“CONTINUED cold and wet” was the summer forecast in Montana. Twice in August we had snow at 6,500 feet. Our

EACH June, at the end of the academic year, I head back to FREE’s office in Bozeman, Mont., and spend

THE debate over old-growth forests pits preservationists against those depending on this timber for their livelihood. With each side committed

IT is clear from the argument of protectionists in Congress that many are pessimistic about the future of U.S. manufacturing.

THE president and Hillary Rodham Clinton are selling the outlines of their health-care program to the nation. We have been

THE RECENT forest conference in Portland was, as expected, both well-attended and highly publicized. The scene, however, was more impressive

WHEN considering the proposed “Ancient Forest Summit” or “Timber Summit” (word choice is significant), we should carefully segregate our hopes

AS only Nixon could go to China, perhaps only a Democratic administration can join a fight against one of the

IN every language the term “bureaucracy” bears a crust of derision. This is no accident, for bureaucratic incentives invariably produce

THE Shoshone National Forest near Dubois, Wyo., is an important part of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. But the forest has