Following a lawsuit by a coalition of Indian tribes,
environmental groups and private citizens, the Sierra Army Depot
has stopped burning and blasting old munitions near Herlong,
Calif., and is looking to burn and blast elsewhere.
Items by Crystal Mustric
In "Living in the Country Growing Weird," Nevada potter
Dennis Parks celebrates his exit from the rat race by conveying the
challenges of rural existence.
Some residents of Herlong, Calif., and other communities
near the Sierra Army Depot say the depot's open-air munitions
burning harms human health and the environment.
John Brooner and Sandi Rizzo's film, "Alternative to
Madness," documents the annual spring anti-nuclear gathering on the
Nevada Test Site of the Western Shoshone and Shundahai
Network.
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