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High Country News Vol. 25.18, Oct. 4, 1993 \ October 4, 1993 VoL 25 No. 18 A Paper for People wbo Care about tbe West Onedollarandfyiycenis.o MINING REFORM t I 1 ' _ _ Jon Christensen Glenn Miller, left, andjohn livermoretalk on a ridge above.a gold mine in Nevada's Independence Mountains ,Searching for " ! common ground \ ohn Livermore is no run-of-the-mill als, they arrived at a compromise. Each .j gold miner. is well aware that their agreement And Glenn Miller is no garden- breaks ranks with positions staked out variety environmentalist. by their colleagues; 'But they expected Like leaders of the Israelis and PLO, attacks tram friends when they decided they've reached out in an attempt to to talk to the enemy. find common ground in the fight over As they traveled and talked, the Serr- mining reform.i, . ate passed a bill sponsored by Idaho This summer, Livermore and Miller Sen. Larry Craig, R, that reflects the min- traveled with Great Basin regional edi- ing industry's minimal concessions to tor Jon Christensen to some of the giant reform. A tougher bill urged by environ- open pits of northern Nevada, where 65 mentalists and sponsored in the House percent of the nation's gold ismined. of Representatives by Reps. Nick Rahall, They agreed that reform of the 1872 D-WVa., and George Miller,D-Calif., Mining Law is both necessary and - continues under intense debate and lob- inevitable, and, negotiating as individu- bying. Our story begins on page 8. • A joint proposal for mining law reform/12 • "IN YOUR FACE": Miners confront a professor/Ll • A comparison of mining bills/13 Ta l Dear friends, A final emendation There are some incidents that are the We met inBozeman Her physical presence was recalled word equivalent of tar babies, and the The board of the High Country Foun- r fj,Jrus by Diane Josephy Peavey, also story about whether or not David Brower dation met in Bozeman, Mont., Saturday, :'trom a ranching family, who read from a compared loggers to guards in concentra- Sept. 18, to poke around at a preliminary radio piece she produced about Sally: tion camps is one of them. In the last version of the 1994 budget, to hear staff "Sally was very tall. No, she was issue of Dear Friends, we wrote that Dick member Steve Hinchman describe how very long. Her legs were long and carried Cavett, on his TV show, had asked David past and present issues of HCN will be her forward in strong, broad strides, her Brower: "What do you say to people who put onto an electronic format, to talk long arms swinging free by her side. Her complain that environmentalists cost peo- about the need for diversity on the HCN strawberry blond hair hung in straight, ple their jobs?" board - both ethnic and vocational long strands around her face - a face We had Brower answering Cavett. diversity, and to hear publisher Ed dominated by a wide, smiling mouth and But Brower tells us that it was Cavett who lllGH COUNTRYNEWS Marston say that radio is not in HeN's by direct eyes that studied you as if to bet- answered his question by saying: "I sup- ter absorb your words .... posed a lot of people lost their jobs when (ISSN!0191!5657) is published immediate future, although television may biweekly, except for one issue during be. (Salt Lake City television producer "She is everywhere with me as I try they closed the furnaces at Dachau." Then July and one issue during January', by Mike Youngren is making a 15·minute to understand her death. I weep for her Brower says, Cavett was so shocked by the High Country Fou-ndation. 119 video to test whether there is a market for husband and her two young girls, who the answer he, Cavett had given, that he Grand Avenue, Paonia, CO 81428. sec- an hour-long program based on HCN's lost their energetic and compassionate changed the subject. end-class postage paid at Paonia. view of the West.) wife and mother. The above version mayor may not be Colorado. Normally, board meetings take up the "She was only a 37-year-old woman right. But whatever the case, it's the last POSTMASTER: Send address full day, and more. But this one raced to on an early morning walk along a quiet correction. changes to HIGH COUNTRY NEWS, an.early ending, allowing board and staff Wyoming road. It was such a simple thing Box 1090, Paonia, CO 81428. to adjourn to a hillside outside Bozeman, to do." - Ed Marston for the staff Subscriptions are $28 per year for individuals and public libraries, $38 .where they stood in a circle to share their After the memorial service, the board per year for institutions. Singlecopies memories of Sally Gordon, the board went to a park in Bozeman, for a potluck $1.50 plus postage and handling .. Spe- member who was killed by a pickup truck with subscribers from around the region. BULLETIN BOARD cial Issues $3 each. last month on a rural road. Emily Swanson of Bozeman, who orga- We recalled Sally's aliveness, her nized the. meeting and potluck, had been FOR GREEN ENTREPRENEURS Tom Bell enthusiasm, her raucous laugh, and her unable to find a hall for the potluck, so Editor-emeritus inability 'to contain herself. Our sense was the evening - chilly even by Montana The Common Ground Project of Prescott College in Arizona is hoping to Ed Marston that she would have loved to be diplomat- standards - turned into something of a Publisher" unite business and environmental interests ic and quiet at HCN board meetings; physical test, which everyone passed with Betsy Marston at a conference on "Environmental Editor instead, she was blunt and to the point. blue lips and red ears. Entrepreneuring: People, Jobs and the Envi- Unda Bacigalupi Several members of the board and . The board members who attended the Associate publl5ber ronment." Set for Oct. 15-17 on the col- staff had attended Sail y' s funeral in Buf- meeting were president Kari] Frohboese Steve Hinchman lege's Prescott, Ari~.•campus, the get- Staff reporter falo, Wyo., and some of us in the circle. of Park City, Utah, Maggie Coon of Seat- together features 35 workshops including - Paul Larmer were surprised to hear that 500 or so of tle, Wash., Geoff O'Gara of Lander, Assistant editor discussions on how to start or "green" a her friends and neighbors had attended the Wyo., Dan Luecke of Boulder, Colo., business network with environmental busi- Jon Christensen service in Buffalo's Union Congregation- Victoria Bomberry of Stanford, Calif., Greut Basi" reglort4l editor ness people and learn the philosophy of al Church. We knew, of course, that Sally Michael Ehlers of Boulder, Colo., Judy environmental entrepreneuring. Contact C.L Rawlins Poetry editor had more of a life than her three-times-a- Jacobsen of Boulder, Colo., Diane Peavey Derk Janssen or_SueEllinger, Common Diane Sylvain year attendance at HCN board meetings. of Carey, Idaho, Farwell Smith of GroundProject, 220 Grove Ave., P~:~t~l: PrwIuctWn/proojre(uJhfg We hadn't realized, until we were told of McLeod, Mont., Emily Swanson of Boze- AZ 86301 (602/776-5109). Cindy Wehling the outpouring of grief at the funeral, just man, and Lynda Taylor of Santa Fe, N.M. Desktop publJsblng how much more of a life she had had. CHANGE ON THE RANGE Ann U1rich rypesett/ng We knew she had owned a mail order Disclosure How will range reformdecisions made in Marlon Stewart business in Sheridan from 1986 to 1990. The foundation established by John Washington, D.C., affectranchersand the eopyedltlng But we hadn't known she was president Livermore, Public Resource Associates, environment in the West? The League of . Women Voters of Utah is sponsoring a town Gretchen Nicholoff of the Johnson County Library Founda- was one of the initial donors to Ht.N'« meeting to discuss thisissueat the Yarrow arcuJaUon manager tion Board, or that she ;erved on the Great Basin project. Livermore is featured Hotel in Park City, Utah,Oct.7 at 7 p.m. Phyllis Becktell Northwest Wyoming Family Planning in this issue's lead article. Circulation Speakers include Bureauof Land Management Board, the Buffalo Enhancement Com- Additional support for the Great Meg O'Shaughnessy Director Jim Baca, High Country News pub- Promotion mittee of the Big Horn Economic Devel- Basin project has come from the Nevada lisherEd Marston, BLM riparianspecialist Krlsty McFarland opment Board, the Buffalo YMCA board, Humanities Committee, the Funding Wayne Elmore, and RoseStrickland,chair of Business manager and the board of the Family Crisis Center Exchange, the Nature Conservancy, the the Sierra Club's grazingsubcommittee. For Davkl Frey in Buffalo. Or that she was an accom- University of Nevadaat Reno and numer- moreinformation, call the Leagueof Women Todd Hinnen PatriCk Guinan plished pianist. ous individual donors. Voters of Utah (801/272-8683). "Interns Victoria Bomberry, ForestviUe, Calif. Maggie Coon, Seattle, Wasb. Judy Dona.d, Wasblngto", nc "Michael Ehlers, Boulder, Co~ Tom France, Missoulll, MonL Karil Frohboese, Park City, Utah Judith Jacobsen, Boulder, Colo. Dan Luecke, Boulder, Colo. Geoffrey O'Gara, LDnder, Wyo. Diane josepby Peavey,carey, taabo James B. Rueh, Flagsw.o; An'%. Farwell Smith, Mcleod, Mont. Emlly Swanson, Bozeman. Mont. Lynda S. Taylor,Albuquerque, N.M. M3l'k Trahant, salt LDke City, Utab Andy Wiessner, Detlver, Colo. "Board of Directors Articles appearing in Hlgb Country News are indexed i9 EnvlronmeJJwl Periodicals Blbliogra- pby, Environmental Studies Institute, 800 Gar- den St., Suite D, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. 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