Environmental Defense Fund staff member Kathy Fletcher doesn’t hide the fact that her group is upset about the rush to develop the coal resources of the Northern Great Plains. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/6.25/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Bruce Hamilton
Posted inNovember 22, 1974: Meeteetsee contemplates its future
Environment a big winner at the polls
The nation’s voters have reaffirmed their commitment to environmental protection by electing some candidates with strong environmental platforms and removing some of the legislatios who failed to act on behalf of the land. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/6.23/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inNovember 8, 1974: BLM exposes own grazing abuses
BLM exposes own grazing abuses
A Bureau of Land Management report has found that severe overgrazing and other aspects of poor range management on public lands in Nevada have led to loss of wildlife habitat, destruction of cultural sites, and erosion. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/6.22/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inOctober 11, 1974: Cheyenne fight, again, for land
Colony pulls out of oil shale race
Citing inflation, tight money and the absence of a national energy policy, the Colony Development Operation — the favored developer of western Colorado’s oil shale — stumbled, fell, and pulled out of the race. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/6.20/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inSeptember 13, 1974: So rich a solitude
Three ways to pave a Colorado canyon
Connecting four-lane Interstate 70 through the winding, narrow 13 miles of Glenwood Canyon is enough to give highway engineers nightmares. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/6.18/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inAugust 30, 1974: Coal conflict on Tongue River
Coal conflict on Tongue River
The Decker-Birney Resource Study has identified 285,000 acres of superior coal reserves along the Tongue River in southern Montana, stirring up opposition from local ranchers. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/6.17/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inAugust 2, 1974: Has the second home peak passed?
Dorothy Bradley, legislator for the land
Montana State Representative Dorothy Bradley, a Democrat, had everything going against her when she first decided to run for the legislature on Earth Day in the spring of 1970. “I was the wrong age, wrong sex, and wrong party,” she says. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/6.16/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inAugust 2, 1974: Has the second home peak passed?
Independence spells push for shale
With the federal oil shale prototype program still in its infancy and the first leased tracts barely off the auction block, it now appears that pressure is building to prematurely push oil shale into a full scale industry. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/6.16/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inJune 7, 1974: Energy boom -- plans and payments
Mining down on the ranch
Carolyn and Irv Alderson, owners and operators of the Bones Brothers Ranch in Birney, Mont., could benefit from mining coal on their property, but say “in the end the productivity of the land is the only material thing on this earth that can be left for the future.” Download entire issue to view this article: […]
Posted inMay 10, 1974: Water dictates Western future
Bart Koehler, environmental advocate
Bart Koehler’s construction days ended abruptly when The Wilderness Society gave him a call, wanting to know if he’d give up Florida to hike around the Rockies studying potential wilderness, take pictures and write field reports. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/6.10/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inApril 26, 1974: To dam a river
Louise Dunlop and the Coalition Against Strip Mining
For the last three years Louise Dunlop’s life has centered around one word — coal. She coordinates the Coalition Against Strip Mining, a group of about 30 organizations across the country. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/6.9/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inMarch 15, 1974: On the verge of extinction
On the verge of extinction
The blunt-nosed leopard lizard, the Hawaiian hoary bat and the light-footed clapper — all endangered species — don’t receive the attention they deserve. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/6.6/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inMarch 1, 1974: North Dakota's riskiest harvest
Chuck Perry: watchdog over coal harvest
Chuck Perry grew up in North Dakota, the breadbasket of the nation. Today he is leading the fight against strip mining that breadbasket. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/6.5/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inMarch 1, 1974: North Dakota's riskiest harvest
Garrison Diversion threatens the prairies
A group of ranchers, farmers and conservationists are fighting for a moratorium on the Garrison Diversion, an irrigation project that would pump 871,000 acre-feet of Missouri River water through 1,800 miles of major canals and laterals. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/6.5/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inFebruary 10, 1974: Everything you aren't supposed to know about nuclear power
Pat Sweeny and the Northern Plains Resource Council
A conversation with Pat Sweeny of the Northern Plains Resource Council, which was recently recognized as the outstanding conservation organization of the year by the Rocky Mountain Center on Environment. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/6.3/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inJanuary 18, 1974: Oil shale fever rises in West
Oil shale fever rises in West
With the present shortage of crude oil, industry is bidding hundreds of millions of dollars on leases to tap shale oil on public lands in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/6.2/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inDecember 7, 1973: Reusing and recycling wastes: Kicking the garbage habit
Vim Wright, COSC president
Colorado Open Space Council president Vim Wright was moved to enter the environmental movement by a fascination and appreciation for nature. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/5.24/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inOctober 26, 1973: Black clouds gather
Orrin Bonney, mountaineer
Orrin H. Bonney is one of Wyoming’s twentieth century mountain men. His love of Wyoming’s high country has led to an intimate knowledge of the mountains few modern men can match. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/5.21/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inOctober 12, 1973: Oil shale cost immense
Oil shale cost immense
The Department of Interior is on the eve of releasing the shackles on oil shale development in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming — but conservation organizations are worried that the cost to the environment will be too high. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/5.20/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inSeptember 28, 1973: Disaster waits in the wings, but our wastefulness continues
Stepping on the golden egg
HCN author Bruce Hamilton recalls testifying against the proposed Grand Teton Jetport at a hearing in Jackson, Wyo. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/5.19/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E