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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,
Jul 16, 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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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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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,
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,
Jul 16, 2008
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In Organ Pipe: Life on the Edge, Carol
Ann Bassett pays homage to Organ Pipe National Monument and the
strange beauty of the desert
by Lee Allen,
Jul 16, 2008
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When it comes to perfect starry nights, the West is always
the winner
by Terri Likens,
Jul 16, 2008
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In his book, The Devil’s Highway,
Luis Alberto Urrea tells the tragic story of a group of poor
immigrants who tried to get to a better life, and died in the
Arizona desert
by Ryan Slattery,
Jul 16, 2008
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Charles Bowden’s book, Killing the Hidden Waters,
which explores the Sonoran Desert world of the Papago Indians, has
been re-released after 25 years
by Matt Jenkins,
Jul 16, 2008
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The Interior Department is considering restarting the Yuma
Desalting Plant, and environmentalists fear the plant’s salty
runoff could destroy Mexico’s Cienega de Santa Clara –
the Sonoran Desert’s largest wetland
by Mitch Tobin,
Jul 16, 2008
