Margaret Reeb first made headlines by saying “no.”
She is making them again by saying “yes.” Last May, the deal
between the Clinton administration and the Crown Butte Mining
Company – the administration would pay $65 million if the mining
company agreed not to mine – was thrown into question. It turned
out that Reeb owned a sizable chunk of the contested New World Mine
district outside of Yellowstone National Park and had no intention
of surrendering her property. Now, a representative of Crown Butte
says that the retired teacher will sell if the government pays
Crown Butte $65 million as promised
…
Republican Sen. Don Young of Alaska will get
his documents, thanks to a unanimous vote by the House (once
Natural) Resources Committee, which Young chairs. Young asked the
Committee to subpoena Clinton administration documents that have
been withheld by the White House Council on Environmental Quality.
The materials, regarding the creation of Utah’s Grand
Staircase-Escalante National Monument, are sensitive, the council
believes …
During a city council meeting in
Eugene, Ore., Mayor Jim Torrey was interrupted by an audience
member who stood up and vomited on the controversial mayor’s
shoulder. Since the unidentified man left without speaking, it is
unclear whether he is a member of Eugeneans for Good Government,
the group that filed a petition to recall the mayor after he
allowed police to douse nonviolent tree-sitters with pepper spray
and tear gas. The protesters were trying to prevent the city from
cutting down 40 trees to build a parking garage
…
When Maxxam boss Charles Hurwitz was checking
on his Pacific Lumber holdings, he became the target of a sweeter
projectile. A protester, angry that Hurwitz continues to log
California’s Headwaters, the world’s largest privately owned
redwood forest, threw an apple pie in the logging mogul’s face.
Alfred Day Decker, who says he’s a member of the “Biotic Baking
Brigade,” was charged with misdemeanor assault and battery.
…
Oregon’s river protection group, WaterWatch,
has a new executive director. Staff attorney Reed Benson succeeded
Jeff Curtis, who left to become West Coast Conservation Director of
Trout Unlimited.
* Heather Abel
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline The Wayward West.
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