Magazine
Road Block

December 4, 2000

When residents of the village of Tome, N.M., challenged plans for a nearby four-lane highway and bridge to facilitate the commute from Albuquerque to the suburbs, they took on New Mexico's huge "sprawl machine" - and won.

Feature

Road Block
When residents of the village of Tome, N.M., challenged plans for a nearby four-lane highway and bridge to facilitate the commute from Albuquerque to the suburbs, they took on New Mexico's huge "sprawl machine" - and won.
Greg Hanscom Dec. 4, 2000 From the print edition

Sidebar

'Start letting mom pack that trunk'
In his own words, Bob Davey of the Valley Improvement Association explains the need for the highway and bridge through Tome, N.M.
Greg Hanscom Dec. 4, 2000 From the print edition
'It's a clash of visions'
Tome resident Ray Garcia, president of the Historic Tome Adelino Neighborhood Association, talks about the vision behind his group.
Greg Hanscom Dec. 4, 2000 From the print edition
'The bridge is only part of the puzzle'
Real estate agent and Valencia County Commissioner Alicia Aguilar talks about the need for planning in the county.
Greg Hanscom Dec. 4, 2000 From the print edition
'No one is at the steering wheel'
Lora Lucero of the New Mexico chapter of the American Planning Association talks about the need to balance local, community control with state guidance in land-use planning.
Greg Hanscom Dec. 4, 2000 From the print edition

Book Reviews

Rivers without water
WaterWatch's recent report, "Rivers Without Water: Oregon's Unnatural Disaster," offers suggestions for keeping more water in the state's streams and rivers.
Oakley Brooks Dec. 4, 2000 From the print edition
A bird? A plane? It's the environmental air force
LightHawk, a nonprofit airline, uses its small planes to fly politicians, environmentalists and journalists over landscapes degraded by mining, clear-cutting and other uses.
Rebecca Clarren Dec. 4, 2000 From the print edition
Some Puget Sounders bet on the farm
In western Washington, a program called FarmLink connects prospective farmers with current farmers who would like to sell land.
Oakley Brooks Dec. 4, 2000 From the print edition
Toxic bird feed
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.
Tim Sullivan Dec. 4, 2000 From the print edition
Tickling the green funny bone
The online environmental magazine "Grist" tries to keep a sense of humor in its work as a self-described "beacon in the smog."
Paul Larmer Dec. 4, 2000 From the print edition
A botanical El Dorado
"Mountains & Rivers: A Quarterly Journal of Natural History for the Klamath-Siskiyou Region" celebrates its region and the creatures that inhabit it through essays, poetry, reports and artwork.
Betsy Marston Dec. 4, 2000 From the print edition
Final roadless plan drives Clinton's legacy
The Forest Service has released its final version of a plan to limit road-building on nearly one-third of the nation's national forest.
Rebecca Clarren Dec. 4, 2000 From the print edition
Yosemite shuffles into a new era
Yosemite National Park has a new management plan intended to reduce traffic and restore habitat, by using 500 buses to shuttle visitors through the park, among other changes.
Ali Macalady Dec. 4, 2000 From the print edition
Backtracking
"Backtracking: By Foot, Canoe and Subaru on the Lewis and Clark Trail" by Benjamin Long describes how the author and his wife quit their jobs to hit the road, retracing the journey of Lewis and Clark.
Beth Wohlberg Dec. 4, 2000 From the print edition
Ferrets are back in town
The Cheyenne River Sioux tribe is trying to restore endangered black-footed ferrets to the South Dakota reservation.
Tim Sullivan Dec. 4, 2000 From the print edition
Saving Places 2001
Colorado Preservation Inc.'s conference, "Saving Places 2001," focuses on preserving historic and diverse cultural sites, Feb. 2-3, in Denver.
Staff Dec. 4, 2000 From the print edition

Heard Around the West

Heard around the West
Robert Shields' minutia-filled diaries; Nat'l Assn. of Squash Artillery; bears in Aspen; Virgin, Utah, gun mandate; BYU vs. multi-pierced ears; Dona Nieto vs. loggers; ORVs on interstate median strips?; wearable laptops from England.
Betsy Marston Dec. 4, 2000 From the print edition

Dear Friends

Dear friends
Stop the presses!; David Lavender turns 90; Tom Bell and Bruce Babbitt; visitors.
Betsy Marston Dec. 4, 2000 From the print edition

News

Grizzlies invited back to the Bitterroot
To ease the process of reintroducing grizzly bears to the Bitterroot Mountains on the Montana-Idaho border, the Fish and Wildlife Service is setting up a citizen management panel to give locals a voice in the project.
Sherry Devlin Dec. 4, 2000 From the print edition
The latest bounce
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.
Oakley Brooks and Tim Sullivan Dec. 4, 2000 From the print edition
Ranchers take law into their own hands
Utah ranchers take back cattle impounded by the BLM from grazing allotments on Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.
Tim Sullivan Dec. 4, 2000 From the print edition
Animas-La Plata staggers on
The latest version of Colorado's controversial Animas-La Plata water project passed the Senate and could become a rider on spending legislation when Congress resumes Dec. 5.
Oakley Brooks Dec. 4, 2000 From the print edition
Are the stars out tonight?
Moab, Utah, is trying to regulate commercial light pollution to keep glare out of the night sky over area parks.
Tim Sullivan Dec. 4, 2000 From the print edition
Fish fight fowl for water
Delivery of Klamath River water to California's Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge was cut off this fall in order to keep the river flowing for endangered species and farmers.
Ali Macalady Dec. 4, 2000 From the print edition
Don't go away mad, just go away
Idaho state BLM director Martha Hahn has told employees for their own safety to avoid encounters with Jon Marvel of the Idaho Watershed Project.
Tim Sullivan Dec. 4, 2000 From the print edition
Last chance for the whitebark pine
The whitebark pine is in steep decline in the mountains on the Idaho-Montana border.
Mark Matthews Dec. 4, 2000 From the print edition
Alliance for Justice
The nonprofit Alliance for Justice has published a handbook telling nonprofits how to use their funds to influence legislation and lobbying.
Staff Dec. 4, 2000 From the print edition
Cattle grazing hurts
According to a recent review of research in the "Western North American Naturalist journal," Allison Jones of the Wild Utah Project says grazing hurts arid ecosystems.
Staff Dec. 4, 2000 From the print edition
Great Backyard Bird Count
The Great Backyard Bird Count takes place Feb. 16-19, 2001, sponsored by the National Audubon Society and Cornell University's Laboratory of Ornithology.
Staff Dec. 4, 2000 From the print edition

Letters

One half-vast dam
Scott W. Reed Dec. 4, 2000 From the print edition
Pastoral letter resonates
James A. Nee Dec. 4, 2000 From the print edition
A fish is a fish is a fish
George C. Kirkmire Dec. 4, 2000 From the print edition
Petersen intolerant of different ethics
Jim Dodd Dec. 4, 2000 From the print edition
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