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Posted inNovember 19, 1990: 'You don't know what you've got till it's gone ...'

An ancient-forest primer

by Randal O'toole

Timber jobs in the Northwest began to disappear long before the spotted owl became an issue. A forest economist explains the basics of the ancient forest controversy and why the economic challenge to the region extends far beyond direct job losses. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/22.22/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E

Posted inNovember 19, 1990: 'You don't know what you've got till it's gone ...'

Raping the private forests

by Roy Keene

Profitable export markets and a cut-and-run mentality are leveling the Northwest’s vast privately owned forests. This assault on the sustained-yield principle will drastically worsen an already critical future log shortage. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/22.22/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E

Posted inOctober 22, 1990: Will 1990 bring a greener West?

Confusion marks Idaho’s toxic waste burning policy

by Kevin Richert

In June, the state reversed an earlier recommendation and turned down a PCB incinerator proposed by Tiffany Metals, an Idaho Falls salvage yard. Four weeks later, the state granted a permit for a medical incinerator in American Falls. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/22.20/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E

Posted inOctober 22, 1990: Will 1990 bring a greener West?

Goats test notions of ‘native’ and ‘exotic’ species

by Todd Wilkinson

A new invasion of mountain goats — and a plan to shoot them — is forcing Yellowstone resource managers to re-open the old debate over maintaining native and exotic species in America’s oldest wildlife sanctuary. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/22.20/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E

Posted inOctober 8, 1990: Can natural gas fuel a Rocky Mountain high?

Ickes, Part II: ‘So long as I am Secretary …’

by T.H. Watkins

Harold L. Ickes, President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Secretary of the Interior, once described himself to a congressional committee as being “as hard-boiled a conservationist as there is in this country.” Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/22.19/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E

Posted inSeptember 24, 1990: The West's ailing ski industry turns to all-season mega-resorts

West’s ailing ski industry turns to all-season mega-resorts

by Florence Williams

The ski industry, once welcomed in the West, is turning into a pariah. As it gets harder to make a ski hill turn a profit, developers are pushing all-season destination resorts that threaten to overwhelm their host communities and are turning many mountain towns against the ski corporations. Download entire issue to view this article: […]

Posted inSeptember 10, 1990: Dumps 'R' Us

Forest Service sues in Colorado to keep its water

by Brian Collins

The dewatering of the national forests has been going on for a long time. But now the U.S. Forest Service is fighting for its stream channels in a Greeley, Colo., state water court, claiming roughly half the stream flows in four national forests in northeastern Colorado. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/22.17/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E

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