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Acid rain, which could be exacerbated by oil and gas development, is harming lakes in Colorado and elsewhere in the West. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/14.18/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E

Idaho ranks just behind California and Nevada in terms of geothermal resources. But so far, development has been limited. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/14.17/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E

Idaho’s utilities currently have nine proposals for major dams on Idaho rivers, despite dropping electricity demand. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/14.17/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E

The Bureau of Land Management is again processing homestead applications authorized by the Desert Land Act, which has long been used to claim marginal farmland in Idaho. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/14.17/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E

Wildlife killed by poisonous, hydrogen sulfide-laden “sour gas” leaking from a natural gas well raises concerns about future oil and gas drilling in Wyoming. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/14.16/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E

A scientist believes that climate change caused by increasing CO2 levels in the atmosphere is “far more serious than little nagging things like disposing of nuclear wastes.”  To read the full text, click the “View a PDF from the original” link below, or download a PDF of the entire issue:  http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/14.15/download-entire-issue This article appeared in […]

Outside Meeteetse, Wyo., the debate has shifted from whether black-footed ferrets exist to how to ensure their survival. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/14.15/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E

Established by Congress in 1976, the National Center for Appropriate Technology, based in Butte, Mont., is surviving despite a slashed budget. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/14.14/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E

The budget-stressed Solar Energy Research Institute in Golden, Colorado, provides information to homeowners, builders,    architects, and anyone interested in learning more about the growing solar industry. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/14.14/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E

Shortly after Ronald Reagan took office he made it clear that alternative energy and conservation would not be part of his energy policy. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/14.14/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E

The water bill passed by Wyoming’s 1982 Legislature is being criticized by environmental groups, who say it lacks comprehensive, long-term water planning. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/14.13/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E

As the Midwest demands Western coal, the West eyes the Midwest’s bountiful water, brewing lively political rhetoric and difficult questions in the Midwest. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/14.12/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E

The Western Montana Generation and Transmission Association wants to build a dam at the last major water fall in the Northern Rockies, on northwestern Montana’s Kootenai River. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/14.12/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E