Charlie Scott, a rancher south of Casper Mountain in Wyoming, challenged himself as a bureaucrat in Washington D.C. for five years, but is pleased to be back in the West. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/7.12/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Joan Nice
Posted inApril 11, 1975: Ford taps Stan Hathaway for Interior
Friend of the earth and strip mine showman
Ed Dobson wanted to be a baseball player, and later, a sports broadcaster. But a hike to the Grand Canyon clinched his future in the West, and he now runs a traveling show about the ills of strip mining. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/7.8/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inFebruary 14, 1975: Who's getting to your legislator? (and what are they saying?)
A saga of Steamboat Springs
In 1970, faced with rapid growth, Steamboat Springs residents’ opinions of zoning had turned from opposition to action, but it is looking like their efforts were too late. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/7.4/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inFebruary 14, 1975: Who's getting to your legislator? (and what are they saying?)
Gadflying and gathering facts
Peter and Katherine Montague are dedicated to dissolving the reticence that has traditionally characterized Western towns, and have been building an “information bank” in the Southern Rockies. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/7.4/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inJanuary 17, 1975: Cinderella Sunshine: A tale of two principalities
Jerry Plunkett, inventor
Jerry Plunkett, the angry, outspoken-yet-gentlemanly president of Materials Consultants, thinks that the country needs fresh approaches to the energy problem. 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
Western site sought for A-wastes
Nuclear waste disposal used to be a quiet topic of study. But now that hazardous radioactive leftovers are scheduled to move into Nevada, Idaho, or Washington, the topic is making headlines. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/7.1/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inDecember 20, 1974: Jim Bridger builders break promises
Utilities and air advocates clash
Industries interested in Wyoming confronted an outspoken assortment of Wyoming people at hearings on the state’s proposed sulfur dioxide regulations in Cheyenne this month. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/6.25/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inNovember 22, 1974: Meeteetsee contemplates its future
Invisible poison — sulfur dioxide
Sulfur dioxide — which creates sulfuric acid when it comes into contact with air and water — is increasing in the West with each new coal-fired power plant, destroying crops, damaging trees, and increasing hospital admissions. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/6.23/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inOctober 11, 1974: Cheyenne fight, again, for land
Rancher/environmentalist Art Fawcett
Despite his ranch duties and his job as chairman of the Wyoming group of the Sierra Club, Art Fawcett still finds time to add to an impressive collection of wildflower and wildlife photos and participate in local community life. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/6.20/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inJuly 19, 1974: Coal shifts to West
Mitchell’s mountains
Finis Mitchell, whose family came to Wyoming with a span of mules, a wagon, and a cow in 1906, has climbed 195 mountains, including Gannett Peak, the tallest point in Wyoming. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/6.15/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inJuly 5, 1974: The Great Balancing Act
Egan O’Connor and nuclear pollution
Through a group called the Task Force Against Nuclear Pollution, Egan O’Connor has helped locate, computerize, and wave in front of Congress the names of nearly 81,000 Americans who want to turn off nuclear fission. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/6.14/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inJune 7, 1974: Energy boom -- plans and payments
Energy boom — plans and payments
A look at how Montana and Wyoming towns booming from energy development — Rock Springs, Gillette, Hanna, Colstrip, Lame Deer — are responding to pressures on their infrastructure, schools, police, health services, and social fabric. (To read the full text, click on the “View a PDF from the original” link below, or download a PDF of […]
Posted inMay 10, 1974: Water dictates Western future
Solar industry emerges
A well-attended conference in Denver, sponsored by Environmental Action of Colorado, is a mark of maturity for an industry that is harnessing the power of the sun. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/6.10/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inMarch 29, 1974: Harnessing limitless energy
Harnessing limitless energy
As independent, idealistic inventors forge ahead with plans to heat buildings with the sun, traditional institutions and businesses are taking cautious steps in the same direction. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/6.7/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inMarch 15, 1974: On the verge of extinction
Bighorn sheep: a precarious balance
For the bighorn sheep who once grazed further down in the valleys than they do today, the rise of the cattle industry after the Civil War marked the beginning of their decline. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/6.6/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inJanuary 18, 1974: Oil shale fever rises in West
The Colorado Open Space Council
The Colorado Open Space Council is taking political organizing seriously after Colorado environmentalists were overrun by Denver Water Board’s plan to divert water from the state’s Western slope in order to feed Denver’s growth. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/6.2/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inDecember 7, 1973: Reusing and recycling wastes: Kicking the garbage habit
Reusing and recycling wastes: Kicking the garbage habit
Faced with growing volumes of trash, states like Connecticut and Oregon are leading the way with programs to reuse and recycle solid waste. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/5.24/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inSeptember 14, 1973: Our land is finite ...
Aspen battles bulge
As the ski resort town of Aspen, Colo., bursts with rapid growth, some county commissioners think the solution may be to let the community create its own zoning. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/5.18/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inAugust 31, 1973: Cody: homes on the range
Joyce Jorgenson, editor
Ouray County Plaindealer editor Joyce Jorgenson’s biggest battle has been fighting a power package designed by Kemmerer Coal Company of Wyoming. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/5.17/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inAugust 3, 1973: Off the road
Off the road
The users of more than five million off-road recreational vehicles (ORVs) — motorcycles, four-wheelers, campers, and snowmobiles — are having difficulty sharing the public lands with those who favor traditional forms of locomotion — hikers, skiers, and showshoers. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/5.15/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E