A group called the Friends of Great Salt Lake has organized the Great Salt Lake Issues Symposium, an educational forum on the future of the lake’s ecosystem. Speakers from such groups as the National Audubon Society and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will discuss the lake from historical, political and biological perspectives. Registration for […]
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Posted inJanuary 22, 1996: At Hanford, the real estate is hot
Whirling Disease – Where Do We Go From Here?
Whirling disease experts from around the world will gather in Denver Feb. 6-8 to discuss solutions to what has become a problem worldwide. The Colorado Division of Wildlife and other state and national organizations are sponsoring the event, called Whirling Disease – Where Do We Go from Here? Registration costs $100. Contact Beverly Cline or […]
Posted inJanuary 22, 1996: At Hanford, the real estate is hot
Public Rangelands Grazing Workshop
Learn how to protect public lands from livestock abuse during a Feb. 3-4 program at Arizona State University in Tempe. Writer and grazing critic Steve Johnson begins the Public Rangelands Grazing Workshop by detailing grazing’s effects on ecosystems; the program concludes with a BLM-conducted field trip to examine rangeland health near Phoenix. Registration costs $10 […]
Posted inJanuary 22, 1996: At Hanford, the real estate is hot
Fish for your wall
FISH FOR YOUR WALL A new Trout Unlimited poster tells a few good fish stories. The Apache trout and greenback cutthroat trout are both on the road to recovery since being listed as endangered species in 1973. But the poster, Threatened and Endangered Trout and Salmon of North America also shares less cheery tales of […]
Posted inJanuary 22, 1996: At Hanford, the real estate is hot
Let’s keep talking
LET’S KEEP TALKING The Navajo word for newspaper means “the paper that gossips,” according to a new booklet on the history of Native American journalism, Pictures of Our Nobler Selves. The author, Shoshone-Bannock journalist and Salt Lake Tribune editor Mark Trahant, says that to create an accurate portrait of Native communities, it’s crucial for Native […]
Posted inJanuary 22, 1996: At Hanford, the real estate is hot
One forest, two studies
ONE FOREST, TWO STUDIES In the old West, arguments may have been settled by a gunfight on Main Street, but in the battle over Southwest forests there is a new kind of showdown – dueling studies. A recent Forest Service report claims that the number of larger trees in the region has decreased little over […]
Posted inJanuary 22, 1996: At Hanford, the real estate is hot
Beyond the Rangeland Conflict: The Future of the West
Northeastern Nevada’s Elko County has been torn apart by conflict between ranchers and the Forest Service (HCN, 10/30/95). But there are efforts under way to create some common ground by weaving together environmental values and sustainable grazing practices. The Great Basin College in Elko wants to be part of that change. During the Cowboy Poetry […]
Posted inJanuary 22, 1996: At Hanford, the real estate is hot
Headwaters
Environmental activists convene Feb. 1-4 at Southern Oregon University in Ashland, Ore., for the annual winter Headwaters conference. Registration is $60-$100, on a sliding scale, and academic credit is available. For more information, contact Chant Thomas, P.O. Box 729, Ashland, OR 97520 (541/899-1712). This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the […]
Posted inDecember 25, 1995: Utah hearings misfire
For media mavens
The first-ever Media and Democracy Congress invites journalists to San Francisco for four days to hear 52 speakers, including Backlash author Susan Faludi, National Public Radio’s Ray Suarez and Victor Navasky of the Nation magazine. Up for discussion: “Publishing activism: How to transform readers and consumers into citizen activists,” “Commercialism: The quest for truth in […]
Posted inDecember 25, 1995: Utah hearings misfire
DOE’s little list
Environmental journalists interested in knowing how they measure up have a new yardstick: a rating by the Department of Energy. In a report made public in early November, the DOE ranked reporters by how they treated the agency – a 100 score being most favorable. “As far as I’m concerned, if you have too good […]
Posted inDecember 25, 1995: Utah hearings misfire
Agency chooses death
Killing is the method most frequently used by the federal government to control livestock predators such as coyotes, lions and bears, according to a recent report by the General Accounting Office, the investigative arm of Congress. Although guidelines for Animal Damage Control staff require them to consider non-lethal methods of control first, federal investigators found […]
Posted inDecember 25, 1995: Utah hearings misfire
Short takes
Coeur d’Alene Resort will serve as the backdrop for “Dynamics of Northern Idaho Forests: A Symposium on Plants, Animals and People,” Feb. 2-3. Sponsors include the Sierra Club, the Intermountain Forest Industries Association and the Bureau of Land Management. Write North Idaho Forest Symposium, P.O. Box 564, Potlatch, ID 83855 (208/875-1528). Chip away at today’s […]
Posted inDecember 11, 1995: Hunting: Its place in the West comes under attack
More and more friends
Following the lead of other states that face a fast-growing population and diminishing open space, New Mexico residents recently established 1000 Friends of New Mexico. The organization hopes to “encourage responsible land-use planning and find innovative alternatives to the expansion of suburban sprawl,” says Ken Balizer, a planner who is the group’s founder and president. […]
Posted inDecember 11, 1995: Hunting: Its place in the West comes under attack
Green fellows
Environmental journalists with at least three years’ experience are invited to apply for a fellowship year at Harvard University. The two selected Nieman fellows – one U.S. and one international – will take undergraduate and graduate classes. They will also meet with distinguished figures from journalism, business, education, the arts and public service. The fellowships […]
Posted inDecember 11, 1995: Hunting: Its place in the West comes under attack
Southwestern writers hit the airwaves
-Every writer has one thing they want, need to work out desperately in their writing … I seem to be dealing with transformation, a way to make sense of, to rectify, a terrible, beautiful history.” * Joy Harjo Joy Harjo, a Creek poet, screenwriter, and saxophonist, is one of 13 Southwestern authors featured in Writing […]
Posted inDecember 11, 1995: Hunting: Its place in the West comes under attack
Western Images
The University of Southern Colorado is now accepting papers for a March 21-23 conference in Colorado Springs, Colo., The Image of the American West in Literature, the Media, and Society. Topics may include anything from rodeos to tourism, immigration to heroism. One-page abstracts are due Jan. 5. For more information, contact Professor Steven Kaplan, 719/549-2764, […]
Posted inDecember 11, 1995: Hunting: Its place in the West comes under attack
The plumber’s guide to the Colorado Basin
When John Wesley Powell rafted down the Colorado River, he was probably not thinking of plumbing. But that’s the metaphor the Dinosaur Nature Association brings to life in a poster of the dams, reservoirs, and aqueducts that have transformed the rivers of the Colorado Basin. Based on Lester Doré’s illustration from HCN’s book, Western Water […]
Posted inDecember 11, 1995: Hunting: Its place in the West comes under attack
How rivers really run
Ever wonder how rivers shape mountains? How to classify stream erosion? Wildland Hydrology Consultants, a firm based in Pagosa Springs, Colo., offers courses from spring through fall in Applied Fluvial Geomorphology, Stream Classification and Applications and River Assessment and Monitoring. The five-day courses for hydrologists, fisheries biologists, and other riparian ecosystem specialists cover urban, agricultural […]
Posted inDecember 11, 1995: Hunting: Its place in the West comes under attack
Revving up rural schools
Without the drama of guns and gangs, the popular media usually leave rural education in a time warp of little red schoolhouses and outdated textbooks. But rural schools, which house one-quarter of the nation’s students and teachers, turned decades ago to interdisciplinary studies, multi-grade classrooms and community- based learning – all “innovations’ being introduced in […]
Posted inNovember 13, 1995: Seeing the forest and the trees
Environmental Activism 101
Environmental Activism 101 The University of Montana will train activists as well as scholars during a new 16-week joint venture with the federally funded Green Corps. Called the Environmental Organizing Semester, it will teach 26 college juniors and seniors from around the country how to run petition drives, investigate environmental abuses, write press releases and, […]