Near the remote ranching community of Circle, Montana, the Burlington Northern railroad company plans to construct a coal gasification plant that would produce not only natural gas but also fertilizer. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/7.22/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
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Posted inNovember 7, 1975: BN proposes fertilizer from coal
Court says EPA can ban coyote poison
The interstate shipment of predator poisons may again be halted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency after a federal court ruled that the EPA acted lawfully when it banned the shipment of sodium cyanide, strychnine, and 1080 in 1972. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/7.22/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inNovember 7, 1975: BN proposes fertilizer from coal
New group to fight for roadless areas
While most conservation groups are focused on possible wilderness areas now under formal study, the Wilderness Resources Institute has formed to watchdog over the two-thirds of the nation’s wild roadless areas that are not included in those wilderness studies. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/7.22/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inOctober 24, 1975: Battle over Teton jetport still rages
A matter between you and the strutting grouse
The quiet sounds of the sage grouse cannot be heard in places where men talk of energy crises, tradeoffs, balance of payments or national commitment. The burden of all this is too much for public servants to bear alone; now you share it. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/7.21/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inOctober 24, 1975: Battle over Teton jetport still rages
Battle over Teton jetport still rages
Two years after public hearings, the National Park Service is still embroiled in a national controversy over whether or not to allow the establishment of a commercial jetport in Grant Teton National Park in Wyoming. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/7.21/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inOctober 24, 1975: Battle over Teton jetport still rages
Save-the-range lawsuit riles ranchers, BLM
An environmental lawsuit aimed at stopping abuses on public lands is causing management problems, according to the Bureau of Land Management in Wyoming, although in both Nevada and Oregon, BLM officials are in the process of implementing range improvements. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/7.21/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inOctober 10, 1975: S.D. farmers fight Oahe Diversion
Approaching forests’ limits
We are rapidly approaching the ecological limits of resources on out national forests, say two officials of The Wilderness Society. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/7.20/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inOctober 10, 1975: S.D. farmers fight Oahe Diversion
S.D. farmers fight Oahe Diversion
The Bureau of Reclamation’s Oahe Diversion Project, ballyhooed for nearly 30 years as the savior of South Dakota’s family farm agricultural economy, is now being bitterly opposed by many of its supposed beneficiaries as construction begins. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/7.20/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inSeptember 26, 1975: TVA moves West for fuel
Kaiparowits critics, boosters meet at Utah hearings
Hearings on the Interior Department’s plan to lease public land for the 3,000 megawatt Kaiparowits power plant, which would produce electricity for a consortium of California and Arizona utilities, were held in six Western cities last week. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/7.19/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inSeptember 26, 1975: TVA moves West for fuel
Trona ponds deadly to waterfowl
When waterfowl land in the soda ash tailings ponds associated with trona mining near Green River, Wyo., the detergents in the water remove the birds’ natural oils and cause them to sink. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/7.19/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inSeptember 26, 1975: TVA moves West for fuel
TVA moves West for fuel
As the Tennessee Valley Authority rapidly expands its electric generation with nuclear power, it has interests in exploring and mining uranium in Wyoming, New Mexico, and other Western states. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/7.19/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inSeptember 12, 1975: Does the nation need Western coal?
Arco wants West opened up
Many energy demand-supply forecasts place U.S. coal production in 1985 at 1 to 1.5 billion tons, which Atlantic Richfield believes is a legitimate goal of our society. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/7.18/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inSeptember 12, 1975: Does the nation need Western coal?
Concentrate coal development and problems
The western low-sulfur coal myth — that the vast majority of coal west of the Mississippi has a low sulfur content — is misleading because most of this coal also has a low heat content. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/7.18/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inSeptember 12, 1975: Does the nation need Western coal?
Sunlight Basin dam rejected
An application for a reservoir on scenic Sunlight Creek in northwest Wyoming was rejected by Wyoming’s state engineer. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/7.18/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inAugust 29, 1975: Governors unite on energy rights
Governors unite on energy rights
Several Western governors convened recently to hammer out general policies on energy issues for the region, striking a tone of “states’ rights” in relation to the national government. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/7.17/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inAugust 29, 1975: Governors unite on energy rights
Kaiparowits EIS describes major canyonlands impacts
The Environmental Impact Statement for the 3,000 megawatt Kaiparowitz coal-fired power plant proposed for Utah’s canyon country describes impacts including degraded air quality in surrounding national parks. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/7.17/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inAugust 29, 1975: Governors unite on energy rights
Speculators want Sunlight Basin
Six different applications have been files for constructing reservoirs in Wyoming’s Sunlight Basin, just east of Yellowstone National Park. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/7.17/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inAugust 1, 1975: Power plant ahead
Power plant ahead
Wheatland, Wyoming, has so far dodged the energy boom, but it may be the future home of the Missouri Basin Power Project, a 1,500 megawatt coal-fired power plant. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/7.16/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inAugust 1, 1975: Power plant ahead
Kaiparowits comes before the people
Many people in southern Utah favor construction of the Kaiparowits coal-fired power plant, which would be the largest in the country. But a growing number are starting to have second thoughts, and ranchers in the coal-mining areas are asking for help from environmentalists. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/7.16/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inJuly 18, 1975: Wilderness endangered by overuse
Life in a heron rookery
Entering a blue heron rookery is like stepping back into prehistoric times with great, reptilian birds. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/7.15/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E