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Los Angeles needs green power, but some environmentalists
are up in arms over plans to build transmission lines across the
Mojave Desert.
by Judith Lewis,
Jun 08, 2008
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The essays in Gary Paul Nabhan’s Arab/American
celebrate the landscape, culture and cuisine of two great deserts:
The Middle Eastern lands from which his ancestors came and the
Sonoran Desert he now lives in.
by Evelyn Schlatter,
Apr 14, 2008
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Botanist Sue Rutman has had surprising success just
yanking up buffelgrass, but herbicides remain the first line of
defense
by Michelle Nijhuis,
Jul 16, 2008
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In Arizona’s Sonoran Desert, good intentions are
responsible for the introduction of exotic buffelgrass – but
all the good intentions in the world may not be enough to save the
desert now that this invasive and fire-prone plant is
spreading
by Michelle Nijhuis,
Jul 16, 2008
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Golf – the game that brought grass to the desert
– appears to have hit a rough patch in the West
by Tony Davis,
Aug 21, 2006
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It’s not easy to wean Westerners away from their
lush, traditional, turfgrass lawns, but with drought an increasing
fact of life, Xeriscape gardening is finally catching on
by Michelle Nijhuis,
Jul 16, 2008
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The cactus ferruginous pygmy owl has been removed from the
endangered species list, but Tucson area leaders say they plan to
continue the desert conservation efforts put in place to help the
very rare bird
by Tony Davis,
Jun 26, 2006
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In Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands,
Tucson author Brad Lancaster gives a hands-on inspirational guide
for how to harvest the desert Southwest’s rare
moisture
by Marge Pellegrino,
Jul 16, 2008
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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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A long solitary hike through an empty, pristine desert is
interrupted by a close encounter with an F-16 fighter
plane
by Craig Childs,
Jul 16, 2008
