Writers on the Range
Posted inFebruary 22, 1993: The continuing saga of New Mexico's Gray Ranch

The only hope for wilderness is to save all the parts

by Mike Bader

Mike Bader, executive director of the Alliance for the Wild Rockies, advocates preserving the Northern Rockies in its entirety as an ecosytem. To read this article, download this HCN issue in PDF format. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline The only hope for wilderness is to save all […]

Posted inDecember 28, 1992: Audubon's 'ranch' ungrazed, but used

Forest Service is trying to turn over a new leaf, but critics have doubts

by Richard Manning

The U.S. Forest Service believes there is a clear patch of land in Montana that affords a clear view of the future’s enlightened forestry. The problem is, the agency’s own past sometimes sullies the view. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/24.24/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E

Posted inSeptember 21, 1992: Battle for the Bones

Indian land claims deserve our support

by Kay Matthews

The presence of the 24,000-acre Pueblo of Sandia prevents the city of Albuquerque from sprawling into the nearby foothills to the south. Nevertheless, the environmental community in northern new Mexico is fighting the tribe’s attempt to reclaim its land from the U.S. Forest Service. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/24.17/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E

Posted inSeptember 7, 1992: Developer builds in a wilderness

Yellowstone forces to shoot rogue tourists after relocation fails

by Mark Flower

National Park Service officials today confirmed reports of the shooting of two tourists in Yellowstone Park early this season. The shootings were authorized under a newly implemented policy to protect bears. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/24.16/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E

Posted inApril 20, 1992: The government's investigative agency says, again, cows aren't good for the arid West

Blowing the whistle while covering your ass

by David Hackett

Some survival tips for whistleblowers: Copy everything, take notes, know who your friends are, test the system but don’t trust your boss. And always tell your family before you fight the good fight. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/24.7/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E

Posted inApril 6, 1992: Las Vegas: The boom craps out ... and the city has second thoughts about water

Yucca Mountain is an assault on Nevada

by Robert R. Loux

Jon Christensen’s article, “Nevada Speaks with Fissioned Tongue” (HCN, 1/10/92), seriously misrepresents the issues surrounding the debate about the proposed high-level nuclear waste site at Yucca Mountain in southern Nevada. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/24.6/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E

Posted inFebruary 24, 1992: Sagebrush Rebellion II: Some rural counties seek to influence federal land use

In search of sustainability

by Ed Marston

The foresters, economists, sociologists, public land managers and foundation executives at the Defining Sustainable Forestry Workshop came surprisingly close to describing what sustainable forestry might look like. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/24.3/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E

Posted inFebruary 10, 1992: David Love: His warnings about selenium in Wyoming aren't new

Nevada speaks with fissioned tongue

by Jon Chistensen

The state’s political leaders are talking in ever more militant tones in their battle to keep the nation’s high-level nuclear waste out of Yucca Mountain. Yet these same politicians are the first to cry foul when anyone suggests even a temporary halt to testing nuclear weapons in the same southern Nevada desert. Download entire issue […]

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