Drawn to Utah by the Mormon Church, young Polynesians
struggle to find an identity, and to escape from a seemingly
endless cycle of gang-related violence
Items by Tim Sullivan
Kat Brigham of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla has
devoted her life to fighting for tribal fishing rights and the
survival of salmon on the Columbia River
Wendy Herrett, a woman with "the heart of a warrior,"
braved discrimination to become the first female district ranger in
the Forest Service and a pioneer in ecosystem management
Young people in booming Ketchum, Idaho, struggle to make a
living and find an affordable place to stay
The Transportation and Land Use Collaborative in Southern
California will hold a conference on "Latino New
Urbanism"
Businesspeople and shoppers may love Wal-Mart, but a lot
of its workers – and ex-workers – have reasons to
dislike the company
A bitter five-month strike against grocery chains in
California did nothing to halt the slide in wages likely to come
when Wal-Mart invades
Wal-Mart wants to build more giant Supercenter stores in
the West, but communities like Inglewood, Calif., are starting to
take a stand against the world’s largest company
Ramon Ramirez of PCUN, the Northwestern Treeplanters and
Farmworkers United, fights on behalf of the rights of immigrants,
at home in the Willamette Valley of Oregon and across the
globe
Environmentalists and immigration activists have a few
doubts about President Bush’s proposed immigration reform
policy
Tim Sullivan says Portland is learning how cool it is to
be part of a conservation ethic called Salmon Nation
In downtown Portland, Ore., the writer collides with
"Salmon Nation" – a new brand name for a new style of
conservation, or maybe consumerism
The Bar-K Wranglers, a group of singing cowboys who
planned to open a dinner theater in Oakley, were turned down by the
Planning Commission, due to wetlands, moose habitat, and financial
questions.
In Park City, Utah, county planners are fighting to stop
Bruce Daley's planned hilltop home, and Daley is fighting back with
a lawsuit against Summit County.
Some Navajos fear the tribe's planned Antelope Point
Marina in Arizona will harm archaeological and ceremonial
sites.
Conservationists say Salt Lake City's nomination of a
cartoon coyote as mascot to the 2002 Winter Olympics is
hypocritical, given Utah's coyote-killing bounty program.
"The 2000 Directory of People of Color Environmental
Groups" gives information on over 600 organizations in the U.S.,
Mexico and Canada.
James S. Griffith's "Hecho a Mano" uses photos and
language to explore the creative folk arts of the Mexican-American
residents of Tucson, Ariz.
EPA ombudsman Robert Martin has met with Alberton, Mont.,
residents who say they are still suffering health effects from a
1996 train derailment that spilled toxic chemicals.
The controversial proposed Carlota copper mine near Pinto
Creek in southern Arizona has all the permits it needs, but
activists hope an uncertain copper market and the company's
financial troubles will keep it from opening.
The Department of Interior is considering allowing Hopi
Indians to collect baby golden eagles from Wupatki National
Monument, Ariz., for later sacrifice in a religious ceremony, and
some conservationists are worried about the precedent this could
set.
The Cheyenne River Sioux tribe is trying to restore
endangered black-footed ferrets to the South Dakota
reservation.
Oregon biologist James Larison has found that 46 percent
of the ptarmigans he tested had toxic levels of the trace metal
cadmium in their kidneys.
Idaho state BLM director Martha Hahn has told employees
for their own safety to avoid encounters with Jon Marvel of the
Idaho Watershed Project.
Moab, Utah, is trying to regulate commercial light
pollution to keep glare out of the night sky over area
parks.
Utah ranchers take back cattle impounded by the BLM from
grazing allotments on Grand Staircase-Escalante National
Monument.
Maria Cantwell beats Slade Gorton in Wash. Senate race;
Democrats plow reservation roads in MT; Wyo. state Rep. Carolyn
Paseneaux charged with voter fraud; Ariz. House Speaker Jeff
Groscost, R, ousted; Boulder, Colo., voters ax low-cost
housing.
A committee of rock climbers, wilderness advocates, Forest
Service officials and others is at a stalemate on the question of
whether permanent climbing anchors should be allowed in wilderness
areas.
Citizens of Creede, Colo., a small historic mining town,
are split over businessman Don Shank's plans to run a tourist train
from South park to Creede on Union Pacific's abandoned
tracks.
Fred Dexter of Nevada's Toiyabe Chapter of the Sierra Club
is crusading against a planned four-lane bridge over the Colorado
River at Sugarloaf Mountain in the Lake Mead Recreation
Area.
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