A basalt outcrop on Washington’s Columbia River has become the focus of an intense land-rights battle between a developer and a group of Native Americans. The outcrop, called Lyle Point, sits at the upper end of the Columbia River Gorge, which has become a magnet for windsurfers. When developer Henry Spencer came to the gorge […]
Zaz Hollander
Posted inApril 4, 1994: Who speaks for the Colorado Plateau?
New policy pits seasonals against parks
ZION NATIONAL PARK, Utah – Michael Parshall wondered how much longer he’d be able to build trails for the National Park Service. His problem wasn’t with his job at Zion National Park, but with an advanced and crippling case of colitis. “I knew that I was getting sick in 1989, but I didn’t go to […]
Posted inMarch 8, 1993: A famous skeleton returns to the earth
The military’s top guns collide with an angry valley
Air Force flights from the Redeye Air Force Base anger local residents in Colorado. To read this article, download this HCN issue in PDF format. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline The military’s top guns collide with an angry valley.
Posted inFebruary 22, 1993: The continuing saga of New Mexico's Gray Ranch
Two underground resources clash in New Mexico
Oil and gas exploration threatens a pristine cave system. To read this article, download this HCN issue in PDF format. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Two underground resources clash in New Mexico.
Posted inNovember 30, 1992: Pressure builds to change remote park
Is BLM running down a rare species?
On the wet meadows of western Colorado’s Chance Gulch, a rare game bird’s dance floor may soon be too hot to trot. These sage-covered hills and grassy draws support the last stable breeding population of the Gunnison sage grouse. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/24.22/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E