The Center for Political Economy and Natural Resources, based in Bozeman, Montana, advocates for applying free market economic approaches to managing natural resources, including those on public lands. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/13.5/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Ken Western
Posted inOctober 17, 1980: Politics 1980
“Lee Metcalf” wilderness may shrink to BN, Melcher’s size
A proposal to create the Lee Metcalf Wilderness Area in southwest Montana is being countered by Montana Sen. John Melcher and Burlington Northern Inc., which owns a checkerboard of timber lands in the area. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/12.20/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inSeptember 19, 1980: Dinosaur dynamos?
Coal tax fuels the search for alternative energy in Montana
Since 1975, Montana has funded 145 renewable energy projects — including solar, hydro, biomass and geothermal — with money from the state’s coal severance tax. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/12.18/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inJuly 11, 1980: States, courts, cutbacks put pressure on strip mine agency
Would new Montana air rules close smelters?
Tough new ambient air quality standards proposed for Montana have been sidetracked by last-minute questions over the effect they might have on Anaconda Co.’s copper smelters. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/12.14/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E