After five years of stirring up the real estate pot, Californians have stopped moving east, and newcomers are moving to the coast again. That’s the conclusion of private researchers who studied surrendered drivers’ licenses in the Golden State. It marks the first time in six years that more people are moving into the state than […]
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Posted inNovember 11, 1996: Cease-fire called on the Animas-La Plata front
Help find Pyramid Lake
Locals around Pyramid Lake, Nev., have wondered for years how explorer John C. Fremont first discovered this body of water in 1842. To test some hypotheses and to publicize the area, the nonprofit Friends of Pyramid Lake is sponsoring a two-part essay contest: Writers are invited to submit essays by Dec. 31 describing how Fremont […]
Posted inNovember 11, 1996: Cease-fire called on the Animas-La Plata front
Montana’s Wild Landscapes: New Perspectives and Traditional Values
Public-land controversies will spice up the Montana Wilderness Association three-day convention, Montana’s Wild Landscapes: New Perspectives and Traditional Values, in Bozeman Dec. 6-7. Topics include the debate over motorized trail use, planning for Glacier National Park and the effects of Montana’s growing tourism industry on public lands. Retiring Rep. Pat Williams, D, will deliver the […]
Posted inNovember 11, 1996: Cease-fire called on the Animas-La Plata front
Conflict or Collaboration
The Intermountain Forest Industry Association will talk about “Conflict or Collaboration” Dec. 12 at its annual meeting in Idaho. Speakers include Idaho Rep. Mike Crapo; former Gov. Cecil Andrus; Tom Tuchman, President Clinton’s representative for forestry issues in the Northwest, and High Country News publisher Ed Marston. For more information, contact Intermountain Forest Industry Association, […]
Posted inNovember 11, 1996: Cease-fire called on the Animas-La Plata front
The West in Motion: Navigating the Shifting Currents of Change
This year’s annual meeting of the Council of State Governments-WEST will focus on what makes the West go, from the information super highway to cement byways. Kicking off the meeting Nov. 16 to 19 in Santa Fe, N.M., is keynote speaker Neil Goldschmidt, former governor of Oregon and chair of the council’s task force on […]
Posted inNovember 11, 1996: Cease-fire called on the Animas-La Plata front
Dear reader
Note: This article is a sidebar to this issue’s feature story. We don’t think anyone has written a book about Animas-La Plata, but we’ve come close over the years. If you want more background on A-LP, sign onto HCN’s Web site (www.hcn.org), where we’ve collected most of the paper’s A-LP articles. If you’d prefer, send […]
Posted inOctober 14, 1996: Greens prune their message to win the West's voters
Bring back the natives
The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, a nonprofit group in Washington, D.C., recently announced the grant winners of its “Bring Back the Natives’ campaign. The 26 projects chosen in 13 states include local partnerships to preserve riparian areas and bring back native fish throughout the West. In Washington’s Olympic National Forest, for example, grant money […]
Posted inOctober 14, 1996: Greens prune their message to win the West's voters
Who you gonna call?
Are you distressed about a nearby mine polluting streams, groundwater or soils? The Mineral Policy Center in Washington, D.C., might be able to help. It recently published the Green Mining Guide: Mining Experts You Can Call, which lists 101 consultants, government employees and mining specialists from across the country. The experts range from hydrologists and […]
Posted inOctober 14, 1996: Greens prune their message to win the West's voters
Managing American’s Public Lands
The 18th annual public lands law conference in Missoula, Mont., Oct. 24-25, Managing America’s Public Lands: Proposals for the Future, features Forest Service Chief Jack Ward Thomas and Forest Service critic Randal O’Toole of the Thoreau Institute. Contact the Public Land and Resources Law Review at 406/243-6568. This article appeared in the print edition of […]
Posted inOctober 14, 1996: Greens prune their message to win the West's voters
San Juan County, Utah
Note: this is a sidebar to another news article titled “Navajos win another battle in war for equality.” * 5.2 million acres; 1.2 million of that is reservation land * 6,800 Navajo residents, 76 percent of them living on the reservation * 54 percent of the county population is Navajo * 60 percent of the […]
Posted inSeptember 30, 1996: Can this man break the right's grip on Idaho?
Wilderness: The Foundation of Culture
To help people understand the ways different cultures look at land that has never been roaded or developed, the New Mexico Wilderness Coalition and the Santa Fe chapter of the Sierra Club are sponsoring an Oct. 5 workshop in Santa Fe, N.M., on Wilderness: The Foundation of Culture. Registration is free. For more information call […]
Posted inSeptember 30, 1996: Can this man break the right's grip on Idaho?
Unplug America: Give mother earth a rest day
Unplug America: Give mother earth a rest day asks people across the country to experience a voluntary blackout Oct.13 by turning off anything that consumes energy, including gas, coal and electric power. Native American environmental groups, including the Seventh Generation Fund, started the event in 1992 to raise awareness of our energy consumption and its […]
Posted inSeptember 30, 1996: Can this man break the right's grip on Idaho?
Literary natural history
Scientists are not well known as communicators but a memorable few have mastered both fields – Aldo Leopold, Rachel Carson and E.O. Wilson, for example. The University of Nevada at Reno will pay tribute over the next seven months to similar contemporary scientists through a series of free public readings and discussions titled Literary Natural […]
Posted inSeptember 30, 1996: Can this man break the right's grip on Idaho?
Small is back
Is the small American farm a dying species? Not according to Jeff Rast, founder of the for-profit Center for Small Acreage Farming in Camas County, Idaho. After working on a large-scale farm for 10 years and serving as an extension agent for the University of Idaho, Rast says he has realized his dream of operating […]
Posted inSeptember 30, 1996: Can this man break the right's grip on Idaho?
Not coal alone
-Today’s power industry has nearly all of its eggs in the fossil fuel basket,” says the Land and Water Fund of the Rockies (LAW), a policy group based in Boulder, Colo. Its 19-page report, How the West Can Win: A Blueprint for a Clean & Affordable Energy Future, imagines a different scenario: a lesser but […]
Posted inSeptember 30, 1996: Can this man break the right's grip on Idaho?
Overworked and under-appreciated
Durango, in southern Colorado, has become a mountain biking mecca and popular stop on the Southwest tourist loop. But can you make a living there? For both newcomers and old-timers working in the town’s restaurants, bars and shops, the answer is “barely,” according to a report by two nonprofit groups, Grassroots First and the San […]
Posted inSeptember 30, 1996: Can this man break the right's grip on Idaho?
The Producer/Consumer Connection
Would you like to find a mentor who knows how to run a small farm? The Alternative Energy Resources Organization, a Montana group that links aspiring farmers with retiring ones, is holding its 22nd annual workshop, The Producer/Consumer Connection, Oct. 11-13 on Flathead Lake near Rollins, Mont. To register for the event, contact AERO at […]
Posted inSeptember 30, 1996: Can this man break the right's grip on Idaho?
Compare the candidates
Note: This article is a sidebar to a feature story. Walter Minnick Gun Control: The Brady Bill is a good idea, along with immediate checks for criminal records of gun buyers. “I own seven guns, so I’m not against guns.” Term Limits: Elected officials should be limited to 12 years of elective and appointive office. […]
Posted inSeptember 16, 1996: The filthy West: Toxics pour into our air, water, land
Low cost legal aid
The Department of Defense oversees 25 million acres of public lands and 15,897 contaminated sites. This gives the agency the dubious honor of being the nation’s leading polluter, says the Project for Participatory Democracy, an initiative of the San Francisco-based Tides Center. Citing the government’s poor record on clean-up, the group has produced a legal […]
Posted inSeptember 16, 1996: The filthy West: Toxics pour into our air, water, land
Getting Beneath the Surface of Public Lands Issues
The Foundation for American Communications is conducting a conference for journalists, Getting Beneath the Surface of Public Lands Issues, Oct. 4-6, in Englewood, Colo. Speakers include journalists, professors and HCN publisher Ed Marston. Call 213/851-7372, or e-mail at facs@facsnet.org. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Getting Beneath the […]