All conservationists concerned about proper administration of millions of acres of public domain grazing lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management have a vital stake in public hearings scheduled in three Montana cities. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/2.17/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
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Posted inApril 24, 1970: Park fish protected
Park fish protected
Yellowstone National Park Superintendent Jack K. Anderson has announced several major changes in the fishing regulations for the park, a response to heavy angling pressure. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/2.17/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inApril 17, 1970: Special issue: Earth Day
People of the West are changing attitudes about environment
Throughout the Rocky Mountain region there are demands to take a closer look at industries’ impact on the environment. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/2.16/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inApril 17, 1970: Special issue: Earth Day
Scenic mountain area threatened by mining
The White Clouds area near Challis, Idaho, is under pressure from potential development of molybdenum. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/2.16/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inApril 17, 1970: Special issue: Earth Day
Wyoming’s environmental problems are not unique
Wyoming, like all other Rocky Mountain states, is caught in the dichotomous dilemma of development or degradation. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/2.16/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inApril 10, 1970: Hunting regulations are to be discussed
Hunting regulations are to be discussed
Representatives from the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission will meet with sportsmen’s clubs, outfitters, meat processors, and others to discuss the 1970 hunting season and proposed changes to hunting regulation. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/2.15/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inApril 10, 1970: Hunting regulations are to be discussed
Waterfown get break in public land development
Much of the loss of critical waterfowl breeding and nesting habitat in the prairie pothole region in eastern Montana has been offset through construction of stock ponds. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/2.15/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inApril 3, 1970: Wyoming game herds are economically important
Coyote is mean pet
Russell Cooper of Kooskia, Idaho, enjoys the companionship of his six-month-old coyote pup, one of four taken by his father in the Idaho hills near is home. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/2.14/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inApril 3, 1970: Wyoming game herds are economically important
Wyoming game herds are economically important
Hunting and fishing is big business in Wyoming, where in recent years it has provided a direct boost of $60 million to the economy. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/2.14/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inMarch 27, 1970: Big game herds need critical winter range
Big game herds need critical winter range
Although Wyoming’s big game herds are generally doing well, helped by competent management, private land is increasingly causing problems with critical winter range. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/2.13/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inMarch 27, 1970: Big game herds need critical winter range
Visitors up at parks and monuments
Statisticians at the Department of Interior say that significantly more people visited national parks and monuments last year than in 1968. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/2.13/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inMarch 20, 1970: Feeding game is costly program
Feeding game is costly program
Wyoming Game and Fish Department’s compensation of ranchers for game harvested on their land, plus expenses of feeding large numbers of elk, add up to a large cost. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/2.12/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inMarch 20, 1970: Feeding game is costly program
Idaho has “Wild River”
The Middle Fork of the Salmon River in Idaho has now become a “Wild River” by designation of Congress and the U.S. Forest Service. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/2.12/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inMarch 13, 1970: Wyoming Game and Fish buys critical range
Wyoming Game and Fish buys critical range
The Wyoming Game and Fish Department has found that it is often cheaper to buy certain ranches than to pay ranchers damage fees year after year. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/2.11/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inMarch 13, 1970: Wyoming Game and Fish buys critical range
Wyoming grizzly bear applicants successful
Thirty applicants were granted permits to hunt grizzly bears in Wyoming. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/2.11/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inMarch 13, 1970: Wyoming Game and Fish buys critical range
Yellowstone winter use to be discussed
As snowmobiling becomes a bigger part of the winter recreation scene, many people are pushing to open Yellowstone National Park to snowmobiling and other winter uses. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/2.11/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inMarch 6, 1970: Game-livestock competition is not very serious
Game-livestock competition is not very serious
A Wyoming program compensates ranchers when wild game inhabit their land, but state game officials say that deer and antelope numbers are not as high as in former years. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/2.10/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inMarch 6, 1970: Game-livestock competition is not very serious
Idaho family has golden eagle pets
Five golden eagles periodically make their homes with Morlan Nelson’s family in Boise, Idaho. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/2.10/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inMarch 6, 1970: Game-livestock competition is not very serious
U.S. Forest Service to rate avalanches
The U.S. Forest Service is collecting weather, snow, and avalanche data at 42 locations in 12 western states as a step in the development of an “avalanche hazard rating index.” Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/2.10/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inFebruary 28, 1975: Abracadabra! Idaho Power cleans up stacks
People move into land planning
The purpose of this article is to describe, in practical terms, how you can influence the future of your community through the planning process. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/7.5/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E