Description of a trip to the proposed Gros Ventre Wilderness Area in Wyoming. “The roar of the plunging water provided a perfect tranquilizer for sleep the ensuing two nights.” Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/3.6/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
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Posted inApril 2, 1971: Dams may still go in Hells Canyon
Dams may still go in Hells Canyon
The “prophets of progress” see the great, untamed section of the Snake River through Hells Canyon not as a thing of intrinsic value, but as a tragic waste of kilowatts. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/3.6/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inMarch 19, 1971: Montana is unique ... environment has real champion
Montana is unique … environment has real champion
Unlike in most states, the Montana environment has a real champion: Fish and Game Department head Frank Dunkle, who has fought Montana governor Forrest Anderson to a virtual standstill. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/3.5/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inMarch 19, 1971: Montana is unique ... environment has real champion
Predator control in Wyoming
Part two — “Of eagles and old wives tales” — in a multi-article series on predator control in Wyoming. Even though bald and golden eagles are protected by federal law, many ranchers insist on killing these birds out of fears that they kill livestock. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/3.5/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inMarch 19, 1971: Montana is unique ... environment has real champion
Wyoming to continue grizzly bear hunts
Wyoming will have grizzly bear hunting seasons again in 1971 in Park and Teton counties, although with six fewer permits than were issued last year. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/3.5/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inMarch 5, 1971: Nebraska rivers being threatened
Nebraska rivers being threatened
Most of Nebraska’s rivers and streams are threatened and many may be destroyed or greatly altered within a few years, according to National Audubon Society representative Ron Klataske. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/3.4/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inMarch 5, 1971: Nebraska rivers being threatened
Predator control in Wyoming
An overview of county, state and federal predator control programs in Wyoming. Part one — “Of predators and poisons” — of a multi-article series on predator control in Wyoming. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/3.4/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inFebruary 5, 1971: Senator says forests are measured in board feet
Senator says forests are measured in board feet
Wyoming Sen. Gale McGee has stated that management policies of National Forests must be redirected “away from short-range, short-sighted emphasis on timber cutting toward long-range protection of the entire spectrum of forest-related values.” Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/3.3/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inFebruary 5, 1971: Senator says forests are measured in board feet
Sierra Club says monster created
The Wyoming legislature may be creating a monster with Senate File 124, commonly known as the Green River feasibility study bill, according to Sierra Club officers in Wyoming. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/3.3/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inFebruary 5, 1971: Senator says forests are measured in board feet
Utility advertising draws condemnation
Gerald Jayne, president of the Idaho Environmental Council, says Idaho Power Co.’s refusal to restrict its advertisements encouraging more electrical usage, even as it exerts pressure for more dams in Hells Canyon, should be regarded as “sheer corporate arrogance.” Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/3.3/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inJanuary 22, 1971: Governors outline many state problems
Governors outline many state problems
Both Governor John Love of Colorado and Governor Cecil Andrus of Idaho have put environmental matters high on their list of priorities. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/3.2/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inJanuary 22, 1971: Governors outline many state problems
Green River development … what it’s all about
An overview of the Green River Basin project, with analysis of transbasin diversion, irrigation use, Kendall Reservoir, New Fork Narrows Reservoir and proposed alternatives. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/3.2/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inJanuary 8, 1971: Governors recognize environment issue
Governors recognize environment issue
Governors Forrest Anderson of Montana and Stanley Hathaway of Wyoming — neither of whom has outstanding environmental records — have both declared the environment to be an important issue. The Era of the Environment must certainly have arrived. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/3.1/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inJanuary 8, 1971: Governors recognize environment issue
Steelhead fishing is tough and rugged
Rain, squalls, winds and sometimes snow and cold herald the winter months along the Oregon coast. And once again it’s steelhead fishing time, the time of year these great fish come from the ocean on their annual spawning migrations. Part one of a three-part series on steelhead fishing. Download entire issue to view this article: […]
Posted inJanuary 8, 1971: Governors recognize environment issue
Strip mine report ready
A report by the U.S. Geological Survey says that the largest concentration of strippable coal in the United States is in the northern Great Plains region of western North Dakota, eastern Montana, and northern Wyoming. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/3.1/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inDecember 19, 1975: NEPA at stake?
Dams — no boon to locals
A study has found that major dams along the Missouri River have not substantially benefited the rural areas where the projects were built. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/7.25/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inDecember 18, 1970: Citizens speak out, oppose dams on Green
Citizens speak out, oppose dams on Green
Wyomingites turned out to comment on a proposed water development plan for the Green River. They were almost unanimous in speaking out against the environmentally destructive and economically prohibitive proposals. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/2.38/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inDecember 18, 1970: Citizens speak out, oppose dams on Green
Study says Forest Service needs overhaul
The U.S. Forest Service needs a major overhaul that will decrease its emphasis on timber production and permit public participation in decision-making, according to a select faculty committee at the University of Montana. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/2.38/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inDecember 18, 1970: Citizens speak out, oppose dams on Green
Wild river getting use
Boat traffic on Idaho’s Middle Fork of the Salmon River — which was designated a Wild and Scenic River in 1969 — has almost doubled in the past two years. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/2.38/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inDecember 4, 1970: Skiing is great in Jackson Hole
Game grazing fee proposed
The Wyoming Woolgrowers Association and the Wyoming Stockgrowers Association will present to the next Wyoming Legislature bills to provide for the payment of grazing fees for deer and antelope feeding on private lands. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/2.37/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E