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The gospel according to Wes Jackson
Geneticist Wes Jackson calls modern agriculture a mistake and offers a blueprint for reform.
by Lisa Jones, May 01, 1995 -
Trying to save two of the parts
Lyle McNeal of Utah State devotes himself to bringing back the Navajo's Churro sheep.
by Lisa Jones And Linda Platts, May 01, 1995 -
Land grants under the microscope
The land-grant university system has been challenged and is slowly beginning to change.
by Lisa Jones, May 01, 1995 -
An in-your-face range scientist
New Mexico State's Jerry Holechek believes public-lands grazing has to be changed at the roots.
by Lisa Jones, May 01, 1995 -
The New West's servant economy
Ski resorts begin to resemble the Third World as Africans and others come to take low-paying service jobs, but have trouble finding housing.
by Ray Ring, Apr 17, 1995 -
At home in the wasteland
The Great Basin is changing from within and becoming a more environmentally enlightened place.
by Jon Christensen, Apr 03, 1995 -
Surprises of Sovereignty
Three tribes, the Pyramid Lake Paiutes, the Fort Mojave Tribe and the Skull Valley Goshutes, follow different paths toward sovereignty and economic development.
by Jon Christensen, Apr 03, 1995 -
No final solutions for farmers
Environmentalists, irrigators and Indians battle over water in Nevada's Lahontan Valley.
by Jon Christensen, Apr 03, 1995 -
A tale of two ranches
Two Nevada ranching families are worlds apart in their attitudes toward managing the land.
by Jon Christensen, Apr 03, 1995 -
Learning from Las Vegas
Las Vegas continues to grow and change as tourists, gamblers and workers flock to town.
by Jon Christensen, Apr 03, 1995 -
The Great Basin: America's wasteland seeks a new
The Great Basin has often been seen as a wasteland, but now new visions are defining the region.
by Jon Christensen, Apr 03, 1995 -
The fight for Reclamation
New Commissioner of Reclamation Dan Beard seeks to make his agency more environmentally sensitive.
by Marc Reisner, Mar 20, 1995 -
How the West's asbestos fires were turned into tinderboxes
Decades of over-logging and fire suppression set the stage for deadly, destructive forest fires throughout the West.
by Tom Knudson, Mar 06, 1995 -
No more ignoring the obvious: Idaho sucks itself dry
Overpumping has drained Idaho's Snake River acquifer until rivers like the Big Lost run dry.
by Steve Stuebner, Feb 20, 1995 -
The wolves are back, big time
The first wolves return to Yellowstone amid much fanfare and mixed reactions.
by Michael Milstein, Feb 06, 1995 -
The West sings the Denver airport blues
Denver International Airport may become a giant boondoggle.
by Ray Ring, Jan 23, 1995 -
Albuquerque learns it really is a desert town
Uncontrolled growth and the relocation of Intel Corporation to Albuquerque force the city to re-elvaluate its water policy.
by Bruce Selcraig, Dec 26, 1994 -
Shrink to fit: National Park Service may be downsized and reorganized
National Park Service faces mammoth reorganization.
by Tom Wolf, Dec 12, 1994 -
The valley around us is deep
The Forest Service asked William Stafford to write poems for the scenic turnouts along the river valley. Poems reprinted.
by Betsy Marston, Nov 28, 1994 -
Beauty eludes the beast: Washington's Methow Valley may avoid industrial tourism
An unusual consensus may stave off development in Washington's Methow Valley.
by Ken Olsen, Nov 28, 1994
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