The Magazine

The proposed San Juan Basin coal sale in northwest New Mexico is one of four massive competitive lease sales planned by the Interior Department.

Gary Hart, Colorado’s senior senator and the Rocky Mountain West’s own presidential candidate, talks conservation in Snowmass Village.

A special issue on the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, with news on geothermal development near Yellowstone National Park and mining the Stillwater’s platinum.

The Energy Security Act of 1980 gave the U.S. Synthetic Fuels Corporation a mandate to produce millions of barrels of oil and gas from the nation’s oil shale, coal and tar sands, but the effort hasn’t gone much beyond the laboratory bench.

The election of Ronald Reagan — the most outspoken anti-environmental presidential candidate since Earth Day in 1970 — has sparked an unprecedented growth in environmental groups.

The five-year Flathead Basin Environmental Impact Study has brought together biologists, geologists and social scientists to predict potential impacts of growth on a northwest Montana valley.

A special issue on Montana’s populist politics, including a review of the 1983 Montana Legislature and a “Montana Bestiary.”

On Colorado’s western slope, the collapse of the rising oil shale boom has been both deep and wide.

Should the multi-billion dollar Intermountain Power Project, a large coal-fired power plant, be regulated by the Utah Public Service Commission?

Yellowstone National Park’s image is being been tarnished by disturbing facts emerging about one of the western wilderness’ most critical ingredients: the grizzly bear.

A special issue on forest planning, including summaries of forest plans in the Rockies and forest policy revisions, plus articles on RARE III, Montana’s Lewis and Clark Forest, and more.

As a result of slower than expected demand, due in part to conservation efforts, dozens of proposed power facilities have been cancelled or delayed.

A special issue on Arizona and New Mexico, with articles on nuclear waste disposal, coal mining in the Bisti Badlands, erosion of Grand Canyon beaches, and the Central Arizona Project.

Widespread use of political action committees, a relatively new phenomenon on the American political scene, is driving politics in many Western states.

A special issue on the identity of the Rocky Mountains, with articles on regional politics, watersheds and bioregions, a closeup on Yellowstone National Park, and more.

A special issue on the MX Missile, Washington’s WPPSS, nuclear war and nuclear waste.

Whitewater enthusiasts who ignore the Colorado Supreme Court’s ruling that prohibits floating across private land are guilty of third degree criminal trespass.

The Reagan administration has sent Congress a list of rivers it recommends for inclusion in the Nation Wild and Scenic Rivers System, the first time in four years that any rivers outside of Alaska have been recommended.

A Bureau of Reclamation wind turbine demonstration project in Wyoming may show the future promise of wind power.

A special issue on Rocky Mountain politics, including a review of the West’s congressional delegates, a state-by-state summary of political issues, and more.