Project Rio Blanco, a partnership between CER Geonuclear Corp. and the Atomic Energy Commission, will detonate three 30-kiloton nuclear devices underground in northwest Colorado to stimulate extraction of hydrocarbons. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/5.9/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
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Posted inApril 27, 1973: 'Landmark' case heard
‘Landmark’ case heard
In a hearing concerning Wyoming’s Teton National Forest, environmental groups argued that the U.S. Forest Service had not complied with the National Environmental Policy Act or its own regulations in awarding timbering contracts. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/5.9/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inApril 27, 1973: 'Landmark' case heard
Restoring a dam disaster
Years after the construction of the Libby Dam on the Kootenai River in Montana forced a re-routing of a Burlington Northern rail line, the area cleared for the rail line remains an open sore on the land. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/5.9/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inApril 13, 1973: The crisis in energy: confront or cooperate?
Rancher reprimanded for eagle incident
Acting Secretary of Interior John Whitaker has issued a letter of reprimand to Dean Visintainer, a rancher who pleaded guilty to shooting several golden eagles from an aircraft in northwestern Colorado. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/5.8/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inApril 13, 1973: The crisis in energy: confront or cooperate?
The crisis in energy: confront or cooperate?
The energy industry is increasingly offering to cooperate with environmental groups and conduct joint studies of areas like the Powder River Basin, but many environmentalists are skeptical of the industry’s intentions. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/5.8/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inApril 13, 1973: The crisis in energy: confront or cooperate?
The year of the tule elk
Pending federal legislation would establish a wildlife refuge in California’s Owens Valley for tule elk, a subspecies of North American elk that once thrived on the east side of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/5.8/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inMarch 30, 1973: Thanks! (to our dedicated readers)
‘Squeaky wheel’ gets the ‘grease’
Many of the sheep ranchers who have been complaining loudest about losses they claim to have suffered from coyotes, according to the National Audubon Society, are those who have been getting the fattest subsidy checks from the federal government. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/5.7/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inMarch 30, 1973: Thanks! (to our dedicated readers)
Thanks! (to our dedicated readers)
What has happened to High Country News this month is nothing short of miraculous: new subscribers and donations have put High Country News on strong footing. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/5.7/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inMarch 30, 1973: Thanks! (to our dedicated readers)
Wilderness struggle shapes up
Since the 1930s, the Salmon River Breaks Primitive Area, the Idaho Primitive Area and adjacent lands have been managed to preserve their wild character; now, the Forest Service is required by the 1964 Wilderness Act to recommend to Congress whether these lands should be formally designated as wilderness. Download entire issue to view this article: […]
Posted inMarch 16, 1973: Optimism reigns
Optimism reigns
The miracle may be happening. Reaction to our decision to cease publication was so swift and decisive that now, barring unforeseen circumstances, High Country News appears to be saved. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/5.6/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inMarch 16, 1973: Optimism reigns
Peregrines are in danger
Before the extensive and indiscriminate use of the pesticide DDT starting in 1946, the peregrine falcon was one of the most prolific and widespread birds of prey in the U.S.; now it is a recent addition to the endangered species list. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/5.6/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inMarch 16, 1973: Optimism reigns
The politics of legislating
The author observes the debate and vote on Wyoming’s House Bill 22A, which would regulate reclamation and other aspects of strip mining. Part two in a two-part series. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/5.6/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inMarch 2, 1973: Water report analyzed
Take pork-barrel out of water projects
A report by the National Water Commission offers America a chance to take the pork-barrel politics out of federal financing of dams, flood control projects, canals and irrigation, says the National Audubon Society. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/5.5/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inMarch 2, 1973: Water report analyzed
The politics of legislating
The author observes Wyoming’s Forty-Second Legislature as it considers strip mining legislation. Part one in a two-part series. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/5.5/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inMarch 2, 1973: Water report analyzed
Water report analyzed
These comments on the National Water Commission’s recent report are representative of the feelings of most Westerners who have no special interest in water development, irrigation projects, barge canals or dam building. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/5.5/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inFebruary 16, 1973: The crisis in energy: strip-mining laws
Clarks Fork is dirty
Farming and ranching practices insensitive to erosion in the area that drains into the Clarks Fork of Yellowstone River in Montana are causing problems for stream life and for cities like Billings that rely on the Clarks Fork for drinking water. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/5.4/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inFebruary 16, 1973: The crisis in energy: strip-mining laws
Sierra Club sets energy policy
The Sierra Club is proposing energy economics reforms that would rapidly phase out all kinds of economic subsidies to fossil-fuel energy industries. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/5.4/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inFebruary 16, 1973: The crisis in energy: strip-mining laws
The crisis in energy: strip-mining laws
As Montana and Wyoming struggle to enact protective legislation in the face of ever-expanding strip mining, landowners, environmentalists and an awakening public are being pitted against the energy lobby. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/5.4/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inFebruary 2, 1973: America's wilderness: a chance to decide
America’s wilderness: a chance to decide
The Multiple Use and Sustained Yield Act of 1960, the Wilderness Act of 1964 and a string of court cases during the past decade have laid the groundwork for preserving the West’s wild lands — but the next few years will be a critical time of decision-making. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/5.3/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inFebruary 2, 1973: America's wilderness: a chance to decide
Our future foreclosed?
We cannot forever live off the land. We must begin now to live with the land. We have gained much that is valuable, but we have lost much that is irreplaceable. Only recently have we begun to realize the cost of what has been gained. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/5.3/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E