Kalispell, Mont. – Over the breakfast special at the Outlaw Inn, Steve Herbaly reflected on the joys of his job as director of planning for Flathead County. Only the night before, he and his staff had been called socialists, communists and general purveyors of the demise of America at a public hearing over the county’s […]
Florence Williams
Posted inJune 27, 1994: Home, home on the range ... where neo-Nazis and skinheads roam
Outdoor groups fight camping limits
Faced with ever-increasing hordes of visitors, Canyonlands National Park recently issued a bold management proposal to protect its still-pristine backcountry. The plan calls for closing some jeep roads, reducing horse numbers, and restricting where and how hikers travel. Park officials say they weren’t surprised at the stack of angry comments from commercial outfitters, but they […]
Posted inMarch 21, 1994: On the borderline
On the borderline
A bleak, flat, grim, hot, gritty and wondrous desert
Posted inMarch 21, 1994: On the borderline
There’s gold, and no controls, in Mexico’s hills
Note: This article is a sidebar to this issue’s feature story, On the borderline. QUITOVAC, Sonora – On a warm winter day, Esther Velasco Ortega greets visitors from a chair in the front yard of her cinderblock house. One of her visitors is Gary Nabhan, an ethnobotanist who buys saguaro fruit jelly from her every […]
Posted inMarch 21, 1994: On the borderline
Border doesn’t block dirty air and water
Note: This article is a sidebar to this issue’s feature story, On the borderline. Because much of the U.S.-Mexico border is already considered a “free trade” zone, additional impacts due to the North American Free Trade Agreement are hard to gauge. U.S. and Mexican environmentalists had hoped NAFTA would help their communities by strengthening regulations […]
Posted inNovember 29, 1993: Butte, Montana, seeks a new life
Seeking Treasure in Butte’s trash
Metanetix, Mycotech and other companies see opportunity in cleaning up Butte’s Superfund site. To read this article, download this HCN issue in PDF format. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Seeking Treasure in Butte’s trash.
Posted inNovember 29, 1993: Butte, Montana, seeks a new life
Butte, Montana, seeks a new life
Butte wants to transform its Superfund mine cleanup into a tourist attraction. (To read the full text, click on the “View a PDF from the original” link below, or download this HCN issue in PDF format.) This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Butte, Montana, seeks a new life.
Posted inApril 5, 1993: Special issue: Small towns under seige
Future shock hits Livingston
Montanans plan to preserve their small-town atmosphere in Livingston. To read this article, download this HCN issue in PDF format. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Future shock hits Livingston.
Posted inApril 5, 1993: Special issue: Small towns under seige
Propst says small towns make or break ecosystems
Small towns are an important part of the ecosysytem, according to community consultant Luther Propst. To read this article, download this HCN issue in PDF format. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Propst says small towns make or break ecosystems.
Posted inFebruary 8, 1993: Lawmakers turn the Fifth into sharp-pointed sword
Landowners turn the Fifth into sharp-pointed sword
Several lawsuits say the government should compensate for land devalued in “takings” cases. To read this article, download this HCN issue in PDF format. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Landowners turn the Fifth into sharp-pointed sword.
Posted inFebruary 8, 1993: Lawmakers turn the Fifth into sharp-pointed sword
Utah county sweeps away old guard
Grand County will elect a seven-member commission to replace the old county council. To read this article, download this HCN issue in PDF format. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Utah county sweeps away old guard.
Posted inJanuary 25, 1993: Can Bruce Babbitt make Interior hum?
A tracker’s guide
WESTERN VISIONS “Competing Visions of the New West,” an ambitious symposium on environment, land use and alternative economic strategies, is set for the University of Colorado in Boulder, Feb. 5-7. Panels will examine the “wise use” movement’s recent court cases dealing with property rights and environmental “takings,” wolf reintroduction, reform of the 1872 Mining Act, […]
Posted inJanuary 25, 1993: Can Bruce Babbitt make Interior hum?
Hikers are fenced out of wilderness
A housing development blocks access to Arizona’s Coronado National Forest. To read this article, download this HCN issue in PDF format. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Hikers are fenced out of wilderness.
Posted inOctober 5, 1992: Western voters face clear choices
Western voters face clear choices
The 1992 election will redraw the West’s political map, but the new shape is almost impossible to predict. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/24.18/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inJune 1, 1992: National forest grazing cuts are stalled by politics
National forest grazing cuts are stalled by politics
Two Idaho and Montana studies by the Forest Service represent the first full-scale efforts by the agency to control damage caused by grazing, but substantial improvements on the range may be a long way off. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/24.10/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inFebruary 24, 1992: Sagebrush Rebellion II: Some rural counties seek to influence federal land use
Sagebrush Rebellion II: Some rural counties seek to influence federal land use
The assumption underlying new county ordinances is that grazing permits are the “intangible” property of the permittee. Federal agencies, meanwhile, insist that grazing permits have always been a privilege, not a right. To read this article, click the “View a PDF from the original” link below, or download entire issue: https://country-survey-collabs.info/wp-content/uploads/1992/02/1992_02_24_Catron.pdf This article appeared in […]
Posted inJanuary 27, 1992: Nuclear Waste: In 10,000 years, how will we say 'Keep Out'?
Panels seek radiation warnings that will travel well through time
Thanks to federal environmental laws, the DOE must take into account the next 10 millennia when planning for the disposal of low-level radioactive waste from bomb-building. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/24.1/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inDecember 2, 1991: The public gets a chance to revamp dams built 50 years ago
A Montana forest slashes its planned timber cut
Even after Regional Forester John W. Mumma was ousted, apparently for reigning in overcutting, the 2.1 million-acre Lolo National Forest will reduce its projected timber sales by half for the next five years. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/23.22/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inNovember 18, 1991: A passive town in Utah awaits its fate
A passive town in Utah awaits its fate
Overwhelmed by the current wave of tourism, federal administrators of the public land surrounding Moab say they are unprepared to handle the environmental impacts of off-trail biking, four-wheeling and unregulated camping. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/23.21/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inSeptember 23, 1991: How a Montana reporter wrote what he saw ... and lost his job
Forest Service tries to force out top official
Environmentalists in Montana and Idaho say hard-liners in Washington, D.C., forced out a reform-minded manager John Mumma, the top Forest Service official in the Northern Rockies. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/23.17/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E