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  • Delta Blues

    CALFED, a huge Clinton-era project designed to restore the California Delta, now seems to be stalled and unraveling under an indifferent Bush administration.

    by Susan Zakin, Sep 30, 2002

  • Riding the Line

    During Cinco de Mayo on the border between Douglas, Ariz., and Altar, Sonora, Mexico, a traditional horse race brings people of both countries together for fun and excitement.

    by Susan Zakin, May 27, 2002

  • Sanctuary movement revives

    Alexis Claire, who owns a travel agency in Bisbee, Ariz., is part of a revival of the "Sanctuary Movement,' trying to help today's economic refugees as she helped refugees from Central America 10 years ago.

    by Susan Zakin, Oct 09, 2000

  • A sympathetic landowner

    In Douglas, Ariz., rancher and consultant Jerry Bohmfalk is considering a lawsuit against the Border Patrol, which he believes makes matters worse by pursuing "economic refugees."

    by Susan Zakin, Oct 09, 2000

  • Border lures the young

    In Agua Prieta, Mexico, a group of young men discuss their experiences crossing the border.

    by Susan Zakin, Oct 09, 2000

  • The hunters and the hunted: The Arizona-Mexico border turns into the 21st century frontier

    As illegal immigration from Mexico increases, more people risk their lives crossing the desert into Arizona, while government agencies, anti-immigration vigilantes and human rights activists argue over how to handle the influx.

    by Susan Zakin, Oct 09, 2000

  • No, it's habitat fragmentation, stupid

    by Susan Zakin, Jul 06, 1998

  • Mexico launches a green offensive

    The International Sonoran Desert Alliance hopes, with the cooperation of the U.S. and Mexican governments, to ease some of the problems - many environmental - that tightened border security is causing.

    by Susan Zakin, Mar 31, 1997

  • Shake-up: Greens inside the Beltway

    The environmental movement goes through changes, but love of place endures even in Washington, D.C.

    by Susan Zakin, Nov 11, 1996

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