Ammonium perchlorate, a toxic ingredient in rocket fuel,
has appeared in Nevada’s Lake Mead as well as in other
Western water sources used for drinking and irrigation
Items by Lin Alder
As Nevada's Walker Lake gets smaller and saltier, the
Paiute tribe, local farmers and the BLM wrestle over water rights
and wonder how to keep the threatened Lahontan cutthroat trout
alive without destroying the area's economy.
A serious drought in the Colorado River watershed has
California and Arizona wondering where the water will come
from.
In Utah, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument no
longer provokes the noisy protest that attended its founding, but
some locals are still waiting to see if tourism will boost the
economy.
La Verkin, Utah, declares itself a "U.N. Free Zone" in a
controversial ordinance that would have required U.N. supporters to
identify themselves as "U.N. Agents," file "activity reports" and
pay unspecified fees.
Jim Trees plans to replace a 140-year-old diversion dam in
a Zion National Park wilderness study area with an "environmentally
friendly" weir just outside the park boundary.
In Utah, Zion National Park launches its long-awaited new
public transport system, and most visitors seem to enjoy the
convenience - and the lack of noise and traffic in seeing the park
by bus.
Locals seem resigned to President Clinton's creation of
the new Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument in northwest
Arizona.
The Humane Society of the United States has begun its own
land trust, the Wildlife Land Trust, which is particularly
dedicated to wildlife protection.
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