The U.S. Department of Energy may build a nuclear waste storage facility in Davis or Lavender canyons, near Utah’s Canyonlands National Park. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/14.4/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
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Illegals: working their way through Utah
Utah officials are skeptical of federal legislation that would limit the undocumented, illegal workers who figure centrally in the state’s agricultural economy. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/14.4/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Trying a “Bold” land swap
Utah Gov. Scott Matheson is requesting a long-delayed federal public land swap, as well as other land exchanges to consolidate Utah’s widely dispersed state lands into more manageable blocks. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/14.4/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Wild game on the table today, none on the range tomorrow?
Questionable hunting practices on the Wind River Indian Reservation raise issues about tribal autonomy and wildlife management. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/14.3/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
1981 Index
See a list of all High Country News articles published in 1981, categorized by subject. Click link to view PDF. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline 1981 Index.
Montana’s “direct democracy” makes ballots busy
Montana’s 1972 Constitution has led to a flowering of the initiative process, by which citizens have voted on three anti-nuclear measures, a bottle bill, sweeping lobbyist disclosure and other proposed laws. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/14.3/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Safety grows and innovation slows
With the rise of innovative heating systems and home designs, often owner-built, building codes are becoming more controversial. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/14.3/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Aggressive agency lowers thermostats and raises hackles
The Idaho Public Utilities Commission has gained national attention for being the first utility commission to wield the federal Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA), filling the void created by unconcerned state officials and legislators. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/14.2/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Energy conservation versus power plant construction
The Bonneville Power Administration may preside over the most ambitious federally mandated energy conservation and public power development program in the nation. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/14.2/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Juggling wildlife and ‘other needs’
Is U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service head Robert Jantzen cutting an already undernourished budget and favoring ranching interests over wildlife in his predator control and grazing policies? Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/14.2/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Open pit and economic pendulum
As the West’s uranium industry declines, it should reclaim mines, not wait for economics to swing back in the industry’s favor. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/14.1/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Paving the way for snowmobiles in the parks?
Snowmobiles are permitted in 20 national parks in the lower 48 states and there is steady pressure from the snowmobiling community to gain access to additional park areas, such as in Grand Teton National Park. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/14.1/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Cabin Creek mine scares Glacier Park
A proposed open-pit mine that would produce two million tons of coal a year in Cabin Creek, British Columbia, may pose a serious threat to fish, wildlife, water and air quality in Glacier National Park. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/13.24/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Dickenson: Old parks hand survives D.C. turmoil
National Parks Service head Russell Dickenson copes with the unwelcome political interference that has edged into the agency during the past decade. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/13.24/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Uranium tomorrow
Many domestic uranium producers fear that even if the market revived, a flood of foreign uranium could smother the future of the domestic industry. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/13.24/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Colorado’s rural suburb
Battlement Mesa is an ambitious effort to deal in one fell swoop with all the physical community needs created by large-scale oil shale development. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/13.23/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Denver muddies water policy
The Denver Water Board wages ongoing battles with consumer advocates, environmentalists, and residents of Colorado’s Western Slope. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/13.23/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Cecil Andrus on windmills and balance
HCN interviews Cecil Andrus, who served as Interior Secretary under President Jimmy Carter and then as ldaho’s governor from 1970-78. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/13.22/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Making the most of the public lands
Bureau of Land Management head Bob Burford scares conservationists and tips the scales of management toward greater development of BLM land. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/13.22/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Reagan’s free market energy myth
Although the Reagan administration preaches free market ideals, it has increased funding for nuclear power, retained some subsidies for synthetic fuels, and backed away from its promise to deregulate the price of natural gas. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/13.22/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
