A former Hopi chairman says that the owners of the Mohave
Generating Station in Laughlin, Nev., whose smoke pollutes the air
of the Hopi Reservation, have the ability and the obligation to
clean up the plant without closing down.
Writers on the Range
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In his own words, Land Lindbergh argues that the mining
industry has dominated the political process, defeated adequate
standards, and needs to take responsibility for its
mistakes.
In his own words, Dave Skinner argues that
environmentalists exaggerate the threat from mining and that the
industry is making good changes.
The 60-member Wanapum Tribe has never lost its spiritual
connection to Washington's Columbia River, and is now hoping to
reclaim the only free-flowing stretch left - the Hanford
Reach.
At the Wyoming Outdoor Council's 30th birthday party in
Lander, Wyo., founder Tom Bell is honored.
A parody of a dictionary offers a humorous take on some of
the buzzwords in the West.
Architect and developer Michael Reynolds runs into trouble
with Taos County, N.M., over his belief that the "Earthships" he
builds don't require building permits or fall under local land-use
regulations.
Washoe Tribal Chairman Brian Wallace gains assurances from
President Clinton at the forum on Lake Tahoe that the Washoe
Indians have rights to Lake Tahoe land.
Environmentalist Dave Foreman, in a talk in Paonia, Colo.,
praises conservation biology as a way to restore the wild, but
hesitates to offer on-the-ground details of the cure.
The Nez Perce Indians regain Oregon land lost to them for
120 years, and decide to use it as a wildlife preserve.
A review looks at what's good and bad about the top five
American hook-and-bullet magazines.
A "Road Warrior" for the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance
tries to find and document roads claimed to exist in BLM wilderness
study areas.
At the Western States Coalition Summit VII in Salt Lake
City, cracks in the wise-use movement are revealed as the small
grassroots groups and some founding members such as Chuck Cushman
fear People for the West has grown too big and
bureaucratic.
High Country Blues, an April Fool's parody, demonstrates
that staff is definitely losing its mind and is probably more than
a few AUMs short of a grazing allotment, as we say out here in the
West.
A contrast between two attempts at consensus shows Oregon
ranchers willing to work at compromise while their New Mexican
counterparts "just say no" to any change.
An environmentalist struggles to untangle the web of
misunderstanding, fear and hate that embroils Hispanos,
conservationists and wise-users over forest use in northern New
Mexico.
Building the newest addition to Colorado's hut system for
skiers and hikers meant long, cold hours of work at 11,300 feet in
the Gore Range.
Retired University of Montana zoologist Bert Pfeiffer
studies "a very unusual animal" remarkably adapted to
drought.
The much-maligned praire dog is a more interesting - and
more beneficial - animal than most Westerners know.
At a wise-use conference in Casper, Wyo., participants
express a variety of concerns and possible solutions to what they
see as the West's problems.
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- Scientists unravel the origins of the Southwest’s monsoon
- A new investigation reveals depth of skewed policing in Siskiyou County
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