A Colorado wilderness bill abandons the 1964 Wilderness Act and compromises on water rights. To read this article, download this HCN issue in PDF format. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Colorado is likely to get a so-so wilderness bill.
Steve Hinchman
Posted inFebruary 8, 1993: Lawmakers turn the Fifth into sharp-pointed sword
High on hemp
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline High on hemp.
Posted inJanuary 25, 1993: Can Bruce Babbitt make Interior hum?
Colorado mining industry strikes again
According to the EPA, bonds from the Summitville Consolidated Mining Co. don’t cover hazardous waste cleanup costs. To read this article, download this HCN issue in PDF format. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Colorado mining industry strikes again.
Posted inDecember 28, 1992: Audubon's 'ranch' ungrazed, but used
Idaho may go to court to save salmon
The battle to save the endangered Snake River salmon from extinction heated up this month, as Idaho Gov. Cecil Andrus threatened to sue the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and other federal agencies responsible for salmon recovery plans. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/24.24/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inNovember 30, 1992: Pressure builds to change remote park
Glen Canyon law may draw foes together
Two days after Bill Clinton’s election, an unlikely group met in Farmington, N.M., to talk about radically changing how decisions are made in the West. The conspirators were long-time enemies who came together to see if they could cooperate on one of the region’s most contentious battles: the operation of Glen Canyon Dam. Download entire […]
Posted inNovember 2, 1992: The nuclear age: 1945, the beginning; 1992, the beginning of the end
In Utah, pavers hit speed bump
In yet another chapter of the Sagebrush Rebellion in southeastern Utah, two rural counties are trying to a force the federal government to allow construction of the Book Cliffs Highway across some of the state’s wildest land. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/24.20/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inSeptember 7, 1992: Developer builds in a wilderness
Developer builds in a wilderness
Pulling his horse up short, U.S. Forest Service District Ranger Steve Posey turns to watch a helicopter fly overhead with another load of concrete and building materials dangling from its belly … Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/24.16/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inJuly 13, 1992: Special issue: Part 2 of The Electric Revolution
PacifiCorp bets on coal, and against efficiency
One of the West’s largest utilities may be betting that the future lies with coal-fired power plants rather than efficiency and alternative fuels. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/24.13/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inJuly 13, 1992: Special issue: Part 2 of The Electric Revolution
Pressure builds to reform the West’s power establishment
The region’s electric system was built on vast resources, federal subsidies and freedom from environmental regulations. Now, the industry may be forced to change its strategy — but not without a fight. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/24.13/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inNovember 4, 1991: Mining law is no longer a sacred cow
Mining law is no longer a sacred cow
Congress could consider comprehensive reforms to the 1872 Mining Law for the first time since the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/23.20/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inFebruary 25, 1991: Colorado enters a new water era
Colorado enters a new water era
The death of Denver’s Two Forks dam project has turned the state’s archetypal Western water establishment on its head. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/23.3/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inDecember 31, 1990: The land no one wanted
How a gold mining company keeps expanding in Montana
Zortman Mining Co., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pegasus Gold Inc., recently proposed and won approval of a major expansion at its mine in the Little Rocky Mountains. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/22.25/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inOctober 22, 1990: Will 1990 bring a greener West?
Will 1990 bring a greener West?
A growing grassroots concern for the environment is driving the West’s 1990 elections. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/22.20/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inJune 4, 1990: The stake in the West's heart
A primer on the mining law
Development of a mine under the 1872 Mining Law is radically different from development of any other public resource. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/22.11/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inJune 4, 1990: The stake in the West's heart
A tenacious law may lose its grip
The fight over mining in the West may tum out to be one of the bloodiest environmental battles of the 20th century. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/22.11/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inDecember 4, 1989: The West's fouled waters, Part II: The new reclamation
The Grand Canyon is just another turbine
The Colorado River through the Grand Canyon rises and falls in lockstep with the West’s demand for electric power. Now environmentalists are asking federal power authorities to let the river off its very short leash. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/21.23/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inSeptember 11, 1989: Two Forks dam: EPA reaffirms its veto intent
Two Forks dam: EPA reaffirms its veto intent
The Environmental Protection Agency has pushed the proposed Two Forks dam one step closer to oblivion. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/21.17/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inApril 10, 1989: Drought, fire and cold ravage Yellowstone's elk
EPA to Denver: Wake up and smell the coffee!
Denver, Colorado’s giant Two Forks Dam received a crippling blow on March 24, when Environmental Protection Agency national administrator William Reilly ordered his Denver office to begin a veto of the project. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/21.7/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inApril 10, 1989: Drought, fire and cold ravage Yellowstone's elk
How dam opponents developed and refined a strategy
The battle against Two Forks Dam was fought with two strategies, one within and one outside of the EIS process. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/21.7/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inMarch 27, 1989: In Montana: Grass-roots group may be Astroturf
The West mourns Abbey’s death
Writer Edward Abbey’s sudden death on March 14th left the nation’s environmental movement and lovers of wild and untrammeled land everywhere stunned and grieving. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/21.6/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E