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Posted inDecember 28, 1992: Audubon's 'ranch' ungrazed, but used

Wildlife ‘refuges’ play host to bombers, cattle and jetskiers

by Kristy Ratliff and Paul Larmer

Wildlife refuges have never been just for wildlife. The 90 million-acre national wildlife refuge system also hosts military maneuvers, cattle, hunters, boaters and other “secondary” users. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/24.24/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E

Posted inDecember 28, 1992: Audubon's 'ranch' ungrazed, but used

BLM may adopt grazing incentive plan

by Steve Stuebner

Prodded by stinging internal audits” and the likelihood that Congress will pass a sweeping reform bill in 1993, Bureau of Land Management officials are pushing a new grazing fee policy they hope will resolve the controversy over use of public lands by livestock. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/24.24/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E

Posted inDecember 28, 1992: Audubon's 'ranch' ungrazed, but used

Forest Service is trying to turn over a new leaf, but critics have doubts

by Richard Manning

The U.S. Forest Service believes there is a clear patch of land in Montana that affords a clear view of the future’s enlightened forestry. The problem is, the agency’s own past sometimes sullies the view. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/24.24/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E

Posted inDecember 14, 1992: Wilderness bills: What went wrong ... and is it time for a new approach?

Hopi-Navajo dispute enters new phase

by Mary Tolan

In a bold move to resolve the bitter land dispute between the Hopi and Navajo tribes, the United States government is attempting to award the Native Americans about 500,000 acres surrounding Flagstaff. Download entire issue to view this article: https://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/24.23/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E

Posted inDecember 14, 1992: Wilderness bills: What went wrong ... and is it time for a new approach?

Tactics, vision split Montana environmentalists

by Stephen Stuebner

Last month the House of Representatives passed a 1.48 million-acre wilderness bill for Montana that brought cheers from cheers from some conservation groups and objections from others. Download entire issue to view this article: https://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/24.23/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E

Posted inNovember 30, 1992: Pressure builds to change remote park

Glen Canyon law may draw foes together

by Steve Hinchman

Two days after Bill Clinton’s election, an unlikely group met in Farmington, N.M., to talk about radically    changing how decisions are made in the West. The conspirators were long-time enemies who came together to see if they could cooperate on one of the region’s most contentious battles: the operation of Glen Canyon Dam. Download entire […]

Posted inNovember 30, 1992: Pressure builds to change remote park

Is BLM running down a rare species?

by Zaz Hollander

On the wet meadows of western Colorado’s Chance Gulch, a rare game bird’s dance floor may soon be too hot to trot. These sage-covered hills and grassy draws support the last stable breeding population of the Gunnison sage grouse. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/24.22/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E

Posted inNovember 16, 1992: The 1992 Election: Nationally a revolution, in the West an evolution

A new town is proposed close to Grand Canyon rim

by Mary Tolan

Canyon Forest Village, proposed for a site near the Park’s South Rim entrance, would include private housing, rental units, mobile homes, hiking and biking trails, an “experiential education center,” stores, schools and churches. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/24.21/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E

Posted inNovember 16, 1992: The 1992 Election: Nationally a revolution, in the West an evolution

The 1992 Election: Nationally a revolution, in the West an evolution

by Ed Marston

The West has come late and gradually to the experience of cultural diversity and aggressive minorities. But the 1992 election tells us that the region is finally experiencing what it means to be part of America in the late 20th century. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/24.21/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E

Posted inNovember 2, 1992: The nuclear age: 1945, the beginning; 1992, the beginning of the end

In Utah, pavers hit speed bump

by Steve Hinchman and Jim Stiles

In yet another chapter of the Sagebrush Rebellion in southeastern Utah, two rural counties are trying to a force the federal government to allow construction of the Book Cliffs Highway across some of the state’s wildest land. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/24.20/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E

Posted inNovember 2, 1992: The nuclear age: 1945, the beginning; 1992, the beginning of the end

The West’s nuclear Mandarins have reaped what they sowed

by Ed Marston

To those of us who grew up in the 1950s reading I.F. Stone’s Weekly, with its regular exposes of the dangers of above-ground nuclear testing, the accompanying coverups and denials, and the silence of the mass media on those subjects, the end of all nuclear testing is a shock. Download entire issue to view this […]

Posted inNovember 2, 1992: The nuclear age: 1945, the beginning; 1992, the beginning of the end

The nuclear age: 1945, the beginning; 1992, the beginning of the end

by Jon Christensen

The atomic age began with a big bang. The buildup to the Cold War took place in a few short years. But the struggle over its legacy and lessons for humanity have just begun. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/24.20/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E

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