The controversial article “Your Forest – Their Timber,” which appears in the current issue of the Colorado-Rocky Mountain West magazine, has been entered into the Congressional Record by Montana Senator Lee Metcalf. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/2.30/download-entire-issue
Timber article publicized
Posted inAugust 28, 1970: Timber article publicized
Sawtooth park proposed
The western United States may someday have a new national park that would encompass parts of the Sawtooth, White Cloud and Boulder Mountain ranges in central Idaho. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/2.30/download-entire-issue
Posted inAugust 28, 1970: Timber article publicized
Mercury pollution widespread
As investigations continue, mercury pollution is becoming recognized as a widespread and serious threat to both man and wildlife, the Wildlife Management Institute reports. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/2.30/download-entire-issue
Posted inAugust 14, 1970: Antelope under gun; one-shot scheduled
Nixon asks speedy wilderness action
President Nixon has called on Congress to give “speedy and favorable” action on a number of pending wilderness proposals. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/2.29/download-entire-issue
Posted inAugust 14, 1970: Antelope under gun; one-shot scheduled
Horses still roam
I had spotted a large dark animal moving along Paddock Creek which at first appeared to be a buffalo. However, after examining it with binoculars, I quickly saw that it was a horse, and further up the creek were seven more. Not just horses however, but wild horses! Download entire issue to view this article: […]
Posted inAugust 14, 1970: Antelope under gun; one-shot scheduled
Antelope under gun; one-shot scheduled
This year’s hunting season in Wyoming will start off with a bang on Sept. 5. The state’s most popular game animal, the pronghorn antelope, will come under fire for the first time this year in the Chain Lakes and Table Rock areas. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/2.29/download-entire-issue
Posted inJuly 31, 1970: Green River damned?
Swamp study released
The first “in depth” study of river swamps as multiple-use environments has been released, providing information on swamps’ cleansing and life-giving value. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/2.28/download-entire-issue
Posted inJuly 31, 1970: Green River damned?
Green River damned?
The state of Wyoming has proposed building reservoirs on the upper Green River that would submerge many miles of free-flowing, blue-ribbon trout stream and winter wildlife range. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/2.28/download-entire-issue
Posted inJuly 31, 1970: Green River damned?
Ceremony lauds historic ruts
The Oregon Trail Ruts National Historical Landmark near Guernsey, Wyoming, will be formally dedicated during a public ceremony on July 19. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/2.28/download-entire-issue
Posted inJuly 24, 1995: Making a mountain into a starbase
The astronomer
Note: This article is a sidebar to this issue’s feature story, Making a mountain into a starbase. “Observatories are usually exceedingly benign places. They become animal refuges …” Peter Strittmatter, a British astronomer with a Ph.D. from Cambridge, became director of the U of A’s Steward Observatory in 1975, an appointment he recognized as “a […]
Posted inJuly 17, 1970: Frontier Days slated
Grizzlies airlifted by copter
The National Park Service has successfully completed the first helicopter transplants of problem grizzly bears in Yellowstone National Park. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/2.27/download-entire-issue
Posted inJuly 17, 1970: Frontier Days slated
Frontier Days slated
Cheyenne Frontier Days, “the Daddy of ’em All,” busts out in all its glory next week. Six full, action-packed days will feature championship rodeo, parades, Indian dances, free chuckwagon breakfasts, and more. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/2.27/download-entire-issue
Posted inJuly 17, 1970: Frontier Days slated
Famed Comstock Lode is now abandoned tunnel
A whitewashed facade, a pathway nearly lost among the weeds, and a few weathered buildings are all that remain to mark the Comstock era, which brought bustling mining to the area near Virginia City, Nevada. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/2.27/download-entire-issue
Posted inJune 26, 1970: Rendezvous tells of trapping days
Rendezvous tells of trapping days
The Green River Rendezvous at Pinedale, Wyoming, annually commemorates the legendary get-together of mighty men who trapped beaver and broke trails across the West. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/2.26/download-entire-issue
Posted inJune 26, 1970: Rendezvous tells of trapping days
Oregon Trail discussed
The Oregon Trail and what has happened to it were discussed at a recent meeting in Lander, Wyoming, with officials from the Bureau of Land Management and representatives from American Telephone and Telegraph Co., which has constructed cable lines along and across sections of the trail. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/2.26/download-entire-issue
Posted inJune 26, 1970: Rendezvous tells of trapping days
Dead bald eagles found in forest
Autopsies have been requested for three bald eagles recently found dead in the Ashley National Forest, Utah. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/2.26/download-entire-issue
Posted inJune 20, 1975: 'Irrigation water' all goes to industry
Environmental films catalog
A list and brief review of a couple dozen environmental films, including “Vanishing Redwoods,” “The Terrible News,” “A New Dawn,” and “John Muir’s High Sierra.” Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/7.13/download-entire-issue
Posted inJune 19, 1970: Wyoming stockmen want payments for game feed
Wyoming stockmen want payments for game feed
Wyoming stockmen who graze their livestock on millions of acres of public lands want compensation for game animals grazing on their private lands. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/2.25/download-entire-issue
Posted inJune 19, 1970: Wyoming stockmen want payments for game feed
Pupfish is indicator
A tiny fish that lives in some of the smallest areas known may be the indicator of whether the people of the United States really mean it when they say they will preserve endangered species. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/2.25/download-entire-issue
Posted inJune 19, 1970: Wyoming stockmen want payments for game feed
Buried cable is threat to trail
A buried, transcontinental cable through central Wyoming has obliterated sections of the Oregon Trail and threatens more destruction as clearing for the cable continues. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/2.25/download-entire-issue