Environmentalists in Montana and Idaho say hard-liners in Washington, D.C., forced out a reform-minded manager John Mumma, the top Forest Service official in the Northern Rockies. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/23.17/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
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Posted inSeptember 23, 1991: How a Montana reporter wrote what he saw ... and lost his job
How a Montana reporter wrote what he saw … and lost his job
Missoulian reporter Richard Manning told how the logging business in Montana had taken a brutal turn that would punish the land, the local economy, and the small-time loggers and mills. (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/23.17/download-entire-issue.) This […]
Posted inSeptember 9, 1991: High noon in Nevada
Rancher says fee increase is needed, overdue
“Most reports I’ve seen concerning the present feverish discussion of raising the grazing leases on public simply do not reflect a true picture.” Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/23.16/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inSeptember 9, 1991: High noon in Nevada
Grizzlies may be laying low in Colorado
Spurred by a reported sighting of a grizzly sow and three cubs last fall, a group of volunteers from four Western states has begun systematically combing the San Juan Mountains, hoping to prove the bears still survive in Colorado. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/23.16/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inSeptember 9, 1991: High noon in Nevada
High noon in Nevada
As a full moon slipped behind the rugged peaks of the Toquima Range, the first light of dawn illuminated a meadow where uniformed Forest Service rangers were saddling horses. Their mission was to round up unauthorized cattle on the Toiyabe National Forest in remote central Nevada. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/23.16/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inAugust 26, 1991: Government tames its wild, destructive dam
Washington shows little fear of wolves
Washington’s Gov. Booth Gardner has issued a proclamation supporting the reintroduction of wolves to Olympic National Park. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/23.15/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inAugust 26, 1991: Government tames its wild, destructive dam
Government tames its wild, destructive dam
Early this month Interior Secretary Manuel Lujan issued a decree to alter the operation of a key faucet on the Colorado River — Glen Canyon Dam. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/23.15/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inAugust 26, 1991: Government tames its wild, destructive dam
Politics can’t save endangered species
We proudly say that ours is a government of laws, not of men. But there are times when we expect too much of laws and not enough of women and men. This is the case with the failure of the Endangered Species Act. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/23.15/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inAugust 12, 1991: West's grand old water doctrine dies
Charles Wilkinson crows over the corpse of the West’s traditional approach to water
A eulogy of an old scourge and warning against a new one.
Posted inAugust 12, 1991: West's grand old water doctrine dies
Did fish and game’s ark preserve the ferrets’ gene pool?
The success of the captive breeding program at the Wyoming Game and Fish Department’s Sybille facility marks the first time that interactions with humans have benefited black-footed ferrets. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/23.14/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inAugust 12, 1991: West's grand old water doctrine dies
West’s grand old water doctrine dies
As has been so widely reported, Prior Appropriation passed away in January of 1991 at age 143. Prior was a grand man and led a grand life. By any standard he was one of the most influential people in the history of the American West. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/23.14/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inJuly 15, 1991: Special issue: The Central Arizona Project story
A father’s view of a dam proposal
One weekend in April, I was planning to be on the Colorado River, spending some time in Horsethief and Ruby canyons. Winds and cold temperatures cancelled my plans. Instead I found myself in the office reviewing the” Application for Preliminary Permit” for the Horsethief Canyon Water Power Project. Download entire issue to view this article: […]
Posted inJuly 15, 1991: Special issue: The Central Arizona Project story
Mining pressure forces last-minute BLM wilderness review
The Bureau of Land Management is reconsidering a total of 450,775 acres of potential wilderness, in four Western states, that were initially recommended for wilderness designation. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/23.13/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inJuly 15, 1991: Special issue: The Central Arizona Project story
Special issue: The Central Arizona Project story
The Central Utah Project is yet another sign that the West’s and the nation’s attitude toward water is changing. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/23.13/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inJuly 1, 1991: The Snake's imperiled salmon: A personal call to act
Park Service and Geological Survey split over geysers
Congress will decide whether the protection afforded to Yellowstone National Park’s famous geothermal wonders should be extended to features beyond the park boundary. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/23.12/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inJuly 1, 1991: The Snake's imperiled salmon: A personal call to act
People for the West fronts for the mining industry
The Pueblo, Colo.-based organization boasts more than 40 local chapters throughout the West and has raised close to a million dollars in just over a year. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/23.12/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inJuly 1, 1991: The Snake's imperiled salmon: A personal call to act
The Snake’s imperiled salmon: A personal call to act
I want to tell you about a fish, a place named for it, and a recent weekend there that I will not forget. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/23.12/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inJune 17, 1991: A wilderness war: Utah's canyons cut to the bone
Montana spurns feds to hold spring grizzly hunt
Montana wildlife officials have rebuffed federal pressure to call off a special early grizzly bear hunt. Federal wildlife officials wanted it stopped in order to prevent a possible overkill this year of the threatened species. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/23.11/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inJune 17, 1991: A wilderness war: Utah's canyons cut to the bone
Echoes from a fire at Beaver Creek
Today I sat in a stand of lodgepole pine trees that met death during the Beaver Creek fire in Grand Teton National Park. Their charred trunks bristled the hillside like quills on the back of a porcupine huddled in self-protection. Unlike people, these trees remain standing after their deaths, sentinels in their own graveyard. Download […]
Posted inJune 17, 1991: A wilderness war: Utah's canyons cut to the bone
A wilderness war: Utah’s canyons cut to the bone
The wilderness debate is forcing rural Utahns to confront their deepest hopes and fears. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/23.11/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E