Magazine
Troubled Oasis

September 13, 1999

In Nevada, Walker Lake is slowly disappearing, as local farmers, an Indian tribe and conservationists battle over the rights to the water that once filled the lake.

Feature

Troubled Oasis
In Nevada, Walker Lake is slowly disappearing, as local farmers, an Indian tribe and conservationists battle over the rights to the water that once filled the lake.
Michelle Nijhuis Sept. 13, 1999 From the print edition

Sidebar

Speaking from experience
In his own words, Mono Lake Committee staffer Gary Nelson compares the problems his group has successfully dealt with to the challenges facing the Walker Lake Working Group.
Michelle Nijhuis Sept. 13, 1999 From the print edition
Agency cheerleader
In his own words, BLM Manager John Singlaub talks about how to save Walker Lake by building partnerships with grassroots organizations like the Walker Lake Working Group.
Michelle Nijhuis Sept. 13, 1999 From the print edition

Essays

Isn't it about time for a New West celebration?
With tongue firmly in cheek, the writer argues that small Western towns need to give up their traditional summer festivals celebrating the Old West, and replace them with events honoring the New West in all its strangeness.
Ed Quillen Essay Sept. 13, 1999 From the print edition
Save the Earth! (Drop dead)
The writer argues playfully that the only way to get out of the environmental mess we've created is to join his campaign and "Die for Your Planet."
Stephen Lyons Essay Sept. 13, 1999 From the print edition

Book Reviews

Pillar of Sand
In "Pillar of Sand: Can the Irrigation Miracle Last?" author Sandra Postel brings a clear, thoughtful approach to the intertwined questions of food production and population growth.
Ed Marston Sept. 13, 1999 From the print edition
Fur and loafing
In his new collection, "Fur and Loafing in Yosemite," cartoonist Phil Frank hilariously follows the adventures of dysfunctional rangers, tourists and bears in Yosemite National Park.
Betsy Marston Sept. 13, 1999 From the print edition
Medicine Bow National Forest
Friends of the Bow, Biodiversity Associates and Snowy Range Group Sierra Club are leading a hike to unprotected wilderness in Medicine Bow National Forest Sept. 18.
Staff Sept. 13, 1999 From the print edition
Indian Land Consolidation Symposium
The Indian Land Working Group is holding a symposium on "Taking a Stand in Indian Land," Sept. 20-23.
Staff Sept. 13, 1999 From the print edition
The Northwest Environmental Defense Center
Northwest Environmental Defense Center will holds its annual retreat on the Oregon coast Sept. 24-26.
Staff Sept. 13, 1999 From the print edition
MINExpo International 2000
The largest mining exposition in the Western Hemisphere will be held Oct. 9-12 in Las Vegas, Nev.
Staff Sept. 13, 1999 From the print edition
Wilderness Act Handbook
A handbook to explain the 1964 Wilderness Act has been published by The Wilderness Society.
Staff Sept. 13, 1999 From the print edition
Continental Divide Trail
Volunteers are needed to help maintain the Continental Divide Trail from Montana to New Mexico.
Staff Sept. 13, 1999 From the print edition
Twenty-five Years of Self-Determination and Economic Development
Native American nation-building is the topic of a Nov. 11-13 conference in Tucson, Ariz.
Staff Sept. 13, 1999 From the print edition
1999 Congress on Recreation and Resource Capacity
A congress to discuss the future of recreation on public lands will be held Nov. 29-Dec. 2 in Aspen, Colo.
Staff Sept. 13, 1999 From the print edition
New Millennium First People's World's Fair and Pow Wow
More than 100 tribal nations will be present to help bring in the year 2000 in Tucson, Ariz.
Staff Sept. 13, 1999 From the print edition
The Economic Benefits of Parks and Open Space
A report from the Trust for Public Land is offered free.
Staff Sept. 13, 1999 From the print edition

Heard Around the West

Heard around the West
Utah Gov. Mike Leavitt has fun at Yellowstone while Bruce Babbitt is grumpy in Maine; Jesse Hendrix feeding hummingbirds; removing killer bees in Tucson; Yodaville, Ariz., vs. the military; Mt. Rainier Nat'l Park turns 100; lightning kills bear in Ore.
Betsy Marston Sept. 13, 1999 From the print edition

Dear Friends

Dear Friends
HCN rendezvous; exceptional subscribers and visitors; apologies and excuses.
Ed Marston Sept. 13, 1999 From the print edition

News

Tempers flare over winter plan
Bison biologist Mary Meagher joins conservationists, area business people and snowmobilers in denouncing Yellowstone National Park's new winter use plan.
Andrea Barnett Sept. 13, 1999 From the print edition
The Wayward West
Salmon vs. traffic light in Puyallup, Wash.; two male sockeye journey up Salmon River; Church Universal & Triumphant gives USFS winter bison range; BLM told to be quicker getting cows off damaged land; Utah's Capitol Reef N.P. buys grazing allotment.
Greg Hanscom Sept. 13, 1999 From the print edition
Wolves and cows don't mix
Seven reintroduced Mexican wolves from the Pipestem Pack are recaptured after they attacked cattle near Clifton, Ariz.
Alex Witzeman Sept. 13, 1999 From the print edition
Quincy experiment to begin
The Quincy Library Group sees its controversial forest plan put into action when the Forest Service doubles logging on California's Plumas, Lassen and Tahoe national forests while protecting habitat for the northern spotted owl.
Jane Braxton Little Sept. 13, 1999 From the print edition
Ranch is a squirrel sanctuary
The very rare Idaho ground squirrel - which is thriving on Frank Anderson's OX Ranch - is in danger elsewhere because of the scarcity of its food supply, and biologists say using fire to restore meadows may help the animal recover.
Christie Aschwanden Sept. 13, 1999 From the print edition
Bear spray manufacturers get a hit of reality
Recent studies are casting doubts on whether pepper spray is as effective as once thought in protecting hikers and hunters from attacks by bears.
Mark Matthews Sept. 13, 1999 From the print edition
A spray can is no substitute for smarts
Bear specialist Gary Moses says that backcountry users carrying pepper spray should never let down their guard in bear country.
Mark Matthews Sept. 13, 1999 From the print edition

Letters

Enough said
Bob Hartley Sept. 13, 1999 From the print edition
Lyons is unfair to Idaho
M. Wells Sept. 13, 1999 From the print edition
The different faces of bigotry
Stephen Hansen Sept. 13, 1999 From the print edition
Lyons is a stereotyper
Dave Skinner Sept. 13, 1999 From the print edition
They're both right!
Gundars Rudzitis Sept. 13, 1999 From the print edition
After the ranchers go, sprawl comes
Michael Whitt Sept. 13, 1999 From the print edition
Stand in the place where you live
Bill Lacroix Sept. 13, 1999 From the print edition
Toilet water and other woes
Shelly Whitman Sept. 13, 1999 From the print edition
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