The Magazine

Gold miner John Livermore and Sierra Club mining expert Glenn Miller join forces to find a solution to Nevada’s mining troubles.

Locals balk at EPA’s plan to declare Triumph, Idaho, a Superfund site due to mining waste.

Bald eagles are making a comeback after near extinction due to the pesticide DDT.

Forest Service practices permit logging fraud by the Columbia River Scaling and Grading Bureau.

Groundwater pumping dries Milt Thompson’s Diamond Valley Ranch.

Governors of eight Western states begin work on a strategy to protect the region’s world-class air before it’s too late.

Oregon’s Trojan nuclear power plant closes permanently after charges of safety violations.

The issue of whether or not barging salmon around dams is effective is taken to court.

A proposed golf course in Santa Fe is another milestone in the area’s cultural transformation.

A history of Denver’s economic development and rise to prominence as a Western city.

Environmentalists’ euphoria over President Bill Clinton’s Western policies came to an abrupt end in late March, when the White House pulled public land reforms from its new budget.

Aspen, Colo. grapples with the angst of being a rich resort town, a mill closure shakes Kremmling, Colo., Livingston, Mont. is caught off-guard by its popularity, and the West is transformed byte by byte.

A showdown between environmentalists and water project advocates nears on the Animus-La Plata water project.

A paleoIndian skeleton is reburied in Idaho.

The Nature Conservancy sells the biologically diverse Gray Ranch amidst local concern.

Several lawsuits say the government should compensate for land devalued in “takings” cases.

Bruce Babbitt will manage a fragmented and dysfunctional Department of the Interior.