Three years after cows were banned from some Southwestern
rivers, the San Francisco River in the Gila National Forest shows
signs of recovery, but struggling ranchers and uneven wildlife
numbers prove that the struggle over desert grazing is still
alive.
Magazine
October 22, 2001
Three years after cows were banned from some Southwestern rivers, the San Francisco River in the Gila National Forest shows signs of recovery, but struggling ranchers and uneven wildlife numbers prove that the struggle over desert grazing is still alive.
Feature
Sidebar
New Mexico rancher Hugh B. McKeen continues to battle the
federal government over grazing restrictions on his Gila National
Forest allotment.
Alma, N.M., rancher Sewell Goodwin believes that removing
cattle from riparian grazing has actually improved their
health.
Uncommon Westerners
Rafter and river advocate Steve Harris tries to work with
local farmers to preserve the Rio Grande in New Mexico.
Essays
HCN's associate publisher tries to explain why the paper
sometimes prints Writers on the Range columns that readers - and
even staff - find wrong-headed or foolish.
Book Reviews
The free, illustrated "Good Neighbor Handbook," written by
Katherine Bill and published by the Methow Conservancy, aims to
give new arrivals in Washington's Methow Valley advice about
adapting to their new home.
A new study says that less than 15 percent of fires target
national forests; most hit grassland and shrubland in state,
tribal, private or BLM ownership.
Idaho's Sun valley Center for the arts hosts "Whispered
Silences," a multidisciplinary exhibition exploring
Japanese-American internment camps across the West.
Heard Around the West
Living with bears and coyotes; small-town police blotters;
Idaho Rep. Butch Otter's Web site to keep eye on greens; Klamath
Basin "Sucker Beer"; "Polygamy Porter"; lazy duck hunters; Vegas'
faux New York never included World Trade Center towers.
Dear Friends
Sympathy from all over for Sept. 11; books by Mary
Sojourner, Diane Josephy Peavey and Philip L. Fradkin; "Bear
Deluxe" likes HCN; visitors.
Former Sen. Mike Mansfield of Montana is remembered as a
man of integrity, honesty and rare authenticity, who respected
others and always listened patiently, even to his
adversaries.
News
Earthjustice appeals ruling about difference between wild
and hatchery salmon; Klamath farmers apply for relief; Idaho
Supreme Court denies water to wildlife refuge; Mark Rey confirmed
as undersecretary of Ag for Natural
Resources/Environment.
Growing traffic on Colorado's Interstate 70 has some
thinking the state should consider building a monorail to ferry
people from Denver into the mountains.
Former Dinosaur National Monument Superintendent Dennis
Ditmanson's attempt to resolve a long-lasting grazing conflict with
the ranching Mantle family leads to criticism from staffers and
environmentalists.
Inrroducing an African gazelle called the oryx for
big-game hunting on New Mexico's White Sands Missile Range has led
to a host of problems, as the animals breed and spread throughout
the area.
A federal judge rejects a challenge to the existence of
California's Giant Sequoia National Monument, designated by
President Clinton toward the end of his presidency.
Feral pigs are invading the area near Washington's Olympic
National Park.
A power plant proposed for rural Canyon County, Idaho, is
facing a battle from local critics, who object to the plant's
potential noise, among other things.
An investigative report says that a delay in taking water
from the Chewuch River because of the Endangered Species Act did
not cause the deaths of four firefighters on the Okanogan forest
last July.
A federal district judge removes some federal protection
for the endangered ferruginous pygmy owl habitat in southwestern
Arizona near Tucson.
Some fear that a hunt planned for tundra swan in Utah may
accidentally target the rare trumpeter as well.
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