High Country News http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 15. Alien grasses are finding new homes in Arizona http://www.hcn.org/wotr/15802 The writer speaks up for alien grasses that spread fire through the desert No publisher Matt Chew Fire Ecosystems Deserts 2010-02-05T09:47:41Z News Article On the road with Edward Abbey, chaos as usual http://www.hcn.org/wotr/13720 Thirty years ago, the writer took a road trip through the desert with Ed Abbey, and the memories still bring a smile No publisher Ingrid Eisenstadter 1 Deserts 2010-02-05T09:47:36Z News Article Trees can be just another sacred cow http://www.hcn.org/wotr/15529 Only God can make a tree, but anyone can ruin a prairie. No publisher Ted Williams Plants Ecosystems Deserts 2010-02-05T09:46:33Z News Article Death Valley wakes up with a bang http://www.hcn.org/wotr/15426 The writer drives from Oregon to Death Valley to experience its once-in-a-lifetime wildflower bonanza No publisher Pepper Trail Plants Ecosystems Death Valley wildflowers Deserts 2010-02-05T09:45:55Z News Article Playing God in desert potholes http://www.hcn.org/wotr/14700 The writer plays God to a desert pothole filled suddenly with tadpoles No publisher Gail Binkly Ecosystems Deserts 2010-02-05T09:41:53Z News Article A love letter to a sewage lagoon http://www.hcn.org/wotr/14448 Andrea Jones recalls falling in love with the desert by visiting Lake Powell as a child No publisher Andrea M. Jones Deserts 2010-02-05T09:40:52Z News Article Head games in the hot, hot desert http://www.hcn.org/issues/302/15668 In The Way Out, Craig Childs tells the true story of how he and a friend explored a Utah desert and, at the same time, journeyed through their own memories No publisher Lee Ross Deserts Human Beings And Nature Craig Childs Dirk Vaughn Navajo Reservation desert adventure stories hiking backpacking camping survival memoirs childhood memories cops policemen dysfunctional families Anasazi explorers 2010-02-05T09:25:41Z News Article Developer under fire for destroying desert http://www.hcn.org/issues/295/15402 Developer George Johnson is being sued by the state of Arizona for major violations of environmental laws, committed in the early stages of his planned La Osa Ranch development No publisher Tony Davis Desert Land Use, Planning La Osa Ranch Pinal County Arizona Ironwood National Monument George Johnson Lee Stein Terry Goddard Andrea Esquer bighorn sheep desert ecosystems growth and development subdivisions Santa Cruz River Arizona environmental laws Deserts 2010-02-05T09:24:07Z News Article A thin, dry border between heaven and hell http://www.hcn.org/issues/282/15000 In his anthology, God’s Country or Devil’s Playground, editor Barney Nelson gathers together an eclectic mix of the best nature writing from the Big Bend of Texas No publisher Jessica Toubman Ecosystems Big Bend nature writing river rats Edward Abbey Robert Hill Kenneth Ragsdale essays anthologies Deserts 2010-02-05T09:21:08Z News Article On a lonely road, time rolls to a stop http://www.hcn.org/issues/279/14915 The writer travels from New York to Nevada every year, just to stop on one of the state’s empty highways and listen to the endless desert silence No publisher Jim Harmon Great Basin deserts silence solitude Western landscape car trips highways Nevada Extraterrestrial Highway Highway 50 Loneliest Road in America Deserts 2010-02-05T09:58:25Z News Article Journal of the Dead http://www.hcn.org/issues/276/14806 Jason Kersten’s Journal of the Dead: A Story of Friendship and Murder in the New Mexico Desert is an interesting read, but fails to fully develop the story of Raffi Kodikian, who stabbed his best friend, David Coughlin, in an apparent mercy killing No publisher Geordie Romer Deserts Camping And Hiking Raffi Kodikian David Coughlin Jason Kerten Journal of the Dead Carlsbad Caverns National Park mercy killing 2010-02-05T09:57:45Z News Article Hidden Waters resurfaces http://www.hcn.org/issues/276/14804 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 No publisher Matt Jenkins Deserts Ecosystems Indian Culture Charles Bowden Papago Indians Sonoran Desert drought ak chin agriculture floodwater farming Native Americans Indian culture desert life 2010-02-05T09:57:43Z News Article Getting under the desert’s skin: Biologist Jayne Belnap http://www.hcn.org/issues/266/14498 No publisher Michelle Nijhuis Ecosystems Jayne Belnap biological crusts cryptogamic soils soil crusts cryptobiotic soils desert ecosystems scientists biologists Utah National Park Service Deserts 2010-02-05T09:55:56Z News Article Leaving Las Vegas http://www.hcn.org/issues/264/14442 Now that she’s left Las Vegas, the writer recalls the surrealistic city, and is haunted by the memory of the desert that surrounds it No publisher Sarah Flick Las Vegas Nevada Mojave Desert Sarah Flick Mercury Deserts 2010-02-05T09:55:37Z News Article Barren, wild and worthless? Anything but http://www.hcn.org/issues/252/14032 Barren, Wild and Worthless: Living in the Chihuahuan Desert, Susan Tweit’s New Mexico memoir, is back in print No publisher Renee Guillory Desert Land Use, Planning Deserts 2010-02-05T10:12:30Z News Article