It’s big money vs. big money in Colorado development battle
Recreation
Posted inAugust 14, 2000: Meth invasion
The next great adventure: Stay home
The cover of a recent issue of National Geographic Adventure proclaims “America’s Best! The Adventure 100.” Topping the “adrenaline trip” list are the Colorado River and the White Rim Trail in Utah’s Canyonlands National Park. In the “Letter from the Editor,” John Rasmus muses: “We need vacations! We all need to decompress from the rigors […]
Posted inJuly 31, 2000: Out of the darkness
Raging river, quiet mind
Field Notes from the Grand Canyon: Raging River, Quiet Mind, by Teresa Jordan, Johnson Books, 1880 S. 57th Court, Boulder, CO 80301, 2000. Paperback: $14. “There is a Zen saying that when the student is ready, the teacher is there,” writes Teresa Jordan, who had carried her watercolors on a dozen different trips, never to […]
Posted inJuly 31, 2000: Out of the darkness
Volunteer Stewards
The state of Colorado is looking for “volunteer stewards” to be its eyes and ears in the field. The state’s Natural Areas Program asks stewards to visit areas such as the alpine meadows surrounding Gothic, Colo., and the desert Escalante Canyon, and report back on what they find. You’ll need a good pair of hiking […]
Posted inJuly 3, 2000: A river resurrected
Climbing is the easy part
COLORADO To scale a “fourteener,” it helps to possess the body of a goat and the nerves of a test pilot. To climb 14,047-foot Culebra Peak in southern Colorado, you also need to join a club. Culebra Peak is part of the 77,000-acre Taylor Ranch near San Luis, Colo., which was sold last year to […]
Posted inJuly 3, 2000: A river resurrected
Expansion faces restrictions
COLORADO Telski, the ski resort in southern Colorado’s Telluride, is expanding onto national forest lands now that a lawsuit brought by two locals and two environmental groups has been settled (HCN, 8/4/97: A do-over in Telluride). In an out-of-court agreement, Telski owner, Telluride Ski & Golf Co., was authorized to add 733 acres, nearly doubling […]
Posted inJuly 3, 2000: A river resurrected
Freedom of speech shines in Arizona cave
State reinstates biologist fired for criticizing managers at Kartchner Caverns
Posted inJuly 3, 2000: A river resurrected
A gutsy activist challenges a powerful industry
California off-roaders kiss their unregulated days good-bye
Posted inJune 19, 2000: Accidental refuge: Should we save the Salton Sea?
Babbitt’s monument tour blazes on
Al Gore announces four new national monuments, while Republicans fight back
Posted inJune 19, 2000: Accidental refuge: Should we save the Salton Sea?
The Great Sand Dunes: the next new national park?
A park proposal aims to protect water as well as land
Posted inMay 22, 2000: Save Our Sagebrush
Hikers stumble into an old dispute
Land-grant heirs say until their land is returned, the Continental Divide Trail won’t go through
Posted inMay 8, 2000: After the fall
Take a load off
Forget llamas, goats or horses, says the Bureau of Land Management. Burros are better for packing equipment into the backcountry. That’s the message the federal agency is trying to get across to baby boomers, says Tom Taylor of Mesa, Ariz., a volunteer who takes his burro, Hualapai, to community events to talk up the adopt-a-burro […]
Posted inMay 8, 2000: After the fall
Will bears get a break?
MONTANA With all-terrain vehicle and snowmobile use skyrocketing in the backcountry, environmentalists fear the machines could spell disaster for grizzly bears. Several groups recently sued the Forest Service to force the agency to study the way ATV and snowmobile use affects endangered grizzlies in Montana’s Gallatin National Forest. “It’s time for them to step up […]
Posted inApril 24, 2000: At your service: Unions help some Western workers serve themselves
Flashpoint in the Northern Rockies
Burned huts symbolize tension between skiers and snowmobiles
Posted inApril 24, 2000: At your service: Unions help some Western workers serve themselves
Down under: Arizona boasts the ‘show cave of the century’
“I love caves.” Just a whisper in the dim light of the cavern, and not addressed to me, but to a husband from his wife. I almost turned and said, “Me too,” then remembered we were on a cave tour – everyone on it probably loved caves. Until that tour of Kartchner Caverns State Park, […]
Posted inApril 10, 2000: Beyond the Revolution
Zion takes tourists out of their cars
One of the nation’s most popular parks invites visitors to ride the bus
Posted inApril 10, 2000: Beyond the Revolution
Gentlemen, stop your engines!
Note: in the print edition of this issue, this article appears as a sidebar to another news article, “Zion takes tourists out of their cars.” The Park Service philosophy of accommodating humans and their machines is changing. The first sign came on March 13, when officials announced that they were leaning toward banning snowmobiles in […]
Posted inMarch 27, 2000: The last wild river
Agency torpedoes canyon planning
ARIZONA Grand Canyon National Park recently pulled the plug on consensus efforts among private boaters, environmentalists and commercial rafting companies (HCN, 12/21/98: Grand Canyon Gridlock). The outcome could have reduced the number of motorized boats on the river by giving more permits to private rafters and kayakers, and by implementing a wilderness management plan. The […]
Posted inMarch 27, 2000: The last wild river
Greens call snowmaking a snow job
COLORADO The Forest Service has given Arapahoe Basin Ski Area the green light to imitate nature and make snow. In 1998, A-Basin, the only major resort in Colorado that doesn’t make artificial snow, submitted a plan to divert water from the North Fork of the Snake River. Snowmaking would allow the ski area to compete […]
Posted inMarch 27, 2000: The last wild river
Guides may get guidelines
NATION Close to 4,000 outfitters ply their trades in national forests, bringing in nearly $4 million annually to the Forest Service. With recreation booming on public lands, Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, has introduced a bill that standardizes outfitter operations in areas administered by the Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management. Craig’s Outfitters Policy Act […]