A plan to detonate explosives in Montana’s Bob Marshall Wilderness in a search for oil and gas deposits has sparked anger among environmentalists and words of caution from federal officials. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/11.25/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Dale A. Burk
Posted inMarch 28, 1975: Taking the lifeblood from the land
Rocky Mountain timber cut to drop
The U.S. Forest Service has warned that by the end of the century, timber harvest on the national forests of the Rocky Mountain West will drop by eight percent or more. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/7.7/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inAugust 4, 1972: The Flathead - a wild river in danger
The Flathead – a wild river in danger
Montana’s Middle Fork Flathead River flows through the proposed Great Bear Wilderness, but a Wild and Scenic designation for the river itself may be needed to stave off future dam construction. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/4.16/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inJune 23, 1972: Decision time for rugged land
Senator reviews history
The National Park Service may be going “back to the drawing board” to improve its newest wilderness proposals after a history lesson about the Wilderness Act from Senator Frank Church (D-Idaho) at a hearing before the Senate Subcommittee on Public lands. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/4.13/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inMarch 17, 1972: Last chance for wilderness
Tribute to a conservationist
Guy M. Brandborg of Hamilton, Mont., is a forester of the old school. He is one of that breed which had as its contemporaries such giants as Aldo Leopold and Bob Marshall, and he may one day be remembered as one with them. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/4.6/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E