The Energy Security Act of 1980 gave the U.S. Synthetic Fuels Corporation a mandate to produce millions of barrels of oil and gas from the nation’s oil shale, coal and tar sands, but the effort hasn’t gone much beyond the laboratory bench. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/15.11/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
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Posted inMay 27, 1983: Going from good to better
The changing face of the opposition
Inflammatory Interior Secretary James Watt is merely the prominent tip of a large iceberg — a mass of anti-environmentalist individuals and organizations who believe what Watt believes, and worse. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/15.10/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inMay 27, 1983: Going from good to better
Timber defaults threaten Northwest
Senators from Idaho, Washington and Oregon have joined forces to try to head off a massive default on timber sale contracts which some timber industry experts say could wipe out as much as 25 percent of the lumber production capacity in Oregon and Northern California alone. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/15.10/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inMay 27, 1983: Going from good to better
Going from good to better
The election of Ronald Reagan — the most outspoken anti-environmental presidential candidate since Earth Day in 1970 — has sparked an unprecedented growth in environmental groups. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/15.10/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inMay 13, 1983: A study in cooperation
Good news about nongame wildlife
Wildlife checkoffs — in which taxpayers donate any amount of their state income tax refund to the state game and fish departments, often for helping non-game species — are one of those rare good news stories. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/15.9/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inMay 13, 1983: A study in cooperation
Reagan’s assault on the strip mine law
By reorganizing the Office of Surface Mining and by attacking the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, the Reagan administration has rolled back national standards for controlling coal strip mining. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/15.9/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inMay 13, 1983: A study in cooperation
A study in cooperation
The five-year Flathead Basin Environmental Impact Study has brought together biologists, geologists and social scientists to predict potential impacts of growth on a northwest Montana valley. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/15.9/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inApril 29, 1983: The populist tradition continues
Idaho wilderness battles rage
Wilderness is promising to be Idaho’s environmental hot potato this summer as Sen. James McClure prepares a state wilderness bill and the Bureau of Land Management and Forest Service continue a series of wilderness plans. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/15.8/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inApril 29, 1983: The populist tradition continues
Kemmis’ call for leadership
A speech by Dan Kemmis, who has risen quickly to leadership of the state’s House after serving as House Minority Leader in 1981, and was the author of Montana’s 1979 coal slurry ban. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/15.8/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inApril 29, 1983: The populist tradition continues
Montana Legislature ’83: Mixed reviews
Development finance, coal slurry, hardrock mineral taxation, and the regulation of pesticides consumed the energies of the conservation lobby during the 1983 Montana legislature. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/15.8/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inApril 29, 1983: The populist tradition continues
The populist tradition continues
Defense of a coal-slurry ban by environmentalists and railroad workers is one example of Montana’s populism, which responds to the needs and desires of the citizens as opposed to the desires of big business. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/15.8/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inApril 15, 1983: Life after oil shale
Nuclear weapons testing fallout: 30 years later
The handling of nuclear weapons testing by the Atomic Energy Commission and the military in the 1950s in Nevada has resulted in a series of lawsuits and legislative actions in recent years. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/15.7/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inApril 15, 1983: Life after oil shale
Smokey the Bear deposed
The legacy of this century’s policies of total suppression of wildfire presents today’s better-informed forest managers with serious problems. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/15.7/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inApril 15, 1983: Life after oil shale
Life after oil shale
On Colorado’s western slope, the collapse of the rising oil shale boom has been both deep and wide. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/15.7/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inApril 1, 1983: Utah's regulatory riddle
BPA power line route approved
The State of Montana and the Bonneville Power Administration seem to have agreed on the route for the final segment of BPA’s twin, 500-kilovolt transmission lines across western Montana. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/15.6/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inApril 1, 1983: Utah's regulatory riddle
A pain in the assets
Under the so-called “Asset Management program,” the Forest Service has listed six million acres nationwide as property that could be studied for possible sale if given a congressional okay. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/15.6/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inApril 1, 1983: Utah's regulatory riddle
Utah’s regulatory riddle
Should the multi-billion dollar Intermountain Power Project, a large coal-fired power plant, be regulated by the Utah Public Service Commission? Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/15.6/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inMarch 18, 1983: A grizzly situation
A talk with Senator James McClure
High Country News contributor Glenn Oakley interviews Idaho’s U.S. Senator James McClure on roadless rules, the sale of federal lands, and other issues. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/15.5/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inMarch 18, 1983: A grizzly situation
1982 Index
See a list of all High Country News articles published in 1982, categorized by subject. Click link to view PDF. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline 1982 Index.
Posted inMarch 18, 1983: A grizzly situation
A grizzly situation
Yellowstone National Park’s image is being been tarnished by disturbing facts emerging about one of the western wilderness’ most critical ingredients: the grizzly bear. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/15.5/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E