An introduction to this special issue points out that
city-dwellers' usual support for the Endangered Species Act can be
severely tested when an endangered species is found in or near
their own backyards.
Magazine
August 30, 1999
In this special issue: city-dwellers' usual support for the Endangered Species Act can be severely tested when an endangered species is found in or near their own backyards.
Feature
Dove Mountain, a planned mega development near rapidly
growing Marana, Ariz., is put on hold when a pair of endangered
cactus ferruginous pygmy-owls are sighted, and environmentalists,
developers and officials are wrangling about what should happen
next.
The recent listing of the Puget Sound chinook salmon as
endangered puts the spotlight on "clean, green Seattle," which gets
its water from the Cedar River, an important chinook
habitat.
The Red Cliffs Desert Reserve, near rapidly growing St.
George, Utah, was created to protect the endangered desert
tortoise, but it is still not clear how the reserve will be
managed, or even if it is really protecting the tortoise.
The tiny Preble's meadow jumping mouse, which was recently
listed as threatened, prefers the same habitat as developers do,
along Colorado's rapidly urbanizing Front Range.
Sidebar
Interesting facts about the cactus ferruginous pygmy-owl
are listed.
A glossary explains words and phrases associated with the
Endangered Species Act.
Facts about the chinook or king salmon are
listed.
Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt explains why habitat
conservation plans are a great tool for making the Endangered
Species Act work.
Some facts about the endangered desert tortoise are
listed.
Some facts about the threatened Preble's meadow jumping
mouse are listed.
Uncommon Westerners
Michael T. "Mickey" Pablo, the recently deceased leader of
Montana's seven Indian nations, is remembered as a fearless warrior
in defense of his people, their land and treaty rights.
Book Reviews
In his new book, "Devil's Bargains: Tourism in the
Twentieth-Century American West," author Hal K. Rothman paints a
grim picture of the social damage wrought by today's industrial
tourism industry.
Heard Around the West
Impotence from meat? Single wolf mom has five cubs;
American vs. Tanzanian park mgmt.; Salt Lake mayoral candidate Jim
Bradley is blunt; don't kiss rattlesnakes; grizzly attacks cubs in
Alaska; Grand Teton's first climbers; phony Calif.
loggers.
Dear Friends
Sherman Alexie and others at the Unity Conference in
Seattle; Emily Swanson and Maria Forster try to reorganize HCN;
lots of letters; condolences on death of John Reubens.
News
Some Moab, Utah, residents are up in arms about a
developer's plans for a new tourist tram with a visitor center,
store, restaurant and huge viewing deck at the top of the
ride.
The Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks
approves new trapping regulations that critics say offer no real
changes and continue to favor trappers.
Horses and riders are being crowded off Western trails by
mountain bikers and ORVers, and some have formed the Back Country
Horsemen group to fight back.
Canyon Forest Village, a development near the south
entrance of the Grand Canyon, has been approved, but some
environmentalists plan to appeal the project.
USFS nixes Snowcreek golf course expansion in Ariz.; fish
kill shows Salton Sea in Calif. dying; "Fee Demo Day of Protest"
around West; poisoning didn't kill all Lake Davis pike; Walt
Freeman must prove his mine in Siskiyou Nat'l Forest would make
money.
Letters
- Wyoming’s ‘Bird Lady’ offers a haven for injured birds
- Unraveling the mystery of a stolen ceremonial shield
- As a plague sweeps the land, zealots see a gift from heaven
- A Washington town isolated from the U.S. is now cut off from Canada, too
- New bill would permanently protect 130,000 acres of Montana’s Badger-Two Medicine
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