The Acoma Indian tribe doesn’t want El Malpais, its ancestral ground, to be wilderness. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/19.21/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
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Posted inOctober 26, 1987: Ski industry collides with the big game industry
Bringing wolves back will kill more than sheep
There is much to admire about the wolf. He is strong and brave and invisible to all except the lucky who catch fleeting glimpses of rare individuals. But let’s save him for real wilderness where he won’t impact ranchers or eagles or grizzlies. Let’s be thankful he roams the Snake River plain no more. Download […]
Posted inOctober 26, 1987: Ski industry collides with the big game industry
The Imperial Valley sits down with the upper basin
It may not have been historic, but it was certainly startling to find several directors and staff members of California’s Imperial Irrigation District at a recent meeting with the most knowledgeable water experts, attorneys and even politicians from the upper basin states of the Colorado River. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/19.20/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inOctober 26, 1987: Ski industry collides with the big game industry
Ski industry collides with the big game industry
Can several million people ski down Colorado’s mountain slopes each winter without destroying the state’s wildlife? Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/19.20/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inOctober 12, 1987: The fight over Box-Death Hollow Wilderness
Nevada-Florida land swap attracts lots of public scrutiny
To the Nevada Congressional delegation and the Interior Department, a proposed land exchange between the federal government and a defense contractor is a great deal. Nevertheless, opposition is strong. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/19.19/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inOctober 12, 1987: The fight over Box-Death Hollow Wilderness
Watt and Hodel succeeded in turning back the clock at Interior
The war fought by the Reagan administration for the Department of Interior and the 500 million acres of public land it manages occurred in two great battles, waged by Secretary James Watt and his successor, Donald Hodel. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/19.19/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inOctober 12, 1987: The fight over Box-Death Hollow Wilderness
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Posted inOctober 12, 1987: The fight over Box-Death Hollow Wilderness
The fight over Box-Death Hollow Wilderness
A spectacular chunk of land that Congress designated as wilderness in 1984 has become a new battleground in the dispute between environmentalists and energy companies in Utah. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/19.19/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inSeptember 28, 1987: Sewage industry beats critic
On the North Platte: a fish kill to end all fish kills
The sheriff was the first to see that a 14-mile section of the North Platte, that high-plains haven for rainbow and brown trout, was strangling. The killer was a spill of more than 90,000 gallons of gasoline that escaped from a ruptured pipeline and bubbled nine miles down a dusty arroyo into the river. Download […]
Posted inSeptember 28, 1987: Sewage industry beats critic
Clean Water Act hasn’t done the job
Few of our waters are free of polluting discharges. There are local success stories, but many state water agencies say they are barely able to maintain water quality at 1972 levels. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/19.18/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inSeptember 28, 1987: Sewage industry beats critic
Sewage industry beats critic
For three years, Peter Maier, a renegade engineer, fought Utah’s water establishment over its water pollution-control program. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/19.18/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inSeptember 14, 1987: Beauty, isolation and cheap land bring a sect to Montana
Court ruling may ignite chain reaction in uranium industry
The nation’s ailing uranium industry is glowing with anticipation now that a federal appeals court has barred the importation of foreign uranium for enrichment in the United States. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/19.17/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inSeptember 14, 1987: Beauty, isolation and cheap land bring a sect to Montana
Tribes say rights hearing hurts sovereignty
The Navajo Tribe objects to hearings held by the U.S. Civil Rights Commission to examine tribal courts and freedom of the press on reservations. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/19.17/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inSeptember 14, 1987: Beauty, isolation and cheap land bring a sect to Montana
Beauty, isolation and cheap land bring a sect to Montana
The Church Universal and Triumphant, a wealthy religious group from southern California, recently moved to a ranch called the Royal Teton on the northern boundary of Yellowstone National Park. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/19.17/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inAugust 31, 1987: Range war in South Dakota
Toxic gas drives families out of a Wyoming subdivision
Questions remain about the toxic gases that forced all residents of a Gillette, Wyo., subdivision to flee their homes earlier this year. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/19.16/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inAugust 31, 1987: Range war in South Dakota
Yet another unneeded power plant starts generating
The Intermountain Power Project, the latest in a series of large power plants in the Southwest that keep California cities lighted, fired up this summer. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/19.16/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inAugust 31, 1987: Range war in South Dakota
Range war in South Dakota
Ranchers and the Forest Service butt heads over management of South Dakota’s national grasslands. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/19.16/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inAugust 17, 1987: Hoover Dam, 1990s version: The Superconducting Collider
In search of a few long levers
Environmentalists should look beyond the regulate-litigate approach and consider things like superconductivity, which could have substantial long-term environmental benefits. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/19.15/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inAugust 17, 1987: Hoover Dam, 1990s version: The Superconducting Collider
Mining rears its head again in Montana
Despite grim times, it appears that reports of the death of Montana’s hardrock mining industry have been greatly exaggerated. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/19.15/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inAugust 17, 1987: Hoover Dam, 1990s version: The Superconducting Collider
Hoover Dam, 1990s version: The Superconducting Collider
To the Rocky Mountain West, the $4.4 billion atom-smashing Superconducting Super Collider represents economic development of the most desirable kind. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/19.15/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E