See a list of all High Country News articles published in 1978, categorized by subject. Click link to view PDF. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline 1978 Index.
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Posted inJanuary 26, 1979: BLM, back in the spotlight after year of neglect
Air, taxes top lawmakers’ agenda
As legislators across the Rocky Mountain region convene, chances for additional progressive environmental legislation vary widely. A summary of lawmakers’ agendas in Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho and North Dakota. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/11.2/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inNovember 17, 1978: Western Election Review
Forest Service secrecy serves only confusion
Now that the Forest Service has entered its “evaluation” phase of the Roadless Area Review and Evaluation (RARE II), it intends to keep its workings a secret until the final environmental impact statement is completed. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/10.22/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inNovember 17, 1978: Western Election Review
Western Election Review
Largely because of pocketbook promises from the candidates, voters in the Northern Plains and Rockies states have apparently stacked the deck against progressive environmental lawmaking in the state legislatures next year. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/10.22/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inNovember 3, 1978: Amory Lovins brings good news
Congress phases out gas controls, pushes for conservation, solar power
For the first time in history, the United States has a congressionally sanctioned energy policy, which consists of laws outlining natural gas pricing, energy conservation, electric rate reform and coal conversion. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/10.21/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inOctober 20, 1978: National Park Service chases squirrels of political popularity
Woolgrowers, environmentalists find common ideas
Sheepmen and environmentalists often find themselves on different sides of the fence. However, a group of them met together last month in Idaho to try to make peace among their warring factions. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/10.20/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inOctober 6, 1978: Merson flaunts environmental bias
Judge halts work on Wyoming’s Grayrocks Dam
A federal judge’s order to halt construction of the Grayrocks Dam in Wheatland, Wyo., could shrink the generating capacity of the 1,500 megawatt coal-fired power plant the dam would have served. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/10.19/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inSeptember 22, 1978: Conservationist offers remedy for Overthrust strife
Keep railroads out of coal mining, Justice Dept. says
In an opinion that contradicts the U.S. Department of Interior, the Justice Department has advised that companies in the coal transportation business be kept out of the coal mining business in order to avoid “anticompetitive effects.” Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/10.18/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inSeptember 8, 1978: 1978, the year the Senate shortchanged Alaska?
Judge nods to Piceance Basin shale development
A district judge has rejected arguments by conservations groups and held that development of oil shale can proceed on two federal leases in northwestern Colorado’s Piceance Basin. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/10.17/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inSeptember 8, 1978: 1978, the year the Senate shortchanged Alaska?
Water board sues critics of the Foothills project
The Denver Water Board has filed suit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and other regulatory agencies in a Denver federal court, asking $36 million in damages and an end to future interference in the Foothills water treatment project. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/10.17/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inAugust 25, 1978: Congress, Carter lock horns on water projects
Parks bill has Carter caught between two goals
A $1.4 billion omnibus parks bill — the most expensive piece of legislation ever to affect the National Park Service — has President Jimmy Carter caught between two campaign promises: a commitment to shrinking federal spending, and a commitment to the parks. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/10.16/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inJuly 28, 1978: Power emissions may reduce ag productivity
Eminent domain for slurry pipeline defeated
In a first-ever vote on the issue, the House has rejected granting the federal rights of eminent domain to coal slurry pipelines, which are opposed by environmentalists, ranchers and railroad companies. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/10.15/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inJuly 14, 1978: Activists torn over what's best for wild horses
High court says fish, wildlife are not part of national forest
The most immediate effect of a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision is that the Forest Service may have to buy water from states to meet the needs of fish and wildlife. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/10.14/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inJune 30, 1978: RARE II tables turn; conservationists enraged
Western passenger train service should continue
We are glad to see that Congress is responding to its Western contingent by continuing Amtrak passenger train service until at least Oct. 1, 1979. This may allow enough time for the Department of Transportation to realize that cutting Amtrak routes is a bad idea. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/10.13/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inJune 16, 1978: Lame ducks and a question mark lead Wyoming
EPA denies Colstrip air permit, cites pollution
The Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation in Montana last year became the first area in the country to be designated as a pure, “Class I” air shed. Now, the Environmental Protection Agency is protecting that air by refusing to let five utilities built two Montana coal-fired power plants, Colstrip units 3 and 4. Download entire issue […]
Posted inApril 21, 1978: McGrew calls insulation push 'a consumer ripoff'
Sun Day is May 3
Just as Earth Day 1970 is often referred to as the birthday of a wider public awareness of environmental concerns, organizers hope that Sun Day May 3 will be remembered as the one single event that brought solar energy into the public’s eye. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/10.8/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inApril 7, 1978: Idaho elects wilderness champ and foe to Congress
Idahoans protest use of 2,4,5-T on forests
Vigorous protests from Idaho citizens apparently have postponed the U.S. Forest Service’s plans to spray 60,000 acres of northern Idaho forests with pesticides including 2,4,5-T — the main ingredient in Agent Orange, used during the Vietnam War — as a way remove brush and speed the regeneration of new trees in clearcuts. Download entire issue […]
Posted inFebruary 24, 1978: North Dakota's delegation listens to agriculture
Colorado solons attack reclamation regs
Lawmakers attacking Colorado’s mined land reclamation regulations in the state senate claim that the state bureaucracy made life tougher for the mining industry than was originally intended. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/10.4/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inJanuary 13, 1978: BPA bill shapes destiny of states in Rockies
Issues, politics, people, and — fun
For the activists today in what is loosely described as the “environmental movement,” the qualities of leadership that motivate them are sometimes difficult to put into words. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/10.1/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inJanuary 13, 1978: BPA bill shapes destiny of states in Rockies
Utilities will sue over Montana coal tax
Three utilities are planning a lawsuit against the state of Montana, claiming that the state’s 30 percent coal severance tax is illegal, exorbitant, and a violation of the interstate commerce clause of the U.S. Constitution. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/10.1/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E