Freeing up stopped rivers isn’t always the panacea one might expect
News
Posted inSeptember 17, 2007: Facing the yuck factor
Cutting trees to save the forest
Leveraged buyouts are the newest tool in forest restoration
Posted inSeptember 17, 2007: Facing the yuck factor
Raising the bar for lawyers
State by state, Native Americans in the West are making sure lawyers know the law in Indian Country
Posted inSeptember 3, 2007: A Climate Change Solution?
A dustup over weed control
The BLM’s plans to spray nearly a million acres with herbicides have some environmentalists fuming, but many biologists and land managers welcome the policy
Posted inSeptember 3, 2007: A Climate Change Solution?
The new land rush
In the West’s mountains, old mining claims are the latest real estate hotspots
Posted inSeptember 3, 2007: A Climate Change Solution?
Border restoration’s odd couple
Law enforcement and environmentalists are working together to save southwestern Arizona wetlands
Posted inAugust 20, 2007: Bonfire of the Superweeds
The Sultans of Spuds
Battered by their own success, farmers form the ‘OPEC of Potatoes’
Posted inAugust 20, 2007: Bonfire of the Superweeds
Scientists and the city
Urban ecology studies in Phoenix teach lessons for the West’s arid metropolises
Posted inAugust 20, 2007: Bonfire of the Superweeds
Testing the waters
Waves and tides may one day provide electricity to homes – but a backlash is building
Posted inAugust 6, 2007: Guns R Us
Pony up
When it comes to fund raising, Mitt Romney is the West’s presidential candidate
Posted inAugust 6, 2007: Guns R Us
Of politics and the river
An Arizona congressman and a military base threaten the last free-flowing river in the desert Southwest
Posted inJuly 23, 2007: Hydrogen Highway Revisited
Fear in the Valley
Immigrants in southern Colorado live in the shadows of anxiety following a high-profile raid
Posted inJuly 23, 2007: Hydrogen Highway Revisited
When the Joneses go solar
As photovoltaic panels pop up on rooftops, planners feel the pain
Posted inJune 25, 2007: Predator hunters for the environment
The red, white and blue of ‘red or green?’
New Mexico’s chile industry faces hot competition from global producers
Posted inJune 11, 2007: Brave New Hay
Native hum
As honeybees vanish, farmers turn to the wild pollinators in their back yards
Posted inJune 11, 2007: Brave New Hay
UnGuarded
National Guard suffers at home as equipment goes overseas
Posted inJune 11, 2007: Brave New Hay
Tribal victory
Yakama Nation buys Lyle Point, ending decades-long struggle over fishing rights
Posted inMay 28, 2007: Problems In Paradise
The deer departed
And the ones that will remain while the National Park Service conducts a controversial mammal birth-control experiment at Point Reyes National Seashore
Posted inMay 28, 2007: Problems In Paradise
Voluntary excess
As budgets shrink, national parks increasingly rely on volunteers instead of paid staff
Posted inMay 28, 2007: Problems In Paradise
Weathering the academic storm
Dan Donato’s controversial study on salvage logging turned his life upside-down