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The fight over mining in the West may tum out to be one of the bloodiest environmental battles of the 20th century. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/22.11/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E

The city’s boom could come to a screeching halt in as little as four years unless Las Vegas gets more water. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/22.10/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E

“I believe proper grazing management can allow recovery and still maintain the land. But before grazing can be sustainable, the BLM must be reformed.” Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/22.9/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E

When his Forest Service superiors told him he had so angered the ranchers he was working with that he should apply for a transfer, District Ranger Don Oman refused. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/22.9/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E

Grazing reform appears to be a sustainable and unstoppable movement to recover lost land. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/22.9/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E

In 1970, when Earth Day was born and Rudy Schafer was working for the California Department of Education, he managed the state’s environmental education program but wasn’t content to leave it at that. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/22.8/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E

Scientists have discovered that old-growth forests, far from being biological deserts, are among the most complex ecosystems on earth, habitat for dozens of animals that might not be able to survive anywhere else. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/22.7/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E

As the effects of last year’s congressional compromise trickle down to the ground and the ancient forests of the Northwest continue to fall as fast as ever, conservationists and politicians have been wrestling to draft new legislation that would save the remaining trees. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/22.7/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E

The tranquil snowscape of Yellowstone has become a symbol of efforts to expand commercial development in the national parks. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/22.6/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E

Do we need a nationwide policy to fight the war against noxious weeds? Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/22.5/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E

Ranchers in Nevada stand guard against vandalism from radical environmentalists. Has the confrontation    hurt or helped the push for better land stewardship? Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/22.5/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E

It has taken more than a century for livestock grazing on public lands in the West to reach maximum pain and minimum profit. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/22.5/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E

Livestock have obliterated almost all of the West’s original grasslands. But here and there, a few patches of native range survive. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/22.5/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E