The newly established Native Nations Institute for
Leadership, Management and Policy will give tribal leaders
practical, specialized instruction in the real-world challenges
faced by tribes today.
Items by Mark Muro
Scientists counting clams on the Colorado River Delta say
the region has lost 95 percent of its biological richness since
Hoover Dam was built in the 1930s.
The writer offers a post-mortem on the defeat of
anti-sprawl initiatives in Arizona and Colorado.
A conservation easement planned to preserve the Bob Sharp
ranch in Arizona's San Rafael Valley from development falls through
when the ranch family decides to put their land up for
sale.
Arizona's Tohono O'odham Indians are pushing for the
repatriation of a sacred mountain - Baboquivari Peak - although
climbers who want continued access and some environmentalists who
worry about tribal overgrazing are questioning the idea.
The Southwest's native frogs are falling prey to
non-native bullfrogs and predatory fishes, whose rapid spread is
encouraged by man-made habitat changes.
The San Rafael Ranch in southern Arizona will be preserved
through a conservation easement funded by State Heritage Fund
money.
Environmental organizations are petitioning the Secretary
of Agriculture to allow groups to buy federal timber and leave it
standing rather than logging it.
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