Nuclear waste disposal used to be a quiet topic of study. But now that hazardous radioactive leftovers are scheduled to move into Nevada, Idaho, or Washington, the topic is making headlines. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/7.1/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
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Posted inDecember 20, 1974: Jim Bridger builders break promises
Utilities and air advocates clash
Industries interested in Wyoming confronted an outspoken assortment of Wyoming people at hearings on the state’s proposed sulfur dioxide regulations in Cheyenne this month. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/6.25/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inDecember 20, 1974: Jim Bridger builders break promises
Water suit vital to coal and agriculture
Environmental Defense Fund staff member Kathy Fletcher doesn’t hide the fact that her group is upset about the rush to develop the coal resources of the Northern Great Plains. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/6.25/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inDecember 20, 1974: Jim Bridger builders break promises
Jim Bridger builders break promises
Pacific Power & Light and Idaho Power, the two utilities that are constructing the Jim Bridger Power Plant near Rock Springs, Wyoming, have created unexpected impacts related to the plant’s siting and emissions. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/6.25/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inDecember 6, 1974: Ranching industry on the rocks
Bridger-Teton’s man in the middle
Jim Connor, a planner-coordinator for the Bridger-Teton National Forest, softens the blows from environmentalists and industry. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/6.24/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inDecember 6, 1974: Ranching industry on the rocks
Ranching industry on the rocks
The cattleman now finds himself confronted by an array of problems — inflation, sluggish markets, water conflicts — not seen since the Dust Bowl days of the 1930s. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/6.24/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inDecember 6, 1974: Ranching industry on the rocks
Wyoming proposes land planning act
One of the most far reaching bills coming before the Wyoming legislature in 1975 will be a state land use planning act, which would establish a land use commission, create statewide land use goals, and identify critical areas. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/6.24/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inNovember 22, 1974: Meeteetsee contemplates its future
Environment a big winner at the polls
The nation’s voters have reaffirmed their commitment to environmental protection by electing some candidates with strong environmental platforms and removing some of the legislatios who failed to act on behalf of the land. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/6.23/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inNovember 22, 1974: Meeteetsee contemplates its future
Invisible poison — sulfur dioxide
Sulfur dioxide — which creates sulfuric acid when it comes into contact with air and water — is increasing in the West with each new coal-fired power plant, destroying crops, damaging trees, and increasing hospital admissions. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/6.23/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inNovember 22, 1974: Meeteetsee contemplates its future
Meeteetsee contemplates its future
Meeteetsee, a small cowtown in northwest Wyoming, may change dramatically if AMAX decides to develop an open pit copper mine in the nearby Wood River Valley. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/6.23/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inNovember 8, 1974: BLM exposes own grazing abuses
BLM exposes own grazing abuses
A Bureau of Land Management report has found that severe overgrazing and other aspects of poor range management on public lands in Nevada have led to loss of wildlife habitat, destruction of cultural sites, and erosion. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/6.22/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inNovember 8, 1974: BLM exposes own grazing abuses
Navajos form first environmental agency
The land that Harold Tso oversees and the director of the Navajo Nation’s Environmental Protection Commission is even more untracked than most environmental ground. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/6.22/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inNovember 8, 1974: BLM exposes own grazing abuses
‘Prairie Revival’ bringing native grasses back to pastures, backyards
Conservation-minded folks are using productive native prairie plants such as sandreed grass and Indian grass for forage, erosion and noxious weed control, and for nutrient replenishing and landscaping. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/6.22/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inOctober 25, 1974: The last great carving up of America
The last great carving up of America
In Vail, Colorado, where rapid and erratic growth has created a $160 million haven of affluence and alpine luxury, the prospects for the deer aren’t good. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/6.21/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inOctober 25, 1974: The last great carving up of America
Wildlife — another victim of energy demand
Future coal and oil shale development will turn the Rockies into a gigantic energy colony, consuming the habitat that deer, antelope, and other wildlife rely on. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/6.21/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inOctober 11, 1974: Cheyenne fight, again, for land
Cheyenne fight, again, for land
With nearly half their reservation lands covered with coal exploration permits or leases, the Northern Cheyenne tribe in Montana has reason to believe that full-scale development could threaten their continued tribal existence. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/6.20/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inOctober 11, 1974: Cheyenne fight, again, for land
Colony pulls out of oil shale race
Citing inflation, tight money and the absence of a national energy policy, the Colony Development Operation — the favored developer of western Colorado’s oil shale — stumbled, fell, and pulled out of the race. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/6.20/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inOctober 11, 1974: Cheyenne fight, again, for land
Rancher/environmentalist Art Fawcett
Despite his ranch duties and his job as chairman of the Wyoming group of the Sierra Club, Art Fawcett still finds time to add to an impressive collection of wildflower and wildlife photos and participate in local community life. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/6.20/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inSeptember 27, 1974: Earth energy
Congress considers canyon giveaway
The proposed Congressional “giveaway” of 185,000 acres of Grand Canyon National Park and other public lands has been challenged by a coalition of six national conservation groups. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/6.19/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inSeptember 27, 1974: Earth energy
Earth energy
Although geothermal energy is often praised as clean and limitless, first attempts to utilize it have stirred up air and water pollution, radiation, and potential earthquakes — not to mention legal, financial and governmental tangles. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/6.19/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E