Items by James Bishop Jr.

Closing the loop
On the Navajo Reservation, Indigenous Community Enterprises is using thinned small trees from fire-prone, overgrown forests to build hogans for housing - and the tribal economy as well.
James Bishop Jr. Essay Sept. 2, 2002 From the print edition
Learning from John Sawhill
James Bishop Jr. Oct. 23, 2000 From the print edition
Bones of Contention
Anthropologist Christy Turner has stirred up a lot of controversy with his book, "Man Corn: Cannibalism and Violence in the Prehistoric American Southwest."
James Bishop Jr. Oct. 25, 1999 From the print edition
A giant plume into the air
The controversial Mohave power plant in Laughlin, Nev., is a huge operation that provides pollution as well as power to the Southwest.
James Bishop Jr. March 30, 1998 From the print edition
New rules seek to cap canyon flights
The Clinton administration's attempt to increase flight-free zones in Grand Canyon upsets air-tour operators and conservationists who say the new rules aren't tough enough.
James Bishop Jr. Aug. 19, 1996 From the print edition
Pact promises cleaner canyon air
The Grand Canyon Visibility Transport Commission issues an ambitious proposed air-quality cleanup blueprint for the Colorado Plateau.
James Bishop Jr. June 24, 1996 From the print edition
Here's a chance to speak up for clean air
The Grand Canyon Visibility Transport Commission gives people a chance to comment on the need to clean up the air in Grand Canyon and the Colorado Plateau.
James Bishop Jr. April 29, 1996 From the print edition
Erasing the Southwest's grandest vista
Industry claims that the Grand Canyon's haze problem is naturally caused rile artists and photographers and others who really know how to look at landscapes.
James Bishop Jr. Opinion Essay April 29, 1996 From the print edition
The West is hard at work, destroying its past
Grand Canyon Trust report shows Colorado Plateau archaeological sites being vandalized at an alarming rate.
James Bishop Jr. April 4, 1994 From the print edition
Who speaks for the Colorado Plateau?
Grand Canyon Trust uses non-confrontational style to help shape future of the Southwest's Colorado Plateau.
James Bishop Jr. April 4, 1994 From the print edition
Forest Service proposals rile Arizonans
The Forest Service's plans to build a campground and trade land with developers galvanize resistance residents of Sedona and Prescott, Ariz.
James Bishop Jr. Opinion Sept. 20, 1993 From the print edition
Tribe wins back stolen water
A century-long battle for water rights waged by the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community in Arizona ended as Western film rarely do: The Indians won.
James Bishop Jr. June 15, 1992 From the print edition
Everett Ruess: 'I have really lived'
Unless he returns to tell it himself, we'll never know his fate for certain, but it appears that he began to realize that his love of wilderness, his quest for oneness with nature, had him trapped. He knew he could never go back.
James Bishop Jr. Essay June 1, 1992 From the print edition
Group wants to bag the Animal Damage Control Agency
Tucson, Ariz.-based Wildlife Damage Review spreads the word about how taxpayers finance the killing of predators.
James Bishop Jr. Jan. 27, 1992 From the print edition
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