Ed Dobson wanted to be a baseball player, and later, a sports broadcaster. But a hike to the Grand Canyon clinched his future in the West, and he now runs a traveling show about the ills of strip mining. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/7.8/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
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Posted inApril 11, 1975: Ford taps Stan Hathaway for Interior
Guy named as regional energy director
Expectations for William L. Guy, director of the Western Governors’ Energy Policy Center, range from complete confidence to the belief that his selection might foretell the failure of the office itself. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/7.8/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inMarch 28, 1975: Taking the lifeblood from the land
Gila Wilderness: Pocket of isolation
The Gila Wilderness — the world’s oldest formally protected wilderness area — is an area of startling contrasts. In the canyons, brilliant red-flowered cacti bloom from crevices in the walls and purple violets flower in the damp maple, alder and oak streamside forests. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/7.7/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inMarch 28, 1975: Taking the lifeblood from the land
Rocky Mountain timber cut to drop
The U.S. Forest Service has warned that by the end of the century, timber harvest on the national forests of the Rocky Mountain West will drop by eight percent or more. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/7.7/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inMarch 28, 1975: Taking the lifeblood from the land
Taking the lifeblood from the land
Traditionally, cities on Colorado’s Front Range have turned to the state’s western slope when local water supplies were exhausted. But with strong environmentalist protest to trans-mountain diversion schemes, thirsty growth centers are looking elsewhere — to agricultural water. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/7.7/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inMarch 14, 1975: Habitat destruction threatens wildlife
Flow reservations — water under the bridge?
A flow reservation — water which must be left in the river — cannot override the water rights of a rancher, even if the stream is over-appropriated, but it can compete with future industrial water demands. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/7.6/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inMarch 14, 1975: Habitat destruction threatens wildlife
Habitat destruction threatens wildlife
The theme of this year’s National Wildlife Week is “We Care About Animal Habitat,” and one of the animals that has had the greatest assaults on its habitat is the American peregrine falcon. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/7.6/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inMarch 14, 1975: Habitat destruction threatens wildlife
Wyoming passes siting, land use bills
Bart Koehler, the director of the Wyoming Outdoor Council and the Wyoming Citizens Lobby, put in the long hours to push two key bills through Wyoming’s legislature. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/7.6/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inFebruary 28, 1975: Abracadabra! Idaho Power cleans up stacks
Abracadabra! Idaho Power cleans up stacks
In Idaho Power’s brochure, a confident and ever-smiling Reddy Kilowatt perches on an electrostatic precipitator, his three-fingered hand raised toward a drawing of the Jim Bridger power plant’s smokestacks — “99 plus % clean.” Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/7.5/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inFebruary 28, 1975: Abracadabra! Idaho Power cleans up stacks
The Idaho Conservation League
This session, the Idaho Conservation League will be active lobbying for a seven-bill land use package, a power plant siting bill, and a bottle bill. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/7.5/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inFebruary 14, 1975: Who's getting to your legislator? (and what are they saying?)
Who’s getting to your legislator? (and what are they saying?)
A look inside the world of Wyoming lobbyists, who usually don’t fit the stereotypes attributed to them. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/7.4/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inFebruary 14, 1975: Who's getting to your legislator? (and what are they saying?)
A saga of Steamboat Springs
In 1970, faced with rapid growth, Steamboat Springs residents’ opinions of zoning had turned from opposition to action, but it is looking like their efforts were too late. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/7.4/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inFebruary 14, 1975: Who's getting to your legislator? (and what are they saying?)
Gadflying and gathering facts
Peter and Katherine Montague are dedicated to dissolving the reticence that has traditionally characterized Western towns, and have been building an “information bank” in the Southern Rockies. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/7.4/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inJanuary 31, 1975: State roadblock at Beaver Creek
Plainsmen critical of West River diversion
The bills drawing the most fire in North Dakota’s legislature are those to advance the West River Diversion, a plan to divert water from the Missouri River throughout southwestern North Dakota for industry, agriculture, and municipal use. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/7.3/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inJanuary 31, 1975: State roadblock at Beaver Creek
State roadblock at Beaver Creek
The state of Colorado has expressed doubt about whether Beaver Creek can be developed into a Vail-like ski resort without compromising environmental imperatives and local human needs. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/7.3/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inJanuary 31, 1975: State roadblock at Beaver Creek
Utah solons look at predators
Three predator bills have been introduced in the 1975 session of the Utah Legislature. Two of the bills support strict control and eradication; one favors predator management. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/7.3/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inJanuary 17, 1975: Cinderella Sunshine: A tale of two principalities
Cinderella Sunshine: A tale of two principalities
Once upon a time there were on the Kingdom of Earth two major principalities — Ruritania and Metropolitania. They were linked together by the Royal Road of Progress and a secret underground passageway called Deals. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/7.2/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inJanuary 17, 1975: Cinderella Sunshine: A tale of two principalities
Jerry Plunkett, inventor
Jerry Plunkett, the angry, outspoken-yet-gentlemanly president of Materials Consultants, thinks that the country needs fresh approaches to the energy problem. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/7.2/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inJanuary 17, 1975: Cinderella Sunshine: A tale of two principalities
Regional siting bills
A summary of industrial siting legislation efforts in Wyoming, Idaho, Utah, North Dakota, and Colorado. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/7.2/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inJanuary 3, 1975: Western site sought for A-wastes
Sagebrush: Shall we praise or eradicate it?
HCN responds to readers after recent article sparked a wave of questioning about the dynamic between sagebrush and grass, wildlife and livestock. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/7.1/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E