Utah escapes missiles The U.S. Army has decided not to proceed with a plan to launch ballistic missiles from Green River, Utah, and shoot them down over the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. The decision, announced March 21, “is great news for southern Utah,” says Scott Groene, an attorney with the Southern Utah […]
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Posted inApril 3, 1995: The Great Basin: America's wasteland seeks a new identity
Folk hero has a pure white vision
Note: This article is a sidebar to one of this issue’s feature stories, The Great Basin: America’s wasteland seeks a new identity. The fight against the MX missile was a turning point in the Great Basin, the first time the region said a resounding “no” to a major federal pork-barrel project. The Great Basin MX […]
Posted inNovember 28, 1994: Beauty eludes the beast
Victory in Idaho: Canyon lovers defeat the military
The Air Force’s decision Oct. 6 to back off on building a new bombing range in the Owyhee canyonlands is a victory – and therefore shocking. Who would have thought that a coalition of local and national environmentalists, hunting groups and a few members of Congress could stop the military and Idaho’s forceful Gov. Cecil […]
Posted inOctober 31, 1994: Water for the taking
If you hear the alarm, stop breathing
That doesn’t mean take a deep breath and hold it, says the man at the front of the room. It means STOP BREATHING. Pull on your gas mask, clear it of air to get a tight seal, and breathe through it until further notice. No one gets into the new Chemical Agent Disposal Facility at […]
Posted inOctober 3, 1994: Subdividing the desert: Should there be a vote?
Burning nerve gas makes me ‘volatile’
For the past two years, I have actively opposed the construction of massive chemical weapons incinerators, both in Tooele County, Utah, where I live and at seven other sites across the nation where chemical weapons are stockpiled. As common folks like me (I’m a librarian) who get involved in controversial issues often say, “It’s been […]
Posted inAugust 22, 1994: Whose fault? A Utah canyon turns deadly
Incoming
The U.S. Army still plans to eject missile debris over Utah, but wants to adjust its aim. Many residents of Moab, Utah, as well as environmentalists from elsewhere, protested an earlier plan to drop 1-ton missile boosters northeast of a heavily visited area in Canyonlands National Park (HCN, 4/19/94). Now the Army proposes to allow […]
Posted inMarch 7, 1994: Pay as you waste, says EPA
Missile chaos
In a 4-inch-thick draft environmental impact statement, the U.S. Army recently concluded that its missile test flights to the White Sands Missile Range in southern New Mexico could have significant land-use impacts. Launched from either Green River, Utah, or Fort Wingate, N.M., the missiles would fly over Canyonlands National Park, Dead Horse Point State Park […]
Posted inFebruary 21, 1994: Draining the budget to desalt the Colorado
Owyhee: On the eve of destruction
The next time you’re looking at a map of the United States, locate what appears to be the largest area without roads in the lower 48. Surprisingly, few people have ever seen or heard of it. Centered around the point common to Idaho, Nevada and Oregon, it is known as the “Owyhee” high desert region: […]
Posted inJanuary 24, 1994: Turmoil on the range
Idaho governor fights for a bombing range
Gov. Cecil D. Andrus, protector of endangered salmon and enemy of nuclear waste, has embarked on a quixotic crusade for a military bombing range in southwest Idaho. Andrus, serving the last year of his fourth term, says he must secure a new bombing range for the Air Force, or Mountain Home Air Force Base will […]
Posted inDecember 27, 1993: Yellowstone
How military secrecy zones out Nevada
A reporter chronicles the strange happenings (that we shouldn’t know about) at the top-secret Nevada Test Site. To read this article, download this HCN issue in PDF format. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline How military secrecy zones out Nevada.
Posted inDecember 13, 1993: Jack Ward Thomas: Hail to the chief
BOMBING IDAHO’S HIGH DESERT
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline BOMBING IDAHO’S HIGH DESERT.
Posted inAugust 23, 1993: Timber theft: Logging firms rob a lax agency
Combat Zones
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Combat Zones.
Posted inAugust 9, 1993: Now dust is his crop, says Nevada rancher
A bird, a plane, no, a missile
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline A bird, a plane, no, a missile.
Posted inAugust 9, 1993: Now dust is his crop, says Nevada rancher
Biowarfare is back
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Biowarfare is back.
Posted inAugust 9, 1993: Now dust is his crop, says Nevada rancher
New Redeye Proposed
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline New Redeye Proposed.
Posted inJune 14, 1993: Oregon's Trojan horse
Incineration plans burn up some Utahns
The Army defends its plans to incinerate chemical weapons stockpiles. To read this article, download this HCN issue in PDF format. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Incineration plans burn up some Utahns.
Posted inMay 17, 1993: Fore! in Santa Fe
Utah boosters welcome missiles
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Utah boosters welcome missiles.
Posted inApril 19, 1993: Clinton flinches under western pressure
‘Volunteers’ poisoned
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline ‘Volunteers’ poisoned.
Posted inApril 19, 1993: Clinton flinches under western pressure
Missile plan shoots for the West
The military wants to launch missiles from Utah into New Mexico. To read this article, download this HCN issue in PDF format. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Missile plan shoots for the West.
Posted inApril 5, 1993: Special issue: Small towns under seige
Bombing stopped at refuge
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Bombing stopped at refuge.