Growth & Planning
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Two Weeks in the West
A little wild
Percentage of federally owned land and wilderness in Western states
by HCN Staff, Sep 18, 2006 -
Essays
Underworld
In a dark, narrow storm drain below the border town of Douglas, Ariz., eight illegal immigrants drowned in the summer of 1997
by Craig Childs, Sep 04, 2006 -
News
States crack down on illegal immigrants
With Congress stalled on immigration reform, Western states such as Colorado are tackling the issue with tough new laws
by Alex C. Pasquariello, Sep 04, 2006 -
Writers on the Range
Utah legislation endangers lands we hold dear
The writer warns that a bill before Congress sets a bad precedent for selling off publicly owned land
by Peter Metcalf, Aug 28, 2006 -
Writers on the Range
Is the great federal land debate over?
The writer, a public policy professor in Idaho, warns that the impulse to sell off or trade public lands is only temporarily blocked
by John Freemuth, Aug 14, 2006 -
Writers on the Range
Rainbow Gathering lacks one color — green
The writer gives an eye-witness account of how her sheep-grazing allotment became home to thousands of Rainbow folks
by Sharon Salisbury O'Toole, Jul 03, 2006 -
Writers on the Range
Fencing off Mexico is an ecological blunder
The writer calls the fence on our southern border an ecological nightmare
by Gary Wockner, Jun 05, 2006 -
Writers on the Range
A silent victim of illegal immigration is our public lands
The writer says we fail to count the costs of illegal border crossers to our public lands
by Rebecca Clarren, May 22, 2006 -
Book Reviews
Finding hope in a new land
Farmworker’s Daughter: Growing Up Mexican in America is the story of Rose Castillo Guilbault’s childhood journey from Mexico’s Sonoran Desert to a new life in California’s Salinas Valley
by Stephen J. Lyons, May 15, 2006 -
Related Stories
Hope
After 16 years of living in the shadows in Pasco, Wash., Wendy and Erendira Santana finally win legal residency
by Melissa Hoyos, May 15, 2006 -
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Contradiction
Once in the U.S., immigrants find themselves in a land of contradictions, facing an uncertain welcome, sometimes even from other Latinos
by Jonathan Thompson, May 15, 2006 -
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Apprehension
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Officer John Schaefer is one of only two officers patrolling the 860,000 acres of Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge, a thoroughfare for illegal immigrants and armed drug smugglers
by Michael Marizco, May 15, 2006 -
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Perseverance
Illegal border crossers face a dangerous journey filled with heat, dust, flies and thirst, and always the danger of capture and deportation
by Michael Marizco, May 15, 2006 -
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Abandonment
Small Mexican farming towns such as Francisco Villa in Sonora are emptied of their young men when the lack of good-paying local jobs sends them north of the border
by Michael Marizco, May 15, 2006 -
Feature
The Immigrant's Trail
This special issue of High Country News takes an on-the-ground look at the human landscape of illegal immigration in the West
by Jonathan Thompson, May 15, 2006






