Items by Charles Wilkinson
In the debate over a national monument, don’t be swayed by myths.
Will Forest Service efforts under the 4FRI program to reduce fuels in Arizona pay off? This summer will tell.
Vine Deloria Jr., author of Custer Died for Your
Sins, is remembered as a witty, impassioned and
iconoclastic writer, historian, and teacher, who fought for Indian
peoples and their right to self-determination
The Big Buildup on the Colorado Plateau, begun in the
1950s, ended in the 1970s when its environmental impacts became
clear, but if Bush's energy policy spawns a Big Buildup II, the
Plateau may never recover.
A law professor describes the legal process by which
California's Mono Lake was preserved from the thirsty city of Los
Angeles.
The greatest moments in American conservation history
often involved the same presidential audacity - and provoked the
same outrage - as President Clinton's establishment of the Grand
Staircase-Escalante National Monument.
The deep flaws in the BLM's inventory of Utah wild lands
may doom many irreplaceable landscapes that were eliminated from
wilderness consideration.
A writer reflects on the life and death of Wallace
Stegner.
Although we are now in a transition stage, forces are in motion that will bring to an end the domination of national forests by timber harvesting.
The authors follow a young salmon, or smolt, from its spawning place in the high country downstream, past innumerable physical and bureaucratic barriers, to the ocean.
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UTE LEGENDS These carefully researched stories reflect a deep and abiding understanding of Ute culture and history. These authintic, colorful legends also illustrate the Ute's close connections...
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