Carolyn and Irv Alderson, owners and operators of the Bones Brothers Ranch in Birney, Mont., could benefit from mining coal on their property, but say “in the end the productivity of the land is the only material thing on this earth that can be left for the future.” Download entire issue to view this article: […]
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Posted inJune 7, 1974: Energy boom -- plans and payments
Oil sands mined
In the Canadian prairies near Fort McMurray, Alberta, 10-story-high bucketwheel excavators churn through the earth, digging up Athabasca oil sands. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/6.12/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inMay 24, 1974: Return of the windmill
Return of the windmill
There is nothing new about tapping the wind to produce energy, but a growing number of scientists are turning their attention to wind power as an alternative to burning fossil fuels. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/6.11/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inMay 24, 1974: Return of the windmill
Solar, wind deserve tax breaks too
Tax incentives currently encourage coal extraction, but could be reformed to favor clean energy from wind and solar. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/6.11/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inMay 24, 1974: Return of the windmill
Stripping bill filled with loopholes
Despite efforts by some legislators, a federal bill to regulate coal strip-mining is woefully weak and filled with the kind of loopholes that coal and utility lobbyists have written into state strip-mining regulations over the past 30 years. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/6.11/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inMay 10, 1974: Water dictates Western future
Bart Koehler, environmental advocate
Bart Koehler’s construction days ended abruptly when The Wilderness Society gave him a call, wanting to know if he’d give up Florida to hike around the Rockies studying potential wilderness, take pictures and write field reports. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/6.10/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inMay 10, 1974: Water dictates Western future
Solar industry emerges
A well-attended conference in Denver, sponsored by Environmental Action of Colorado, is a mark of maturity for an industry that is harnessing the power of the sun. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/6.10/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inMay 10, 1974: Water dictates Western future
Water dictates Western future
Water — the lack of it and the need for it — looms ever larger in the West’s developing energy situation. Water is used in huge amounts to generate electricity in coal-fired plants, to gasify coal, to liquify coal, and to develop oil shale. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/6.10/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inApril 26, 1974: To dam a river
Lost — a chance to be different
The re-design and re-building of the Wyoming Governor’s mansion was a chance to celebrate energy efficiency and alternative energy, but the selection panel chose the conventional option. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/6.9/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inApril 26, 1974: To dam a river
Louise Dunlop and the Coalition Against Strip Mining
For the last three years Louise Dunlop’s life has centered around one word — coal. She coordinates the Coalition Against Strip Mining, a group of about 30 organizations across the country. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/6.9/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inApril 26, 1974: To dam a river
To dam a river
Few environmental challenges seem as stark as the threat to dam a stretch of wild river like Montana’s Upper Missouri. But the heyday of big dam building may be nearing an end. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/6.9/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inApril 12, 1974: Judge calls showdown in Montana
Judge calls showdown in Montana
Montana Gov. Thomas Judge has notified Interior Secretary Rogers Morton that the state will take the lead in regulating coal-fired power plants, rather than waiting for federal environmental impact statements for plants like Colstrip. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/6.8/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inApril 12, 1974: Judge calls showdown in Montana
Leslie Peterson, WEI President
Leslie Peterson became an environmentalist when she saw that the trees weren’t growing back on timber clearcuts in Wyoming’s Shoshone National Forest. She noticed the scare as a small child, because she grew up in the forestry business. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/6.8/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inApril 12, 1974: Judge calls showdown in Montana
Wyoming coalfields – scene of conflict
The Burlington Northern and the Chicago Northwestern have applied to the Interstate Commerce Commission for a permit to build a new 120-mile rail line between Gillette and Douglas for transporting coal. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/6.8/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inMarch 29, 1974: Harnessing limitless energy
Solar powered history
A photo essay on the origins and history of solar power. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/6.7/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inMarch 29, 1974: Harnessing limitless energy
Harnessing limitless energy
As independent, idealistic inventors forge ahead with plans to heat buildings with the sun, traditional institutions and businesses are taking cautious steps in the same direction. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/6.7/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inMarch 29, 1974: Harnessing limitless energy
Rangers to restore fire in the Tetons
A National Park Service plan to use “safe,” prescribed wildfires to restore pristine ecological conditions in Grand Teton National Park may signal the end of the Smoky Bear era. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/6.7/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inMarch 15, 1974: On the verge of extinction
Bighorn sheep: a precarious balance
For the bighorn sheep who once grazed further down in the valleys than they do today, the rise of the cattle industry after the Civil War marked the beginning of their decline. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/6.6/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inMarch 15, 1974: On the verge of extinction
Grizzly, go home!
A dramatization of a bear’s encounter with police and tourists — how will it end? Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/6.6/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inMarch 15, 1974: On the verge of extinction
On the verge of extinction
The blunt-nosed leopard lizard, the Hawaiian hoary bat and the light-footed clapper — all endangered species — don’t receive the attention they deserve. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/6.6/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E