Two large “sweetening” plants — which remove toxic hydrogen sulfide from natural gas — are slated for construction near Evanston, Wyoming. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/12.9/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Geoffrey O'Gara
Posted inApril 4, 1980: Debate roils over Utah's troubled waters
Fraud freezes oil leases; reform bill falters
The future of federal gas and oil leasing has been thrown into turmoil by evidence of extensive fraud, an Interior Department shutdown of the present program, and a report critical of legislation intended to overhaul the system. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/12.7/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inMarch 21, 1980: The grizzly: How many? Where? For how long?
The grizzly: How many? Where? For how long?
The Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team, a group of game experts from state and federal agencies, may determine the future of the grizzly. To read the full text, click on the “View a PDF from the original” link below (shorter download), or download a PDF of the entire issue: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/12.6/download-entire-issue This article appeared in the print […]
Posted inMarch 7, 1980: How many coal bucks should a smart state lasso?
How many coal bucks should a smart state lasso?
States apply a variety of severance taxes to non-renewable resources such as coal, defying efforts to create a unified, national approach. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/12.5/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inJanuary 25, 1980: Study of radioactive homes 'lost' for eight years
Teapot Dome earns big as private drillers steam
Oil pumped from the federal oil reserve at Teapot Dome, Wyoming, sells at prices six times higher than oil from adjacent private fields because of price controls. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/12.2/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inJanuary 11, 1980: New kind of 'public interest' group pushes growth
Federal energy program taking shape in Congress
After more than seven years of trying, Congress is close to enacting a comprehensive national energy program that would include a government-sponsored synthetic fuels program and a “fast-track” board to speed domestic energy projects. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/12.1/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inDecember 28, 1979: Fending off nature's bill collector with planning
Hail and farewell! 1979
A Holiday season ode to the West’s environmental issues of 1979: “It’s time for reviewing the year first to last: // A remembrance of two dozen deadlines past. // Water and wilderness, endangered species, // Oil, Alaska, railroads and coal leases;” Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/11.25/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inDecember 14, 1979: Canny CERT gets respect, money, problems
Canny CERT gets respect, money, problems
Despite its problems and dissidents, the Council of Energy Resource Tribes — comprising 25 tribes who own one-third of the low sulfur coal west of the Mississippi and as much as half the privately owned uranium in the country — is emerging as a serious player in the energy development game. Download entire issue to […]
Posted inNovember 30, 1979: Agency's wilderness grazing policies 'too pure'
DeSmet coal-to-gas plant in the works again
The small town of Buffalo, Wyoming, may face an influx of more than 20,000 people if Texaco Inc. and Texas Eastern Corp. go ahead with plans for a strip mine and coal gasification plant near Lake DeSmet. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/11.23/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inNovember 2, 1979: Wildlife and livestock face off in refuge battle
Wildlife and livestock face off in refuge battle
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Bureau of Land Management are cutting back on grazing permits in Montana’s Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge, angering ranchers. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/11.21/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inSeptember 21, 1979: Northern Tier oil pipe likely to go if dollars flow
Northern Tier oil pipe likely to go if dollars flow
The 1,500-mile Northern Tier pipeline, which would transport Alaskan crude oil from Port Angeles, Wash. to Clearbrook, Minn., is expected to be approved by Interior Secretary Cecil Andrus and President Carter. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/11.18/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E