Four environmental groups suffered a defeat when U.S. District Judge Aldon Anderson ruled that Utah’s rugged and beautiful Burr Trail may be widened and improved in Garfield County. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/19.24/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Betsy Marston
Posted inDecember 21, 1987: Caves need protection
Hidden, but vulnerable
Congress considers a little-known bill — the Federal Cave Resources Protection Act — that would guard the thousands of caves underlying public lands from vandalism and other forms of destruction. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/19.24/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inSeptember 15, 1986: Two views of the grizzly
Edward Abbey is an optimist
“The world is older, bigger and more interesting than we are. Growth is the enemy. Every organism grows to optimum space, then stops.” If it doesn’t, he says, it’s a freak, which means our overblown and overdone technological civilization is headed for a great explosion, followed by collapse. “That’s why I’m an optimist.” Download entire […]
Posted inSeptember 1, 1986: Ski area proposal goes smash
Canyon flights attract a comment blitz
A Grand Canyon National Park superintendent spent much of this summer sifting advice from the public on how to reduce noise from airplanes and helicopters flying in the 1,900-square mile park. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/18.16/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inMay 26, 1986: The fate of the grizzly
Grizzly bears: Thriving or vanishing?
A spring conference called “The fate of the grizzly,” sponsored primarily by the University of Colorado Environmental Center, brought together critics of the federal bureaucracy involved in Yellowstone National Park, plus a few of the bureaucrats themselves. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/18.10/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inDecember 23, 1985: High Noon in Washington, D.C.
High Noon in Washington, D.C.
After a year of negotiation between cattle growers, nine national conservation organizations and congressional aides, no compromise was reached on the controversial issue of fees for livestock grazing on public land. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/17.24/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inDecember 9, 1985: Sierra Club wins water lawsuit
The Park Service fights a garbage dump
In Colorado, a garbage dump is proposed next to Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/17.23/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inMay 27, 1985: Wilderness: It ain't what you think
Wilderness management’s time has come
Although hundreds of wilderness areas have been created, few are actually managed according to the spirit of the Wilderness Act. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/17.10/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inDecember 10, 1984: Is America's Indian policy that of 'starve or sell'?
Voters seize the initiative on nuclear waste
By an overwhelming 62 percent margin, South Dakota voters passed an initiative that gives the people the “exclusive right” to approve or reject the disposal of all nuclear wastes within the state. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/16.23/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inJune 11, 1984: The Big Dam Era on the Colorado River enters a new stage
Wilderness fight leads to symbolic hanging
Three members of a grassroots environmental group in south-central Utah were hanged in effigy last month in the town of Escalante. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/16.11/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inMay 14, 1984: A stripmine clashes with an ancient Anasazi ruin
A coal miner takes on the safety bureaucracy
Pat Conkle, a former Paonia, Colo. coal miner, has succeeded in forcing the Mine Safety and Health Administration to defend itself before the House Safety and Health Subcommittee. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/16.9/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inMarch 19, 1984: Foes launch first-strike attack on MX
Foes launch first-strike attack on MX
The MX missile deployment in Nebraska and Wyoming is meeting stepped up opposition, with Colorado pressing to be included in an assessment of regional impacts. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/16.5/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E