Items by Peter Friederici

A new use for old produce
A new use for old produce
Inside the cross-border operation that saves fresh food from the trash.
Peter Friederici Feb. 6, 2017 From the print edition
Hope in a post-nature society
Hope in a post-nature society
A writer seeks answers from Lake Powell.
Peter Friederici Photos Essay Nov. 28, 2016 From the print edition
Phoenix tries to rise from the flames
Phoenix tries to rise from the flames
The Sunbelt city is one of the nation's most sweltering urban heat islands. But simple solutions to help cool it are at hand.
Peter Friederici Jan. 22, 2014 From the print edition
Will Navajos approve a Grand Canyon megadevelopment?
Will Navajos approve a Grand Canyon megadevelopment?
An audacious development proposal near Grand Canyon National Park divides a tribe and its neighbors.
Peter Friederici Dec. 10, 2012 From the print edition
California prepares for the next burn
California prepares for the next burn
Public officials – and even homeowners – are beginning to accept the inevitability of wildfires in the Golden State.
Peter Friederici June 5, 2009 From the print edition
A good idea – if you can get away with it
A good idea – if you can get away with it
Rainwater harvesting is against the law in many Western states, but folks in Utah, Colorado and Washington want to change that.
Peter Friederici Oct. 8, 2008 From the print edition
Making an effluent market
How will Westerners pay for – and market – their recycled drinking water?
Peter Friederici Sept. 17, 2007 From the print edition
Take back these drugs – please
Some communities are trying to keep discarded pharmaceuticals out of the water supply by organizing “take-back programs” for leftover drugs
Peter Friederici Sept. 17, 2007 From the print edition
Facing the Yuck Factor
As population growth and climate change stress the region’s water supplies, Westerners think hard about recycling their effluent, although some worry about the possibly harmful endocrine disrupters found in cleaned-up effluent.
Peter Friederici Sept. 17, 2007 From the print edition
Biomass: What to do with all that wood
Mark Sardella’s nonprofit group Local Energy is determined to heat local communities with biomass energy, created by burning logging slash and millwaste from New Mexican forests
Peter Friederici Oct. 30, 2006 From the print edition
Peace Breaks Out In New Mexico's Forests
In northern New Mexico, the Collaborative Forest Restoration Program brings Hispanic loggers and Anglo environmentalists together to work on creating healthy, sustainable forests and rural economies
Peter Friederici Oct. 30, 2006 From the print edition
For this English chef, home is the Colorado Plateau
Chef John Sharpe has created a gourmet restaurant in the desert town of Winslow, Ariz., far from his birthplace in the misty green landscape of England
Peter Friederici Oct. 31, 2005 From the print edition
For this logger, twisted trees are the future
Woodworker Gordon West turns small and irregular pine logs into useful building materials in his shop near Silver City, N.M.
Peter Friederici May 2, 2005 From the print edition
Stargazers defend darkness in Arizona
The Flagstaff Dark Skies Coalition's struggle to keep the stars visible has led to the city's designation as the first "International Dark-Sky City."
Peter Friederici Dec. 3, 2001 From the print edition
Lawns and pools close in on desert lab
The University of Arizona's Desert Laboratory, a unique desert biological field station, faces the pressure of the city of Tucson's growth and the uncertain future of the land.
Peter Friederici March 3, 1997 From the print edition
About those buff bird-watchers
Peter Friederici April 15, 1996 From the print edition
Grand Central Canyon
The National Park Service weighs the benefits of four management plans limiting numbers within Grand Canyon National Park.
Peter Friederici Essay Nov. 29, 1993 From the print edition
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