Writers on the Range

A bias toward the public land

We aren't wholly controlled by economic and scientific laws. There are spiritual values that people have and share and that they sometimes act to preserve.

John Soisson Opinion Oct. 15, 1982 From the print edition

Colorado's bottle battle

Colorado considers a "bottle bill" like those that have deceased littering in other states.

Jennifer Walford Opinion Aug. 20, 1982 From the print edition

'Privatizing' the commonweal

After weeks of secrecy, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management revealed a list of more than 4.3 million acres of public land that may be sold to reduce the national debt.

Joan Nice Opinion July 23, 1982 From the print edition

It's a woman's world

Along with a gradual shift to appropriate technologies there must be a broad commitment to task-sharing and equity in employment so that women do not get shuffled once again to the bottom of the social deck.

Don Snow Opinion July 9, 1982 From the print edition

Where is the anger?

The Reagan administration is systematically tearing apart the contributions of nearly a century of environmental work in this country.

Barry Flamm Opinion June 25, 1982 From the print edition

Paving the way for boom and bust

The mitigation of socioeconomic impacts in western rural communities is a relatively new science, and we are on the upslope of the learning curve.

Richard Moore Opinion May 28, 1982 From the print edition

Oil shale: no tears, but lots of tangle

Oil shale is not dead, despite what the daily newspapers may say. The promise or threat of oil shale will always be with us.

Dan Whipple Opinion May 14, 1982 From the print edition

Playing the game: public input in NEPA planning

From the outside, the National Environmental Policy Act process might as well be a foreign culture with its own, language and customs.

Susan Tweit Opinion March 19, 1982 From the print edition

Watt's wilderness proposal sets agenda for energy industry

To an energy industry stretched thin, Interior Secretary James Watt's temporary ban on oil and gas drilling in wilderness areas is something of a favor.

Geoffrey O'Gara Opinion March 5, 1982 From the print edition

Open pit and economic pendulum

As the West's uranium industry declines, it should reclaim mines, not wait for economics to swing back in the industry's favor.

Dan Whipple Opinion Jan. 8, 1982 From the print edition

Reagan's free market energy myth

Although the Reagan administration preaches free market ideals, it has increased funding for nuclear power, retained some subsidies for synthetic fuels, and backed away from its promise to deregulate the price of natural gas.

Colin Norman Opinion Nov. 13, 1981 From the print edition

Removing the "heavy hand"

As long as we have the federal government in our front yard, we will attempt to work with them to arrive at decisions that are mutually beneficial to Montanans and to the nation as a whole.

Gov. Ted Schwinden Opinion Oct. 30, 1981 From the print edition

Profiting from parks: None of Watt's business

Virtually every hotel, store, gas station and restaurant in the national parks is a private, profit-making enterprise. Regulation of these businesses is one of the most important and least understood issues in public land management.

Joseph L. Sax Opinion Oct. 16, 1981 From the print edition

Tuning in media causes environmental fade-out

Given the press of time and circumstances, the vocabulary of environmental organizations increasingly reflects a new technological style.

John Soisson Opinion July 10, 1981 From the print edition

Conservatives and conservationists

The environmental perspective embraces not only the interests of the well-established environmental community, but many other interests as well, including the business sector.

Malcolm Forbes Baldwin Opinion June 26, 1981 From the print edition

Environmental sophistry imperils the West

Several years ago, environmental organizations in Wyoming chose to begin making compromises. Slowly, inexorably, they are losing whatever it is they love.

John Soisson Opinion June 12, 1981 From the print edition

Reagan budget hits Indian self-sufficiency

President Reagan's proposed budget would allot more taxpayer dollars to Indian reservations but also impair the tribes' efforts to gain control over energy development on reservations, undermining Indian tribes' efforts to become more self-sufficient.

Marjane Ambler Opinion May 29, 1981 From the print edition

'Ecotage' seeks wild ends but won't make friends

No philosophical or psychological rationale speaks to the effectiveness of ecotage, Politically, what made sense for the Sixties activists is unlikely to work for wilderness advocates in the Eighties.

Geoffrey O'Gara Opinion May 1, 1981 From the print edition

Earth First! says it's time to be tough

Editor Dan Whipple examines and critiques the roots and new tactics of the radical environmental group Earth First!

Dan Whipple Opinion April 17, 1981 From the print edition

Conservation? Let's go for the real thing

A conservation director for the Sierra Club distinguishes between "real" and "pseudo-" conservation.

Gene Coan Opinion Jan. 23, 1981 From the print edition