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Recent elections in the West show support for land-use
planning and “convergence politics”; hunting declines
in the West, but Satan keeps busy in Idaho, causing
divorces.
by Ray Ring,
Nov 26, 2007
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A look at the recent California wildfires details how much
they’ve cost so far and how many acres were burned,
especially in the expanding wildland-urban interface.
by Christine Hoekinga,
Nov 12, 2007
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For a long time, the West used water as if the supply were
endless, but nowadays environmentalists are finding that too much
efficiency causes problems of its own, especially in fragile
ecosystems like the Colorado River Delta.
by John Mecklin,
Feb 05, 2007
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Nearly a decade after Imperial Valley irrigators fought
off a water grab by Texans Ed and Lee Bass, the Imperial Valley
Irrigation District buys the old Bass property, Western Farms, and
the water rights that come with it
by Matt Jenkins,
Mar 01, 2004
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A shopping center and apartment complex destroyed over 60
of the vernal pools necessary to endangered San Diego fairy shrimp,
and despite the Multiple Species Conservation Program, only one of
the pools was saved
by Tony Davis,
Jul 16, 2008
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San Diego, Calif., adopted its groundbreaking Multiple
Species Conservation Program to protect wildlife habitat while
allowing for continued community growth – but critics say
endangered wildlife is the loser in the deal
by Tony Davis,
Jul 16, 2008
