Ranchers’ clout drives grazing reform in new directions
Energy & Industry
Posted inJanuary 24, 1994: Turmoil on the range
Tiny reporter at a small paper writes a big story
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – In July 1987, newly hired Albuquerque Tribune reporter Eileen Welsome was thumbing through declassified government documents on radioactive waste dumps at the local Air Force base when a footnote caught her eye. It was about plutonium experiments on humans. Stunned, she went to her city editor with the story idea. As Welsome […]
Posted inJanuary 24, 1994: Turmoil on the range
Reform was killed by “100 peacocks in heat”
Note: This article is a sidebar to one of this issue’s feature stories, Turmoil on the range. Brant Calkin, who until a few months ago was head of the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, one of the region’s most aggressive environmental groups, thinks he knows why the Rangeland Reform ’94 initiative crashed and burned. He says […]
Posted inJanuary 24, 1994: Turmoil on the range
Cows are evicted from Utah
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – A federal judge has kicked cattle out of the canyons of southeastern Utah’s Comb Wash. Both environmentalists and ranchers say the decision could lead to sweeping changes in grazing on public lands. Department of Interior Administrative Law Judge John Rampton’s Dec. 20 decision in the three-year-long Comb Wash case found […]
Posted inJanuary 24, 1994: Turmoil on the range
A stark victory in Utah
In May 1989, Gene Nodine, head of the BLM’s Moab, Utah, office, told Arizona law professor Joe Feller: “You don’t know enough about this (public-land grazing) to question what we’re doing.” In retrospect, that was a rash statement. For in December 1993, John Rampton, an administrative law judge for the Department of Interior, ruled that […]
Posted inDecember 27, 1993: Yellowstone
Little support for public-land ranchers
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Little support for public-land ranchers.
Posted inDecember 27, 1993: Yellowstone
Nevada mine wants to grow
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Nevada mine wants to grow.
Posted inDecember 27, 1993: Yellowstone
Wyoming beats around the bush
A Wyoming law relaxing mined land reclamation standards could cost the state federal funding and regulatory authority. To read this article, download this HCN issue in PDF format. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Wyoming beats around the bush.
Posted inDecember 27, 1993: Yellowstone
Mid-Continent mine dispute continues
The federal Office of Surface Mining says Colorado underestimated the cost and extent of reclaiming the Mid-Continent mine site near Redstone, Colo. To read this article, download this HCN issue in PDF format. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Mid-Continent mine dispute continues.
Posted inDecember 27, 1993: Yellowstone
Methane creates an explosive situation in Colorado
Residents of methane-polluted residential areas blame the problem on natural gas companies. To read this article, download this HCN issue in PDF format. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Methane creates an explosive situation in Colorado.
Posted inDecember 13, 1993: Jack Ward Thomas: Hail to the chief
Congress halts MRS grants
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Congress halts MRS grants.
Posted inDecember 13, 1993: Jack Ward Thomas: Hail to the chief
Jobs flow to WIPP
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Jobs flow to WIPP.
Posted inDecember 13, 1993: Jack Ward Thomas: Hail to the chief
Mining reform moves closer
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Mining reform moves closer.
Posted inDecember 13, 1993: Jack Ward Thomas: Hail to the chief
Groups say rich ranchers get free ride
Environmental groups charge that BLM land is overgrazed by cattle owned by Hewlett-Packard electronics moguls. To read this article, download this HCN issue in PDF format. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Groups say rich ranchers get free ride.
Posted inNovember 29, 1993: Butte, Montana, seeks a new life
Utah fights Umetco
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Utah fights Umetco.
Posted inNovember 29, 1993: Butte, Montana, seeks a new life
Begging for windmills
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Begging for windmills.
Posted inNovember 29, 1993: Butte, Montana, seeks a new life
A silver lining
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline A silver lining.
Posted inNovember 29, 1993: Butte, Montana, seeks a new life
All about pesticides
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline All about pesticides.
Posted inNovember 29, 1993: Butte, Montana, seeks a new life
Epidemic isn’t over
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Epidemic isn’t over.
Posted inNovember 29, 1993: Butte, Montana, seeks a new life
Wyoming ranch changes hands
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Wyoming ranch changes hands.