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Posted inFebruary 23, 1979: Nation now molding its first Indian water policy

Nation now molding its first Indian water policy

by Marjane Ambler

President Jimmy Carter has taken the first step toward establishing a national Indian water policy, which has been defined de facto by large water projects that flood Indian lands while not providing a proportional share of the water. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/11.4/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E

Posted inFebruary 23, 1979: Nation now molding its first Indian water policy

Yellowstone: for people or for preservation?

by Philip White

Ever since Congress designated Yellowstone National Park in 1872, the park’s guardians have faced a riddle: whether to manage Yellowstone for the benefit and enjoyment of people, or to preserve it from injury and spoilation. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/11.4/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E

Posted inFebruary 9, 1979: Colorado donors fear nongame double-cross

BLM picks 86 potential Wyoming wildernesses

by Philip White

Ninety-two percent of the Bureau of Land Management’s 17.8 million acres in Wyoming do not qualify for further study of wilderness potential, according to BLM’s proposed “first cut” in the wilderness inventory process. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/11.3/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E

Posted inFebruary 9, 1979: Colorado donors fear nongame double-cross

Colorado donors fear nongame double-cross

by Rodney Barker

In Colorado, the public has rallied to the defense of “nongame” wildlife — animals that are deemed to have no commercial value, and have tended to be overlooked in management — but the effort may be undermined by the state legislature. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/11.3/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E

Posted inJanuary 26, 1979: BLM, back in the spotlight after year of neglect

BLM, back in the spotlight after years of neglect

by Bernard Shanks

The Bureau of Land Management, the least known and most maligned public land agency, oversees more than 350 million acres of lands that are increasingly valuable and cherished despite being handed down from the failed policies of Western settlement. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/11.2/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E

Posted inJanuary 12, 1979: Will a tight-fisted Congress be tough on the environment?

Navajos, FOE sue to stop all uranium actions

by Tom Barry

Ninety-two Navajos and one Acoma Indian have joined forces with international environmental group Friends of the Earth in a lawsuit aimed at stopping all uranium development in the nation until the federal government prepares environmental impact statements. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/11.1/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E

Posted inDecember 29, 1978: BLM catches flak for wilderness inventory

BLM catches flak for wilderness inventory

by Philip White

As the Bureau of Land Management inventories potential wilderness on the 174 million acres its oversees in the Western states, industry spokesmen are leveling charges of “land grab” while conservationists are concerned about the compressed timetables and a lack of knowledge. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/10.25/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E

Posted inDecember 29, 1978: BLM catches flak for wilderness inventory

Construction workers for wilderness? You bet!

by Jim Bamburg

Howie Wolke, Wyoming representative of Friends of the Earth, has organized Construction Workers for Wilderness, which he hopes will counter the elitist image he fells has been foisted on the environmental movement by industry. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/10.25/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E

Posted inDecember 15, 1978: Recharge could bring water, wildlife to dry plains

Recharge could bring water, wildlife to dry plains

by Joan Nice

A plan to divert the South Platte River in order to recharge groundwater and ease an agricultural water shortage on Colorado’s northeastern plains might also create wetlands that would provide needed wildlife habitat. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/10.24/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E

Posted inDecember 1, 1978: TVA to be first at cleaning up old uranium site

Bureaucrats burn midnight oil to protect Alaska

by David Crosson

Pro-environmental forces within the Carter administration are scrambling to bolster legal protection for about 120 million acres of Alaska wilderness that are protected under Section d-2 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, which expires before the end of the year. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/10.23/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E

Posted inDecember 1, 1978: TVA to be first at cleaning up old uranium site

Stout-hearted Hornaday waged a war for wildlife

by Peter Wild

The forerunner of the militant environmentalism of the 1960s and 1970s was William T. Hornaday, a man who had been dead and largely ignored for 30 years — a man not wholly admired for making  fellow conservation leaders blush by his overzealous and often unjust attacks. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/10.23/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E

Posted inDecember 1, 1978: TVA to be first at cleaning up old uranium site

TVA to be first at cleaning up old uranium site

by Jeanne Koster

The Tennessee Valley Authority will begin remediation of a uranium mill in Edgemont, South Dakota, and the agreement about who will pay for the cleanup could pave the way for remediation of other sites across the West that are contaminated by uranium. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/10.23/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E

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