularity of backpacking has much to do with the desire for fresh miles of mountains, uncluttered by automobile roads … An overview of backpacks and other equipment, backcountry cooking, and more. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/3.13/download-entire-issue
Posted inJune 25, 1971: Eagles' deaths are vindicated
Floating Western rivers
The author floats the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River: “As we would approach a rapid, even a minor one, we would all grow apprehensive …” Part two in a multi-article series on floating the West’s rivers. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/3.12/download-entire-issue
Posted inJune 25, 1971: Eagles' deaths are vindicated
Eagles’ deaths are vindicated
The deaths of at least 50 eagles in Wyoming has led to the arrest of Van Irvine, a prominent Wyoming stockman who is now being charged with 28 game violations. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/3.12/download-entire-issue
Posted inJune 25, 1971: Eagles' deaths are vindicated
America and the environmental crisis
An address by Environmental Protection Agency administrator William Ruckelhaus: “The planet Earth is in trouble. For too long man has regarded nature as a foe to be conquered …” Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/3.12/download-entire-issue
Posted inJune 11, 1971: Primitive area reviewed
Primitive area reviewed
The Glacier Primitive Area in Wyoming’s Wind River Mountains will be the subject of an upcoming public hearing, part of the wilderness review process specified by the 1964 Wilderness Act. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/3.11/download-entire-issue
Posted inJune 11, 1971: Primitive area reviewed
Nitrogen threatens fish runs
Water released from dams on the Snake and Columbia rivers picks up nitrogen gas as it passes through the air, dissolving the gas in the rivers, where it is deadly to salmon and steelhead. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/3.11/download-entire-issue
Posted inJune 11, 1971: Primitive area reviewed
Forest Service under continuing fire
The U.S. Forest Service continues to be scrutinized for improper bidding and other mismanagement; some representatives have asked the General Accounting Office to conduct a full-scale investigation of the management of national forests. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/3.11/download-entire-issue
Posted inMay 28, 1971: Eagle death toll mounts ... poison found
Predator control in Wyoming
There is no doubt that predators kill livestock and wildlife. But more and more people are questioning their right to indiscriminately kill predators — by poisoning or otherwise — on public land. Part five in a series on predator control in Wyoming. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/3.10/download-entire-issue
Posted inMay 28, 1971: Eagle death toll mounts ... poison found
Energy may be cause of environmental degradation
National concern for energy may be leading our Western states into an era of environmental degradation unprecedented in history. Hearings now being held on power plant siting, coal strip-mining and huge transmission lines are finally beginning to focus attention on the overall problem. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/3.10/download-entire-issue
Posted inMay 28, 1971: Eagle death toll mounts ... poison found
Eagle death toll mounts … poison found
The latest toll of golden and bald eagles reported dead in Wyoming now stands at 43. Twenty-three of those eagles are confirmed or suspected of being killed by poisons. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/3.10/download-entire-issue
Posted inMay 14, 1971: Wyoming eagles die mysteriously
Wyoming eagles die mysteriously
A tragedy involving America’s symbol of freedom has struck in central Wyoming. Eleven bald eagles were found dead on the west end of Casper Mountain; five golden eagles were found dead, and another was partially paralyzed and near death. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/3.9/download-entire-issue
Posted inMay 14, 1971: Wyoming eagles die mysteriously
The Bolle Statement on clearcutting
Dean of Montana University School of Forestry Arnold Bolle’s statement to the Interior Subcommittee about his report, which criticizes Bitterroot National Forest’s overriding concern with timber production, its use of uneconomical systems of timber harvesting, and its general disregard for aesthetic and non-timber values. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/3.9/download-entire-issue
Posted inMay 14, 1971: Wyoming eagles die mysteriously
National air quality standards announced
Environmental Protection Agency William Ruckelshaus has announced final publication of national air quality standards for six common classes of pollutants — sulfur oxides, particulate matter, carbon monoxide, photochemical oxidants, nitrogen oxides and hydrocarbons. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/3.9/download-entire-issue