Law professor Eric Freyfogle castigates the environmental
movement and offers straightforward advice in Why
Conservation is Failing and How It Can Regain
Ground.
Items by Michelle Nijhuis
Boaters, kayakers, anglers and other recreationists can
help stop the spread of quagga mussels and other aquatic invasives
by following a few simple rules.
Congress has tried to regulate ballast water in ships in
order to stop the spread of zebra mussels, but so far loopholes in
the law and tussles over policy have made the effort
ineffective.
Quagga mussels – an extraordinarily prolific and
costly invasive species – have appeared in Lake Mead, and no
one is sure how to keep these unwanted newcomers from infesting the
West.
An undergrown Australian shepherd mix named Pika offers
advice on living in the moment despite frightening and challenging
times
Photo descriptions of Xeriscapers in the West
The seven basic principles of Xeriscaping are
explained
It’s not easy to wean Westerners away from their
lush, traditional, turfgrass lawns, but with drought an increasing
fact of life, Xeriscape gardening is finally catching on
The creepy glamour of the scientific exhibit Body Worlds 2
– which showcases actual preserved sections of human bodies
– never answers the question of how – and where–
these people lived
In Colorado’s San Juan Mountains, Tom Painter and
other scientists study the dust in the snow and ponder its
implications for future drought and weather conditions, especially
in the era of global warming
Matt Jenkins leaves the HCN office to
become California-Great Basin correspondent; Western Slope
Environmental Resource Conference and North Fork River Improvement
Association hold annual meetings; visitors; "secretary" Bruce
Babbitt
Faced with rising temperatures and a passive federal
government, Western towns such as Aspen, Colo., are beginning to
work out a local approach to combating global warming
In Deep Water: The Epic Struggle Over Dams,
Displaced People, and the Environment, Jacques Leslie
profiles people dealing with dams in India, Africa and
Australia
Sprinkled throughout the lead story are "fun facts" about
what causes greenhouse gas emissions and what people can do to
reduce them
The state of California pioneered pollution-control
efforts decades ago in response to L.A. smog, and today, the
Western states are hoping to set the course for national action on
climate change
The writer tells of new research linking the extinction of
frogs to global warming
Infrastructure: A Field Guide to the Industrial
Landscape by Brian Hayes is a wonderfully conversational
explanation of everything one sees along the highway that
isn’t natural
The chance to see a huge dead whale draws "carcass
tourists" to the California coast
Modern-day scientists, retracing the path of Joseph
Grinnell in Yosemite National Park, document conspicuous changes in
the natural world and find a culprit unimagined by biologists 100
years ago: global warming
Wildlife biologist Erik Beever says that as the climate
warms in the Great Basin, pikas are rapidly disappearing from
mountains where they formerly thrived
The writer visits the remains of a dead whale — so
big that a dignified resting place proves elusive
In Sonoita Plain: Views from a Southwestern
Grassland, biologists Carl and Jane Bock convey the
subtle beauty of the wildlife and people of Arizona’s Sonoita
Valley.
When drought shrank Lake Powell this summer,
paleontologist Martin Lockley went to work scouring the shoreline
for newly revealed rare dinosaur tracks in the sandstone
The author’s successful search for a car that can
run on biodiesel helps her understand the lure of the open
road
The writer finds you can have the American dream without
gasoline
In With a Measure of Grace: The Story and Recipes
of a Small Town Restaurant, Blake Spalding and Jennifer
Castle tell how they ended up running the Hell’s Backbone
Grill in the remote community of Boulder, Utah
The Columbia River Basin's serious drought means a hard
choice between fish and hydropower
The Pacific Northwest and Northern Rockies brace for a
fierce fire season, and desperately seek the resources to fight
it.
A recent study from the U.S. Geological Survey finds
traces of pharmaceuticals, pesticides and personal care products in
Colorado’s streams and groundwater
An unusual winter sends ripples through the West's water
and wildlife systems, and leaves scientists wondering whether
global warming is the cause.
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