California struggles to get a massive restoration project off the ground
Susan Zakin
Posted inMay 27, 2002: Wolf at the door
Riding the Line
Ruben Rivera leans his elbow on the side of a pickup truck. His wife and brother-in-law stand in the truck bed to get a better view of the race. Rivera’s horse, Misterio – “Mystery” he explains, rather unnecessarily – is running in the third race. “But on the other side.” We are officially in Mexico […]
Posted inOctober 9, 2000: The hunters and the hunted
The hunters and the hunted
The Arizona-Mexico borderturns into the 21st century frontier
Posted inOctober 9, 2000: The hunters and the hunted
Border lures the young
Note: This article is a sidebar to this issue’s feature story. “I’ve been crossing the border more than 20 times. But never was it hard like it is right now.” The bearded man in the black T-shirt has the kind of intelligent face that convinces me that someday he will be a real estate mogul, […]
Posted inOctober 9, 2000: The hunters and the hunted
A sympathetic landowner
Note: This article is a sidebar to this issue’s feature story. “I’m not sure why people are mad at ’em,” says Jerry Bohmfalk. “I think they’re mad at ’em because they’re poor.” Jerry Bohmfalk looks like the Marlboro Man but talks like the well-traveled corporate consultant that he became after earning his Ph.D. in integrated […]
Posted inOctober 9, 2000: The hunters and the hunted
Sanctuary movement revives
Note: This article is a sidebar to this issue’s feature story. Cochise County is nothing if not a place of extremes. The county’s small towns are bastions of the black-helicopter set, but the old copper-mining burg of Bisbee was taken over by artists, hippies and long-haired drug runners in the 1970s. Today, even Bisbee is […]
Posted inJuly 6, 1998: Riding the Wyoming 'brand'
No, it’s habitat fragmentation, stupid
Dear HCN, Ranching historian Tom Sheridan’s statement that the Southwest Center for Biological Diversity’s Endangered Species Act lawsuits are bad for rural landscapes because they make life tougher for ranchers is a bit off (HCN, 6/8/98). In his letter, Tom paraphrases James Carville, saying, “It’s land fragmentation, stupid.” In fact, it’s habitat fragmentation we should […]
Posted inMarch 31, 1997: Big Sky, big mess in Montana
Mexico launches a green offensive
Sitting on folding chairs borrowed from a local Chamber of Commerce, the gathering March 22 at the U.S.-Mexican border in Lukeville, Ariz., looked like a Jewish Orthodox bar mitzvah: American members sat on the U.S. side of the fence; Mexican members sat on the other. They did this, says Reynaldo Cantu, a member of this […]
Posted inNovember 11, 1996: Cease-fire called on the Animas-La Plata front
Shake-up: Greens inside the Beltway
WASHINGTON, D.C. – When the news leaked that Bill Meadows had been chosen to head The Wilderness Society, everyone called friends to commiserate. All anyone knew about Meadows was that “III” followed his name and he had raised $92 million for the Sierra Club. “He’s a fund raiser,” was the usual comment, followed by laments […]