In Idaho, the Nez Perce have become the first tribe to
oversee the statewide recovery of an endangered species, the gray
wolf, an experience that is energizing the tribe's own political
and spiritual recovery.
Magazine
February 26, 2001
In Idaho, the Nez Perce have become the first tribe to oversee the statewide recovery of an endangered species, the gray wolf, an experience that is energizing the tribe's own political and spiritual recovery.
Feature
Sidebar
The Nez Perce tribe's success in wolf recovery is one of
many stories of successful and innovative wildlife management by
Indian tribes.
Idaho's first predator-control policy allows an aggressive
approach, with a current plan to kill at least 75 bears and 10
mountain lions near the Lochsa River in an attempt to boost elk
numbers.
Uncommon Westerners
Biologist Betsy Whitehill is remembered for a vibrant,
loving life that included teaching Alaskan schoolchildren how to
draw ducks.
Essays
"Painters of the American West" museum exhibit from
billionaire Philip Anschutz's collection ironically shows
idealized, beautiful land, untouched by industrialists (such as
Anschutz).
Heard Around the West
California; Vail's Lawn Chair Team, Idaho's Red Hot Mamas;
Jackson Hole house prices; conservatives vs. Colo. Springs
Independent; Utah store owner censors movies; Utah's "porn
czarina"; Kane County Sheriff claims roads; Nevada's
Legislature.
Dear Friends
Changing times for tribes; HCN potluck in Phoenix; a look
at HCN's books; Stephen Pyne talks about fire.
News
A proposed Sierra Club initiative to end all public-lands
logging reveals the distance between urban environmentalists and
their rural counterparts in places like northern New Mexico, where
poor Hispanics rely on grazing small herds.
Bonneville Power may scrap salmon recovery; killing
hatchery salmon in WA; oil companies may drill in Rockies;
"Operation Crossroads" tackles illegal immigrants. Idaho officials
accused of ignoring INEEL's air and waste violations.
In Washington's Methow Valley, irrigators are up in arms
over the National Marine Fisheries Service claim that leaky ditches
take too much water and kill endangered salmon.
In Washington, the Trust for Public Land has worked out a
tentative plan to preserve 1,020 acres along the Methow River, long
sought by developers.
Some say the National Wildlife Refuge System is being
neglected and perhaps should be split off from the Fish and
Wildlife Service.
Letters
- The White Sands discovery only confirms what Indigenous people have said all along
- 9 numbers that explain the BLM’s headquarters boomerang back to D.C.
- After the Palisades Tahoe name change, where is the Washoe Tribe looking next?
- A monsoon summer in the Southwest
- In Arizona, a radical change in juvenile detention
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