Note: This article is a sidebar to one of this issue’s feature stories, Northwest is asked to give up 18 dams. Andy Kerr’s proposal to dismantle or not build 18 dams rests in part on the fact that Americans in 1992 recycled 67.9 percent of their aluminum cans. That recycling saved an immense amount of […]
Ed Marston
Posted inFebruary 7, 1994: Can she save ecosystems?
Grazing: the shape of the future
Most combatants in the public-lands grazing battle are still in their bunkers, happily sending shells into opposing camps. Nevertheless, there hangs over this familiar and comfortable scene a small but dark cloud: the willingness among some former enemies to talk to each other. The possibility of negotiations is as unsettling in the West as it […]
Posted inJanuary 24, 1994: Turmoil on the range
A stark victory in Utah
In May 1989, Gene Nodine, head of the BLM’s Moab, Utah, office, told Arizona law professor Joe Feller: “You don’t know enough about this (public-land grazing) to question what we’re doing.” In retrospect, that was a rash statement. For in December 1993, John Rampton, an administrative law judge for the Department of Interior, ruled that […]
Posted inDecember 27, 1993: Yellowstone
She wants her colleages to feel free to say: ‘Madam Secretary, you’re full of crap’
Department of Energy Secretary Hazel O’Leary pledges to start cleaning up her agency. To read this article, download this HCN issue in PDF format. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline She wants her colleages to feel free to say: ‘Madam Secretary, you’re full of crap’.
Posted inDecember 13, 1993: Jack Ward Thomas: Hail to the chief
An historic event
This editors note, about the ramifications of appointing Jack Ward Thomas as the new chief of the Forest Service, introduces the feature articles in this issue. To read this article, download this HCN issue in PDF format. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline An historic event.
Posted inNovember 29, 1993: Butte, Montana, seeks a new life
A room full of heroes
A conference of government employees sponsored by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) elicits stories of perseverance. To read this article, download this HCN issue in PDF format. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline A room full of heroes.
Posted inNovember 15, 1993: The decline and fall of salmon
The Forest Service clings to an outmoded ideology
Jack Ward Thomas represents the reform-mindedness the U.S. Forest needs. To read this article, download this HCN issue in PDF format. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline The Forest Service clings to an outmoded ideology.
Posted inOctober 18, 1993: A lost land grant: Can it be reclaimed?
Navajo anti-logging activist found dead
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Navajo anti-logging activist found dead.
Posted inSeptember 20, 1993: Triumph, Idaho, to EPA: Get out
Capital of the Third World
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Capital of the Third World.
Posted inSeptember 20, 1993: Triumph, Idaho, to EPA: Get out
It’s time to clearcut the Forest Service
The Forest Service is beyond redemption, and should be abolished. It would not be a huge loss. There is little institutional or human memory in the agency, given the frequency with which employees are transferred, given how the agency has isolated itself from the ground and from communities, and given its contempt for science. To read this […]
Posted inAugust 23, 1993: Timber theft: Logging firms rob a lax agency
Culture in crisis
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Culture in crisis.
Posted inAugust 23, 1993: Timber theft: Logging firms rob a lax agency
Focus on the land, not the money
Grazing reforms would turn ranchers into stewards of the land. To read this article, download this HCN issue in PDF format. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Focus on the land, not the money.
Posted inJune 28, 1993: Now showing in the Grand Canyon: L.A. smog
One of a kind: David Brower
Ed Marston profiles David Brower against the backdrop of the economic cycles of former mining town, Telluride, Colo. To read this article, download this HCN issue in PDF format. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline One of a kind: David Brower.
Posted inMay 3, 1993: Now that Denver has abdicated ... who will coordinate and inspire the West?
Who will coordinate and inspire the West?
A front-page editor’s note introducing Ed Quillen’s lead article on Denver. To read this article, download this HCN issue in PDF format. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Who will coordinate and inspire the West?.
Posted inApril 19, 1993: Clinton flinches under western pressure
Clinton flinches under Western pressure
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Clinton flinches under Western pressure.
Posted inApril 19, 1993: Clinton flinches under western pressure
Clinton flinches under Western pressure
Environmentalists’ euphoria over President Bill Clinton’s Western policies came to an abrupt end in late March, when the White House pulled public land reforms from its new budget. To read this article, download this HCN issue in PDF format. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Clinton flinches under […]
Posted inApril 19, 1993: Clinton flinches under western pressure
How we pros covered the summit
Ed Marston reflects on his experience at the Forest Summit in Oregon. To read this article, download this HCN issue in PDF format. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline How we pros covered the summit.
Posted inApril 5, 1993: Special issue: Small towns under seige
How Boulder preserves its vision
How Boulder’s rejection of Peak Power Corp.’s hydro plan preserves the town’s vision. To read this article, download this HCN issue in PDF format. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline How Boulder preserves its vision.
Posted inMarch 22, 1993: The dam that won't die
The West, according to The New York Times
Bruce Babbitt, secretary of the Interior Department, represents the face of the emerging West. To read this article, download this HCN issue in PDF format. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline The West, according to The New York Times.
Posted inMarch 8, 1993: A famous skeleton returns to the earth
Don’t look for free inquiry at the West’s land-grant colleges
Essay on the role of western academics in policy decisions. To read this article, download this HCN issue in PDF format. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Don’t look for free inquiry at the West’s land-grant colleges.