Word: conservationism
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Looking Askance. As Secretary of the Interior, however, Hickel would be the custodian of 750 million acres of federal lands, forests and national parks-and rank as the nation's chief defender against the land-grabbing giveaways and pollution that have spoiled much of the environment in the past...
Some Heat. Many influential conservation groups, among them the Sierra Club, are waiting to learn more of Hickel's views before taking a stand on his appointment. So are conservationist members of the Senate Interior Committee: Democrats Walter Mondale of Minnesota, William Proxmire and Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin, South...
Depth Beats Speed. Heller and Rothberg then spent a full five months, including line-by-line reading of 15 volumes of appropriations-committee hearings, to produce a highly critical series on defense-procurement practices. Team Member Dick Barnes, 30, a former editor of the Stanford Daily, examined 12,000 property...
Alaska Governor Walter Hickel also stirred controversy when discussing his new job as Interior Secretary. "I think we have had a policy of conservation for conservation's sake," he said. "Just to withdraw a large area for conservation purposes and lock it up for no reason doesn't...
Yet another pair of books-the 19th and 20th-in the Sierra Club's devoted campaign in behalf of conservation. The textual message is sorely understated, but the incomparable color photography and reproduction make the point emphatically. The wildlife and sheer natural beauty of the Galapagos Islands (600 miles...