Although Utah is one of the first Western states to require all new buildings to meet energy conservation standards, it has also been instrumental in pushing the controversial Intermountain Power Project coal-fired power plant.


Congress may save stream valleys from stripping

One of the most controversial parts of the federal strip mining bill would regulate strip mining on alluvial valley floors, but it is often a subjective judgement to determine where the alluvial floors begin and end. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/9.6/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E

Joseph Wood Krutch, a voice for the deserts

Joseph Wood Krutch probably did more than any other writer to change society’s opinion toward what it had long looked on as undifferentiated wasteland — the deserts of the American Southwest. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/9.6/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E

Utah legislature vows to make more and use less

Although Utah is one of the first Western states to require all new buildings to meet energy conservation standards, it has also been instrumental in pushing the controversial Intermountain Power Project coal-fired power plant. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/9.6/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E