Congressional hearings are expected to be completed before the end of the session on administration bills to create a Department of Energy and Natural Resources and transfer functions of several agencies now outside the Interior to that department. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/5.23/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
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Posted inNovember 23, 1973: The crisis in energy: Water comes up short
The crisis in energy: Water comes up short
In Wyoming and eastern Montana, plans for harnessing the Powder River Basin’s coal to ease the energy crisis are running into the realities of limited water supply. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/5.23/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inNovember 23, 1973: The crisis in energy: Water comes up short
Water … key to energy development
A map of the waterways surrounding the Powder River Basin, with potential reservoirs that may be developed to support coal-fired power plants. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/5.23/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inNovember 9, 1973: The making of an energy skinflint
The oil shale kingdom
The author recalls a day spent amid the clean air, silence, and wildlife of Colorado’s Piceance Basin — an area slated for oil shale development. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/5.22/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inNovember 9, 1973: The making of an energy skinflint
Trimming the fat: Conservation of energy takes center stage
Today, almost everyone in authority seems to be telling us that that energy honeymoon is over, and that energy conservation is here to stay. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/5.22/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inNovember 9, 1973: The making of an energy skinflint
The making of an energy skinflint
Can citizens reduce demand by managing their energy more wisely? Experts believe they can, without greatly changing their lifestyles, if they wish. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/5.22/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inOctober 26, 1973: Black clouds gather
Black clouds gather
As the energy crisis deepens, the clear skies of Wyoming’s Bighorn Mountains are threatened by the extraction of vast deposits of coal. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/5.21/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inOctober 26, 1973: Black clouds gather
Orrin Bonney, mountaineer
Orrin H. Bonney is one of Wyoming’s twentieth century mountain men. His love of Wyoming’s high country has led to an intimate knowledge of the mountains few modern men can match. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/5.21/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inOctober 12, 1973: Oil shale cost immense
Michael McCloskey, Sierra Club leader
An HCN interview with Michael McCloskey, who succeeded David Brower as executive director of the Sierra Club. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/5.20/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inOctober 12, 1973: Oil shale cost immense
Oil shale cost immense
The Department of Interior is on the eve of releasing the shackles on oil shale development in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming — but conservation organizations are worried that the cost to the environment will be too high. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/5.20/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inOctober 12, 1973: Oil shale cost immense
Whither the train: Reclamation for rusty rails
In part two in a series about the fate of passenger rail, Lander, Wyo., which saw its last passenger train over 25 years ago, may foreclose on a potential railroad revival if it allows the branch rail-line that serves the town to be abandoned. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/5.20/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inSeptember 28, 1973: Disaster waits in the wings, but our wastefulness continues
Disaster waits in the wings, but our wastefulness continues
Little known or understood by the average American is his prodigious use — and waste — of all forms of energy. So wasteful have Americans been that we now find ourselves on the brink of energy disaster. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/5.19/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inSeptember 28, 1973: Disaster waits in the wings, but our wastefulness continues
Stepping on the golden egg
HCN author Bruce Hamilton recalls testifying against the proposed Grand Teton Jetport at a hearing in Jackson, Wyo. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/5.19/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inSeptember 28, 1973: Disaster waits in the wings, but our wastefulness continues
Whither the passenger train?
Concern for the environment and the energy crisis has caused residents of Boise, Idaho, and others to wonder: what happened to our railroads, and in particular, our passenger trains? Part one in a two-part series. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/5.19/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inSeptember 14, 1973: Our land is finite ...
Aspen battles bulge
As the ski resort town of Aspen, Colo., bursts with rapid growth, some county commissioners think the solution may be to let the community create its own zoning. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/5.18/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inSeptember 14, 1973: Our land is finite ...
John Bermington: The governor’s land use man
An HCN interview with Colorado Gov. John Venderhoof’s advisor on state planning and the environment, John Bermington. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/5.18/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inSeptember 14, 1973: Our land is finite ...
Our land is finite …
Viewed in historical perspective, the disruption of our western landscape by second home developments may be of far greater importance than any other factor — more even than strip mining for coal, oil shale and uranium. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/5.18/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inAugust 31, 1973: Cody: homes on the range
Cody: homes on the range
For the past year and a half, development near Cody, Wyo., has been stalled while the county writes and adopts comprehensive zoning regulations. But developers have plans for turning a narrow strip of land abutting the Shoshone National Forest into recreational homes, condominiums, and golf courses. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/5.17/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inAugust 31, 1973: Cody: homes on the range
Joyce Jorgenson, editor
Ouray County Plaindealer editor Joyce Jorgenson’s biggest battle has been fighting a power package designed by Kemmerer Coal Company of Wyoming. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/5.17/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inAugust 31, 1973: Cody: homes on the range
Planning for a “one-horse” community — Jackson Hole
“You can’t tell a man what to do with his land” has been the prevalent attitude toward land-use planning in Teton County, Wyo., for a long time. But things are changing here, and they’re changing fast. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/5.17/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E