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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,
May 15, 2006
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A writer considers what he’s learned from living on
a rugged Western river in the New Mexico mountains
by Jesse Wolf Hardin,
Jun 27, 2005
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James Howard Kunstler talks about the end of oil, and how
the West’s exurbs will expire when the automobile
does
by Allen Best,
Jun 13, 2005
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In The Western Confluence, Matthew
McKinney and William Harmon try to find practical ways to solve the
West’s endless struggles over water and resource
management
by Staff,
Jul 16, 2008
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HCN lays out the West's 10 most critical issues and the
paths toward positive results on everything from energy development
and drought to federal agency practices and endangered
species.
by Staff,
Dec 06, 2004
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Critics say an economic development initiative could suck
desert springs and rural counties dry
by Ryan Slattery,
Sep 13, 2004
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Global Warming is showing up in the West, in everything
from receding glaciers to shrinking pika habitat
by Michelle Nijhuis,
Jul 19, 2004
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In order to remain aware of the amount of water she uses
in her dry climate, the author collects her dishwater daily, and
pours it on her compost pile
by Susan Tweit,
May 24, 2004
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The Lower Owens River in Inyo County, Calif., may finally
get its water back from Los Angeles, thanks to a last-minute
lawsuit by the state’s attorney general
by Alex C. Pasquariello,
Feb 16, 2004
