Cowboy poets gather in Elko, Nevada. To read this article, download this HCN issue in PDF format. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Rhymes from the range attract 8,000.
Jon Christensen
Posted inMarch 8, 1993: A famous skeleton returns to the earth
Las Vegas moves on western Colorado’s water
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Las Vegas moves on western Colorado’s water.
Posted inFebruary 22, 1993: The continuing saga of New Mexico's Gray Ranch
A melting pot for unrelated agencies
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline A melting pot for unrelated agencies.
Posted inFebruary 22, 1993: The continuing saga of New Mexico's Gray Ranch
Can a collegial approach at the top transform DOE?
Newly appointed DOE head, Hazel O’Leary, charts a new course for the Department of Energy. To read this article, download this HCN issue in PDF format. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Can a collegial approach at the top transform DOE?.
Posted inFebruary 8, 1993: Lawmakers turn the Fifth into sharp-pointed sword
Nevada fences out hot waste, for now
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Nevada fences out hot waste, for now.
Posted inNovember 2, 1992: The nuclear age: 1945, the beginning; 1992, the beginning of the end
The nuclear age: 1945, the beginning; 1992, the beginning of the end
The atomic age began with a big bang. The buildup to the Cold War took place in a few short years. But the struggle over its legacy and lessons for humanity have just begun. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/24.20/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inJune 1, 1992: National forest grazing cuts are stalled by politics
Land claims and money divide Western Shoshone Tribe
A handful of Western Shoshones have declared independence from the United States at the remote northern Nevada ranch of Carrie and Mary Dann. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/24.10/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inApril 6, 1992: Las Vegas: The boom craps out ... and the city has second thoughts about water
Las Vegas: The boom craps out … and the city has second thoughts about water
Until recently, Las Vegas appeared to be thriving on its unique brand of illusion, while the rest of the country wallowed in a deepening recession. Now hard times have come to Glitter Gulch and the Strip, too, once thought immune to economic doldrums. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/24.6/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inNovember 4, 1991: Mining law is no longer a sacred cow
Carrot-and-stick tactics are wearing down Nevada
The nuclear industry is betting nearly a million dollars that Nevadans can learn to love a nuclear waste dump. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/23.20/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inSeptember 9, 1991: High noon in Nevada
High noon in Nevada
As a full moon slipped behind the rugged peaks of the Toquima Range, the first light of dawn illuminated a meadow where uniformed Forest Service rangers were saddling horses. Their mission was to round up unauthorized cattle on the Toiyabe National Forest in remote central Nevada. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/23.16/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inMay 6, 1991: The bombing of the West
The bombing of the West
For many of the Navy and Air Force pilots who would fly deadly missions in Operation Desert Storm, their first experience with live bombs was in the Nevada desert. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/23.8/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inJanuary 28, 1991: Coyote slaughter: A federal killing machine rolls on
Nevada Test Site protesters hear it in Kazakh
When 2,500 anti-nuclear protesters came here to vex the Nevada Test Site early in January, probably the last thing they expected was a lecture on democracy from their Soviet counterparts in the peace movement. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/23.1/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inDecember 31, 1990: The land no one wanted
The land no one wanted
The Western Shoshone look homeward to Ruby Valley, Nevada. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/22.25/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inDecember 31, 1990: The land no one wanted
‘Son of Sagebrush Rebellion’ is now playing in Nevada
Widespread reports of the resurrection of the Sagebrush Rebellion are greatly exaggerated. So says a founder of the movement, Nevada rancher and state senator Dean Rhoads. But read on. To read this article, click the “View a PDF from the original” link below. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the […]
Posted inJuly 2, 1990: Sagebrush Rebels try to call the shots in Nevada
Sagebrush Rebels try to call the shots in Nevada
A corner of Nevada is the last stronghold of the Sagebrush Rebels — the group that sought to transfer public land into private hands in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/22.13/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inMay 21, 1990: Will Las Vegas drain rural Nevada?
Dying Nevada town bets its last bucks on a speculative power plant
In Wells, Nevada, local residents would gladly trade the fresh air for jobs. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/22.10/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inMay 21, 1990: Will Las Vegas drain rural Nevada?
Will Las Vegas drain rural Nevada?
The city’s boom could come to a screeching halt in as little as four years unless Las Vegas gets more water. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/22.10/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inApril 3, 1995: The Great Basin: America's wasteland seeks a new identity
Reno turns back to the river
Note: This article is a sidebar to one of this issue’s feature stories, Learning from Las Vegas, in a special issue about the Great Basin. “The Truckee River is the lifeblood of northern Nevada,” says photographer Peter Goin, an art professor at the University of Nevada, Reno. “Yet look at how we treat it. We treat […]
Posted inMarch 12, 1990: Bucking tradition
Call 1-800-SABOTAGE
Ranchers in Nevada stand guard against vandalism from radical environmentalists. Has the confrontation hurt or helped the push for better land stewardship? Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/22.5/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E