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Glen Canyon: Using a dam to heal a river

The first-ever manmade flood of the Colorado River through Arizona's Glen Canyon Dam is intended to help repair the river in Grand Canyon - and perhaps to signal the end of the "technocratic utopia" dream.

Deciding what kind of river we want

Canyon hydrologist Jack Schmidt says that the decision of how to manage the Colorado River requires a decision on what kind of river people want it to be.

Drought cuts to the bone on Southwest range

The Southwest's severe drought takes a toll on the ranchers of New Mexico's Gila National Forest.

Dear Friends

Dear friends

Paonia's Cherry Days festival, summer visitors, corrections, and Mollie Beattie, U.S. Fish & Wildlife head, dies of cancer at age 49, also obituary for Harley Greiman by Ed Marston.

News

Canyon trip turns fatal

A 15-year-old Boy Scout finds the Grand Canyon deadly, and park rescue crews point out that all visitors need to be prepared.

Santa Fe mayor's friends now foes

Santa Fe Mayor Debbie Jaramillo elected in 1994 on a tide of populist optimism, loses support amid charges of nepotism and betrayal.

The salvage rider - down, but not quite out

The once-unbeatable, notorious salvage logging rider takes hits from all three branches of government - but still remains in place.

Drought ' heat = fire

Southwestern drought kindles an early and fierce fire season, especially in Arizona and New Mexico.

Trapping initiative may snare Colorado ranchers

Environmentalists, trappers and ranchers skirmish as a ballot initiative banning all trapping, snaring and poisoning of Colorado animals gathers signatures for the November election.

This was the revolution that wasn't

The so-called Republican Revolution in Congress stalls because Americans don't really believe in revolutions, despite the hype.

Budget crisis may doom Oregon's state parks

More than 60 state parks in Oregon face closing - and possible selling off to developers - as victims of budget crisis.

Book Reviews

The history of two canyons, in photographs

Robert H. Webb's "Grand Canyon, A Century of Change" and Eleanor Inskip's "The Colorado River through Glen Canyon Before Lake Powell" are reviewed.

Getting the lead out

The Inland Empire Public Lands Council's video, "Get the Lead Out!", warns citizens about toxic mining waste polluting the Spokane-Coeur d'Alene watershed.

How we did them in

"The Northwest Salmon Crisis: A Documentary History" edited by Joseph Cone and Sandy Ridlington is reviewed.

Mine your own business

Citizens of Yarnell, Ariz., form Guardians for the Rural Environment to protest a Canadian mining company's plans to reopen an open-pit gold mine.

Sharing a clouded past

The Hanford Health Information Network is gathering archives on people exposed to radiation from southeast Washington's Hanford Nuclear Reservation.

Forgotten, but not gone - yet

The Predator Project's pamphlet "The Wild Bunch" brings America's forest carnivores and the dangers they face to the public's attention.

From the Canyons to the Stars

Terry Tempest Williams speaks July 30 at Aspen's Harris Hall, sponsored by the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance.

Instream Flows: Minimum Doctrine/Maximum Controversy

The 21st annual Colorado Water Workshop at Western State College in Gunnison, Aug. 7-9, focuses this year on Instream Flows: Minimum Doctrine/Maximum Controversy.

Endangered Species Act Conference

The Endangered Species Act Conference is held Aug. 8-9 at the Hyatt Regency in Denver, Colo.

Helping Small Towns Survive

Jackson, Wyo., hosts fifth annual training institute, "Helping Small Towns Survive," sponsored by Heartland Center for Leadership Development, Oct. 10-14.

Heard Around the West

Heard around the West

Tourist encounters in national parks, thievery and honesty in Colorado and Nevada, testing Olestra in Grand Junction, Colo., fiberglass cow in Park City, Utah, runs into trouble with planning commission, DIA and tornadoes, etc., and competition for mines

Letters

Kids know where to look

Postscripts from a Californian

Keep it on the ground

Winning hearts and minds through local action

We are regulating ourselves at last

Story's comparison was wrongheaded

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The art of control

Rancher Jim Winder, in his own words, about the art of ranching during severe drought.

Droughts come, droughts go

Rancher Quentin Hulse, in his own words, remembers previous Southwestern droughts.