In Against the Grain: How Agriculture Has
Hijacked Civilization, Richard Manning goes after modern
agriculture with a vengeance
Items by Matt Jenkins
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
Immigrants rush to cross U.S.-Mexico border for work
visas; housing development threatens antelope migration corridor
near Pinedale, Wyo.; Jim Hansen and Olene Walker lose Utah
gubernatorial primary; and outdoor equipment manufacturers ask
Forest Service
Summer interns Zach Smith and Dan Wilcock; visitors; and
farewell forever to Penny the dog
Owyhee Initiative offers Idaho wilderness proposal; judge
upholds Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument; Envirocare
seeks toxic-waste dump in Iraq; and Salton Sea may be cut in half
to save it
Rivers for Life: Managing Water for People and Nature, by
Sandra Postel and Brian Richter is deceptively wonky-looking, but
sparkles. It drives home the necessity of reconsidering the ways we
manage water, and is full of good ideas
Duwamish Indian Tribe, still fighting U.S. government over
recognition, has bought its first piece of "owned" land near Port
of Seattle, Washington
Investment advisor Hal Brill has found a way to help
investors follow their conscience, succeed as socially responsible
people, and get a return on their dollars.
Visitors Knox Williams, Vince Matthews, Bill and Molly
Pochciol, Randy Cracroft, John Trotter; recognition for John
Horning with Conservation Leadership Award from Seatlle’s
Wilburforce Foundation; condolence to the Sylvain family in Paonia,
on the death
In trading our public servants for government contractors,
we're cutting the heart out of a public-trust ethic, and showing
there's no faster way to demolish an institution than by parting it
out to the lowest bidder.
Wallace Stegner Center celebrates 40th birthday of
Wilderness Act; Casper Star-Tribune’s Charles Levendosky
dies; visitors Stanley Dodson, Dorothy Kehmeier, Jim Low;
correction on Pahreah townsite photos
The Gila River Indian Community in Arizona is on the verge
of a huge and historic water rights victory, but even the most
successful Indian crusades for water are always
compromises
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
National Park Service wilderness coordinator Jim Walters
resigns in frustration over the agency’s neglect of
wilderness, after the superintendent of Sequoia and Kings Canyon
National Parks allows helicopters in wilderness areas
New Colorado interns Jodi Peterson and Alex Pasquariello;
anatomical accuracy of Maryann Webster’s HCN cover
painting
A list of the wilderness inventory areas and
citizens’ wilderness proposal areas being offered for oil and
gas leasing by the BLM includes lands in New Mexico, Wyoming,
Colorado and Utah
If Bush’s energy bill passes, it will put major
emphasis on public-lands energy development with a number of its
provisions
The Bush administration opens up wild lands to oil and gas
drilling, pulling the rug out from under two decades of citizen
wilderness activism
California’s newest clean-air law, designed to deal
with pollution from small engines, narrowly survives an attempt to
shoot it down in the U.S. Congress
California buys the controversial Ahmanson Ranch, north of
Los Angeles, and agrees to preserve it as open space
West Texans are concerned about a planned water deal that
would raise money for the state’s schools, but impact scarce
groundwater, springs and wildlife as far away as Big Bend National
Park
HCN Radio Special on "Atomic Tales: Living in the Nuclear
West"; visitors; corrections
"Socially responsible" investors counsel caution in
coalbed methane development; Western Watersheds Project goes after
Wyoming rancher Frank Robbins; Fish & Wildlife to protect
habitat for threatened bull trout; and environmentalist’s
truck hit by arson i
A landmark California water deal has Imperial Valley
irrigators finally agreeing to sell Colorado River water to San
Diego, without sacrificing the Salton Sea
Congratulations to newlyweds Michelle Nijhuis and Jack
Perrin; Keep independent journalism alive through the Research
Fund; the paper for people who care about the West
New interns Pua Mench and Josh Garrett-Davis; Redlodge
Clearinghouse; Visitors from afar
Nancy LaPlaca is HCN’s new marketing association;
visitors from HCN’s past; potluck in Moose, Wyo.
Interior Department’s top lawyer, William Myers,
under investigation for conflict of interest; Kane County, Utah,
goes after BLM road signs; pro-property rights Paragon Foundation
joins enviros in fighting to protect New Mexico’s Otero Mesa;
and compromis
Utah Gov. Mike Leavitt, R, is President Bush’s pick
to run the Environmental Protection Agency, and some
environmentalists fear he will prove little more than a
yes-man
Lincoln County, Nev., hoped to make money from a gas-fired
power plant, but the uncertain energy market, along with other
difficulties, have stalled the plans in their tracks
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