One morning in a town close to Missoula, Mont., a Superfund cleanup pushed into Tina Reinicke-Schmaus’ life with a backhoe. The event transformed her into a “Housewife From Hell,” she jokes. As a social-services worker, student and mother, she already had plenty to keep her busy. But soon she became the local expert on a […]
Marga Lincoln
Posted inAugust 8, 1994: Glitz and growth take a major hit in Santa Fe
Endangered Species Act dissed on street …
Protesters sporting bright yellow “Stop the War on the West” T-shirts swarmed the blistering streets of Ronan, Mont., July 23. Their target: the Endangered Species Act reauthorization bill introduced in Congress by Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont. Baucus brought the only Western hearing on the bill to the isolated town, pop. 1,500, where an estimated 400 […]
Posted inFebruary 7, 1994: Can she save ecosystems?
Judge tells wilderness outfitters to decamp the Frank
The Forest Service will no longer allow outfitter camps in Idaho’s Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness to feature propane refrigerators, wood cookstoves or piped water. These changes stem from rulings issued last fall by U.S. District Court Judge Thomas F. Hogan in response to a lawsuit filed by the environmental group, Wilderness Watch. […]