Predator control may have a small place in saving
endangered species, but it makes a lot more sense to bring back an
ecosystem’s keystone species – as can be seen in
Yellowstone, since wolves have returned
Magazine
March 31, 2003
Predator control may have a small place in saving endangered species, but it makes a lot more sense to bring back an ecosystem’s keystone species – as can be seen in Yellowstone, since wolves have returned. Also in this issue:Fallon, Nev., is home to the fastest-growing cancer cluster in U.S. history, and some researchers suspect that the seemingly harmless metal tungsten may be to blame.
Feature
Editor's Note
The memory of an encounter with a grizzly in Glacier
National Park leads to thoughts about the place large predators
have in the West
Essays
A World War II veteran of the 10th Mountain Division
believes that saving trees and rivers is the best possible way to
honor soldiers like him – especially as the nation stands on
the brink of another war.
Book Reviews
WaterWatch of Oregon has a newly revamped Web site
designed to educate people about the Beaver State’s rivers
and watersheds.
Changing the Earth, title of both a
book and a traveling exhibit, showcases Emmet Gowin’s
strangely beautiful aerial photographs of human-altered
landscapes
In The Underground Heart, poet Ray Gonzalez returns to his
hometown of El Paso, Texas, to examine the border country with a
thoughtful and sometimes angry eye
Perspective
The military is seeking national security exemptions to
federal environmental laws on the 25 million acres of land it
controls
Heard Around the West
Wenatchee, Wash., has a new sweet-smelling phone book;
rodeo beats dancing in Wyoming; Moab, Utah, is not happy about MOAB
the bomb; sage grouse walk on the wild side; shoes at sea; dogs vs.
snakes in Reno; and mind-boggling California developments in
the
Dear Friends
This isn’t the first time HCN has had a face-lift; a
prowl through the storage shed resurrects HCNs of times
past
News
HCN staff fights the winter blues with a little April
foolishness
HCN staff fights the winter blues with a little April
foolishness
HCN staff fights the winter blues with a little April
foolishness
Fallon, Nev., is home to the fastest-growing cancer
cluster in U.S. history, and some researchers suspect that the
seemingly harmless metal tungsten may be to blame
Erie, Colo., one of the country’s fastest-growing
communities, is trying to slow development down, with the help of a
controversial anti-growth mayor, Barbara Connors.
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