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Posted inDecember 10, 1984: Is America's Indian policy that of 'starve or sell'?

What do environmentalists really want?

by Randal O'toole

After working as a professional environmentalist for over ten years, I have come to the conclusion that environmentalists don’t know what they want. They certainly know what they don’t want, but what they think they want instead often turns out to be worse than what they’ve got. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/16.23/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E

Posted inOctober 29, 1984: Is Colorado River water for sale?

Is Colorado River water for sale?

by Ed Marston

The Central Arizona Project is at least a year away from watering lawns, golf courses and crops in the Phoenix area. But the multibillion-dollar diversion of water out of the Colorado River is already rearranging the way water is viewed in the West. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/16.20/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E

Posted inOctober 15, 1984: America debates and litigates the future of its forests

A timber man attacks deficit sales

by Glann Oakley

Walter Minnick does not sound like the president of a $100 million a year international timber products industry. The Idaho businessman argues for more wilderness, an end to federal subsidies for logging road construction and increased development of the backcountry recreation industry to replace closed mills. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/16.19/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E

Posted inOctober 1, 1984: A Western tradition ends with a conference on America's parks

Agency locks horns with Montana Power

by Ed Marston

The Public Service Commission’s denial of Montana Power Company’s $92 million rate increase may be the least of the utility’s problems. Buried in the back of the commission’s harsh, accusing 120-page decision is a clear sign that the PSC may never let MPC sell Colstrip’s power to its customers. Download entire issue to view this […]

Posted inOctober 1, 1984: A Western tradition ends with a conference on America's parks

Cities want wilderness water on tap

by Jeff Marti

To some, the proposed Homestake II Water Diversion Project in Western Colorado is the technological answer to a problem of how to bring water to urban areas. To others, allowing the project would set a disastrous precedent because the water in question is in the Holy Cross wilderness area. Download entire issue to view this […]

Posted inSeptember 17, 1984: The Garrison Diversion Project is North Dakota's history, and destiny

The Garrison Diversion Project is North Dakota’s history, and destiny

by Mike Jacobs

The best way to understand the uproar over the Garrison Diversion is to think of the project as a metaphor for North Dakota’s history and an expression of its psyche. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/16.17/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E

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