Items by Matt Weiser

Wolf pups, and the return of wild wonder
Wolf pups, and the return of wild wonder
OR-7’s family shows us there’s still something wild about California.
Matt Weiser Essay Aug. 18, 2014 From the print edition
The Sacramento-San Joaquin deltas of 1772 and today
The Sacramento-San Joaquin deltas of 1772 and today
Remembering explorers past of this California water source.
Matt Weiser Essay Feb. 27, 2014 From the print edition
Sedimentation is a building problem in the West's reservoirs
Sedimentation is a building problem in the West's reservoirs
The West's reservoirs are waging a constant battle against rising levels of sediment.
Matt Weiser April 20, 2011 From the print edition
Selected Bureau of Reclamation reservoirs ... and how they've shrunk*
Selected Bureau of Reclamation reservoirs ... and how they've shrunk*
Matt Weiser April 18, 2011
Pombo's power grows — and so do the scandals
Since Richard Pombo took over the House Resources Committee in 2003, the number of scandals around him has steadily grown
Matt Weiser July 25, 2005 From the print edition
Will the real Mr. Pombo please stand up?
California Republican Rep. Richard Pombo made his mark blasting the Endangered Species Act, but now, he says, he’s learning to compromise on environmental issues
Matt Weiser July 25, 2005 From the print edition
A massive restoration program may have nothing left to save
Fish populations are plunging in the California Delta even as the CalFed Bay-Delta Authority considers exporting yet more water
Matt Weiser May 30, 2005 From the print edition
Pets gone wild have no place in nature
The writer wants subsidized predators, also called pets, kept on a leash
Matt Weiser Opinion Essay April 11, 2005
Forest Service employees and activist face racketeering charges
In Fawnskin, Calif., an activist and two Forest Service employees helped stop a condo development. Now they're getting sued under a federal racketeering act.
Matt Weiser March 7, 2005 From the print edition
Giant sequoias could get the ax
The Forest Service’s new management plan for California’s Giant Sequoia National Monument encourages logging
Matt Weiser June 9, 2003 From the print edition
Some see economic upside in loss of farm water
Fallowing land in California's Imperial Valley may temporarily put farmworkers out of work, but in the long run the extra money could help diversify the local economy and produce more skilled and permanent jobs.
Matt Weiser Sept. 16, 2002 From the print edition
New desert town no home to the fringe-toed lizard
The planned Joshua Hills development in Southern California could hurt neighboring Joshua Tree National Park and the Coacella Valley Preserve, the only remaining home of the endangered fringe-toed lizard.
Matt Weiser Aug. 19, 2002 From the print edition
Does desert cross cross the line?
A cross placed on Mojave National Preserve by Veterans of Foreign Wars as a memorial is the center of controversy between the National Park Service and the American Civil Liberties Union, which claims it violates the separation of church and state.
Matt Weiser May 13, 2002 From the print edition
The oldest living thing is a quiet survivor
Shielded in anonymity, the "King Clone," a creosote bush identified as the "oldest living thing on Earth," can be found on a dirt road south of Barstow, Calif., where it continues to keep a low profile about the many benefits of its properties.
Matt Weiser Essay April 15, 2002 From the print edition
Gold may bury tribe's path to its past
The Quechan tribe is fighting the Bush administration's revival of a controversial mine in California's southern Mojave Desert, where Glamis Gold Ltd. plans to mine gold on a site sacred to the tribe.
Matt Weiser Dec. 17, 2001 From the print edition
Bonneville trout denied protection
For the third time, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has refused to grant the Bonneville cutthroat trout a place on the endangered species list.
Matt Weiser Nov. 19, 2001 From the print edition
Cattle make way for tortoises in the Mojave
In California's Mojave Desert, local ranchers are angry at the BLM's decision to set aside land in eight grazing allotments, closing them to cattle part of the year to protect the threatened desert tortoise.
Matt Weiser Nov. 5, 2001 From the print edition
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