Editor’s note: After being trapped, caged, tested for disease and analyzed by genotype by having blood and tissue taken, inoculated, ear-tagged, radio-collared and tranquilized, they were loaded up for a plane ride south. This was a trip more than a decade in the making – restoring wolves to the West. Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt, on […]
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Posted inMay 30, 1994: Can mining come clean?
Dams spill water, salmon in Northwest
Faced with the lowest return of Snake River spring-summer chinook salmon in history, the National Marine Fisheries Service ordered water and salmon spilled over eight Columbia and Snake river dams May 10. The emergency measure, which was implemented immediately and will continue through June 20, drew praise from salmon advocates and criticism from industry groups […]
Posted inJanuary 24, 1994: Turmoil on the range
Judge bumps snail off endangered species list
The tiny Bruneau hot springs snail is having a large impact in Idaho – and perhaps the entire country. On Dec. 14, U.S. District Judge Frank Ryan removed the 4-millimeter animal from the endangered species list. It was the first successful challenge of an animal or plant listing under the federal Endangered Species Act. Ryan’s […]
Posted inDecember 13, 1993: Jack Ward Thomas: Hail to the chief
Groups say rich ranchers get free ride
Environmental groups charge that BLM land is overgrazed by cattle owned by Hewlett-Packard electronics moguls. To read this article, download this HCN issue in PDF format. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Groups say rich ranchers get free ride.
Posted inDecember 3, 1990: A dead end for the grizzly?
A dead end for the grizzly?
The question is whether the grizzly can take recovery on paper and turn it into recovery in the wild. The answer, it now appears, is not entirely up to the bear. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/22.23/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inJanuary 29, 1990: James McClure shakes up the Senate, and the West
You knew where James McClure stood
Even as McClure stood firm on his values, he tried to work with his adversaries, and for that reason he was effective on many issues. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/22.2/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inDecember 19, 1988: The West's nuclear revolt
INEL: Beating plowshares into swords
INEL employs more than 10,000 workers, or 2.5 percent of Idaho’s work force. Only the state government itself employs more people. But it comes with a legacy of pollution. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/20.24/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inAugust 29, 1988: Backhoe roots around in Indian graves
Idaho nuclear lab faces massive cleanup
The Department of Energy predicts it will take 20 years to remove the haphazardly dumped material that has already contaminated the Snake River Plain Aquifer with toxic organic chemicals and has leaked plutonium into deep sediments below the site. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/20.16/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inJune 20, 1988: Parks are increasingly vulnerable
Parks are increasingly vulnerable
Like lines drawn in the sand, the borders of America’s national parks have not prevented the crowding and shoving of neighboring public and private landowners. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/20.12/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inJanuary 5, 1988: Is the grizzly adapting fast enough?
Learning to live off the land
While there is hope that the grizzly is nearing recovery in the short term, most scientists remain worried about the long haul. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/20.1/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inJune 22, 1987: Update on Yellowstone: Mott quietly locks horns with his boss
Yellowstone under a microscope
The Corn-Gorte analysis and a Yellowstone Blueprint, being prepared by agencies that manage lands in the ecosystem, grew out of congressional hearings on the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem conducted in 1985. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/19.12/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inJune 22, 1987: Update on Yellowstone: Mott quietly locks horns with his boss
Update on Yellowstone: Mott quietly locks horns with his boss
Park Service Director William Penn Mott doesn’t agree with U.S. Interior Department official William Horn on many things, including wolf reintroduction. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/19.12/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inMay 11, 1987: A struggle for an Arizona peak
Some land was reforested only on paper
Forest Service employees overstated the number of acres reforested in 1985 in 23 of 39 ranger districts studied, a U.S. Department of Agriculture audit shows. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/19.9/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E