The bill upon which many hopes rested for preventing the giant Kaiparowits power plant has been seriously weakened by the Senate Public Works Committee, according to the National Clean Air Coalition. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/8.5/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
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Posted inFebruary 13, 1976: BLM farm plans hold promise, problems
Sulfur dioxide control battle rages
Despite an agreement between Pacific Power and Light Co. and the state of Wyoming, a battle still rages over sulfur dioxide control equipment at the Jim Bridger coal-fired power plant and other polluting facilities. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/8.4/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inJanuary 16, 1976: Court lifts Powder River injunction
Planning progresses unevenly in West
A summary of trends in the Western states’ land-use regulations, including court actions, energy citing rules, and tax incentives. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/8.2/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inDecember 5, 1975: People want power over transmission
Citizens help write Idaho energy policy
Through a series of “energy workshops” hosted by the Idaho Conservation League, the citizens of Idaho are helping to write an energy policy for their state. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/7.24/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inNovember 21, 1975: Phosphate-hungry world after Idaho
Powder River council rides herd on coal
The Powder River Basin Resource Council, which began in 1973 when 50 ranchers and farmers convened to talk about defending agriculture against coal development, now claims to be the largest and most active conservation group in Wyoming. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/7.23/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inNovember 7, 1975: BN proposes fertilizer from coal
New group to fight for roadless areas
While most conservation groups are focused on possible wilderness areas now under formal study, the Wilderness Resources Institute has formed to watchdog over the two-thirds of the nation’s wild roadless areas that are not included in those wilderness studies. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/7.22/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inNovember 7, 1975: BN proposes fertilizer from coal
Court says EPA can ban coyote poison
The interstate shipment of predator poisons may again be halted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency after a federal court ruled that the EPA acted lawfully when it banned the shipment of sodium cyanide, strychnine, and 1080 in 1972. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/7.22/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inOctober 10, 1975: S.D. farmers fight Oahe Diversion
Approaching forests’ limits
We are rapidly approaching the ecological limits of resources on out national forests, say two officials of The Wilderness Society. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/7.20/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inSeptember 26, 1975: TVA moves West for fuel
Kaiparowits critics, boosters meet at Utah hearings
Hearings on the Interior Department’s plan to lease public land for the 3,000 megawatt Kaiparowits power plant, which would produce electricity for a consortium of California and Arizona utilities, were held in six Western cities last week. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/7.19/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inSeptember 26, 1975: TVA moves West for fuel
Trona ponds deadly to waterfowl
When waterfowl land in the soda ash tailings ponds associated with trona mining near Green River, Wyo., the detergents in the water remove the birds’ natural oils and cause them to sink. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/7.19/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inSeptember 12, 1975: Does the nation need Western coal?
Sunlight Basin dam rejected
An application for a reservoir on scenic Sunlight Creek in northwest Wyoming was rejected by Wyoming’s state engineer. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/7.18/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inAugust 29, 1975: Governors unite on energy rights
Kaiparowits EIS describes major canyonlands impacts
The Environmental Impact Statement for the 3,000 megawatt Kaiparowitz coal-fired power plant proposed for Utah’s canyon country describes impacts including degraded air quality in surrounding national parks. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/7.17/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inJuly 4, 1975: Energy conservation: Belt-tightening, leak-plugging, new technology
BLM grazing suit foes reach agreement
Environmental groups and the Bureau of Land Management have reached an agreement for the preparation of local environmental impact statements in livestock grazing on over 150 million acres of public lands in 11 Western states. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/7.14/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inMay 23, 1975: Ski Yellowstone forces choice
Utahn fights to save southwestern canyons
When conservationists get together to talk shop, June Viavant talks canyons. The Escalante Canyon, in particular, has been her obsession since the ’60s. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/7.11/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inMay 9, 1975: Southwestern cultures collide
Strip mining bill heads towards uncertain future on Ford’s desk
After compromises were made to a first strip mining bill, which President Gerald Ford vetoed last year, a second version awaits Ford’s decision. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/7.10/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inApril 25, 1975: Who profits from our coal?
Montana levies nation’s highest coal tax
The Montana legislature has passed what is probably the highest tax on coal in the nation — 30% on the sale price of subbituminous coal and 20% on the sale price of lignite. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/7.9/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inMarch 14, 1975: Habitat destruction threatens wildlife
Habitat destruction threatens wildlife
The theme of this year’s National Wildlife Week is “We Care About Animal Habitat,” and one of the animals that has had the greatest assaults on its habitat is the American peregrine falcon. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/7.6/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inJanuary 17, 1975: Cinderella Sunshine: A tale of two principalities
Regional siting bills
A summary of industrial siting legislation efforts in Wyoming, Idaho, Utah, North Dakota, and Colorado. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/7.2/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inJanuary 3, 1975: Western site sought for A-wastes
Sagebrush: Shall we praise or eradicate it?
HCN responds to readers after recent article sparked a wave of questioning about the dynamic between sagebrush and grass, wildlife and livestock. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/7.1/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inNovember 8, 1974: BLM exposes own grazing abuses
Navajos form first environmental agency
The land that Harold Tso oversees and the director of the Navajo Nation’s Environmental Protection Commission is even more untracked than most environmental ground. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/6.22/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E