Magazine
Who's stopping sprawl?

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

Who's stopping sprawl?
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.
Michelle Nijhuis Aug. 30, 1999 From the print edition
A pocket-sized bird takes on Sunbelt subdivisions
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.
Tony Davis Aug. 30, 1999 From the print edition
Salmon and suburbs struggle over a Washington river
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.
Sarah Deweerdt Aug. 30, 1999 From the print edition
A desert boomtown comes to terms with its quiet neighbors
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.
Brandon Loomis Aug. 30, 1999 From the print edition
Can the Preble's mouse trap growth on Colorado's Front Range?
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.
Michelle Nijhuis Aug. 30, 1999 From the print edition

Sidebar

A tiny owl with a big name
Interesting facts about the cactus ferruginous pygmy-owl are listed.
Michelle Nijhuis Aug. 30, 1999 From the print edition
An ESA cheat sheet
A glossary explains words and phrases associated with the Endangered Species Act.
Michelle Nijhuis Aug. 30, 1999 From the print edition
The king of fish
Facts about the chinook or king salmon are listed.
Sarah Deweerdt Aug. 30, 1999 From the print edition
The secretary speaks
Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt explains why habitat conservation plans are a great tool for making the Endangered Species Act work.
Michelle Nijhuis Aug. 30, 1999 From the print edition
Slow and steady
Some facts about the endangered desert tortoise are listed.
Michelle Nijhuis Aug. 30, 1999 From the print edition
The city mouse
Some facts about the threatened Preble's meadow jumping mouse are listed.
Michelle Nijhuis Aug. 30, 1999 From the print edition

Uncommon Westerners

Montana tribes bid their leader farewell
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.
George Ochenski Aug. 30, 1999 From the print edition

Book Reviews

In the new West, we're all tourists
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.
Ed Marston Aug. 30, 1999 From the print edition

Heard Around the West

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.
Betsy Marston Aug. 30, 1999 From the print edition

Dear Friends

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.
Ed Marston Aug. 30, 1999 From the print edition

News

Second tram heads for Moab
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.
Lisa Church Aug. 30, 1999 From the print edition
Trappers set free in Big Sky state
The Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks approves new trapping regulations that critics say offer no real changes and continue to favor trappers.
Andrea Barnett Aug. 30, 1999 From the print edition
Horses shy from competition
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.
Lou Bendrick Aug. 30, 1999 From the print edition
Grand Canyon development sparks debate
Canyon Forest Village, a development near the south entrance of the Grand Canyon, has been approved, but some environmentalists plan to appeal the project.
Tim Westby Aug. 30, 1999 From the print edition
The Wayward West
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.
Keri Watson Aug. 30, 1999 From the print edition

Letters

Wilderness inholders are victims of genocide
L. T. Trussell Aug. 30, 1999 From the print edition
Appraisals are the problem
Richard Montrose Aug. 30, 1999 From the print edition
The real facts from FREE
Pete Geddes Aug. 30, 1999 From the print edition
Go, Jon
Fred Parkinson Aug. 30, 1999 From the print edition
Irresponsible journalism
Teresa Jesionowski Aug. 30, 1999 From the print edition
He's no Milosevic
Scott Bosse Aug. 30, 1999 From the print edition
The lessons of Jon Marvel
Felice Pace Aug. 30, 1999 From the print edition
Jon Marvel, elitist
Mary Ann Sharon Aug. 30, 1999 From the print edition
No billboards, please
Paul Whiting Aug. 30, 1999 From the print edition
Ranchers, get off public land
Warren E. Watson Aug. 30, 1999 From the print edition
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