The power industry could build at least five 10,000-megawatt coal-fired power plants in the Powder River Basin of Montana and Wyoming, with staggering social, economic and environmental implications. (To read the full text, click on the “View a PDF from the original” link below, or download a PDF of the entire issue: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/4.1/download-entire-issue.) This article appeared […]
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Posted inDecember 10, 1971: Desert study is released
Desert study is released
Conservationists are hailing the release of the Bureau of Land Management’s recommendations for management in central Wyoming’s Red Desert, which include limiting mining and fencing and establishing a new primitive area. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/3.24/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inOctober 29, 1971: Ranch sprays sage
Ranch sprays sage
Wyoming’s Diamond Ring Ranch has again made the news for illegal activity, this time for unauthorized spraying of sagebrush on some 4,000 acres of public land. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/3.21/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inOctober 15, 1971: Mike Frome 'expurgated'
Mike Frome ‘expurgated’
The sure, incisive pen of one of America’s foremost conservation writers has been censored from the pages of American Forests, the official magazine of the American Forestry Association. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/3.20/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inSeptember 3, 1971: Senator says he is shocked
Morton meets Westerners
Western conservationists got an attentive and sympathetic ear from Interior Secretary Rogers Morton in an unprecedented audience in Denver. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/3.17/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inAugust 20, 1971: Mines and power make impact
Mines and power make impact
Coal mining and coal-fired power generation will have an enormous cumulative impact on the West. But the public — getting news in bits and pieces without any meaningful reporting on the large-scale impact — does not realize the full extent of what is happening. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/3.16/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inAugust 20, 1971: Mines and power make impact
Our editor says …
Six months have passed since High Country News changed direction and became an environmental newspaper, supported by subscriptions of only $10 per year. Since you, our readers, are in effect our stockholders, I want to report to you. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/3.16/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inAugust 6, 1971: Timber study is released
Timber study is released
An interdisciplinary panel, assembled in response to criticism of forest management in Wyoming, has recommended that wildlife, recreation, and scenic quality be considered in every management decision on Wyoming’s national forests. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/3.15/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inJuly 23, 1971: Eagles' deaths NOT vindicated
Eagles’ deaths NOT vindicated
The case of Wyoming’s poisoned eagles took a bizarre turn when Van Irvine — the sheep rancher from Casper, Wyo., who is charged on 29 counts of game violations — asked for a no contest plea and was fined the absolute minimum on all charges. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/3.14/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inMay 28, 1971: Eagle death toll mounts ... poison found
Energy may be cause of environmental degradation
National concern for energy may be leading our Western states into an era of environmental degradation unprecedented in history. Hearings now being held on power plant siting, coal strip-mining and huge transmission lines are finally beginning to focus attention on the overall problem. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/3.10/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inMay 14, 1971: Wyoming eagles die mysteriously
Wyoming eagles die mysteriously
A tragedy involving America’s symbol of freedom has struck in central Wyoming. Eleven bald eagles were found dead on the west end of Casper Mountain; five golden eagles were found dead, and another was partially paralyzed and near death. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/3.9/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inMarch 19, 1971: Montana is unique ... environment has real champion
Montana is unique … environment has real champion
Unlike in most states, the Montana environment has a real champion: Fish and Game Department head Frank Dunkle, who has fought Montana governor Forrest Anderson to a virtual standstill. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/3.5/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inMarch 5, 1971: Nebraska rivers being threatened
Our editor says …
Americans are great people. But I think the readers of High Country News are the greatest. The response to our letter regarding the future of the paper has been heartwarming. I really can’t find the right words to express our feelings but I can say very simply — we won’t let the paper die! Download […]
Posted inJanuary 22, 1971: Governors outline many state problems
Green River development … what it’s all about
An overview of the Green River Basin project, with analysis of transbasin diversion, irrigation use, Kendall Reservoir, New Fork Narrows Reservoir and proposed alternatives. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/3.2/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inJanuary 22, 1971: Governors outline many state problems
Our editor says …
The people of Wyoming are being duped by the mining industry and the state’s highest political leaders. While we are being assured that millions of acres of our land surface are adequately protected, disaster may be waiting in the wings. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/3.2/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inJanuary 8, 1971: Governors recognize environment issue
Governors recognize environment issue
Governors Forrest Anderson of Montana and Stanley Hathaway of Wyoming — neither of whom has outstanding environmental records — have both declared the environment to be an important issue. The Era of the Environment must certainly have arrived. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/3.1/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inOctober 23, 1970: Success slowed by lack of snow
Our editor says …
Wyoming’s unspoiled countryside is in jeopardy. The vast coal and uranium deposits which lie beneath our prairies and deserts are a treasure house of energy. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/2.34/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inApril 17, 1970: Special issue: Earth Day
People of the West are changing attitudes about environment
Throughout the Rocky Mountain region there are demands to take a closer look at industries’ impact on the environment. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/2.16/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E