Just as it seemed the local communities were starting to
accept the BLM’s Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument,
the rise of conservative national politics has helped to revive old
grudges and stir up opposition
Magazine
April 14, 2003
Just as it seemed the local communities were starting to accept the BLM’s Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, the rise of conservative national politics has helped to revive old grudges and stir up opposition. Also in this issue: Conservationists say it’s too soon for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to declare that wolves are no longer endangered.
Feature
Sidebar
In Arizona’s Ironwood Forest National Monument,
ranchers, recreationists and illegal immigrants are all fighting
for space
The BLM’s new National Landscape Conservation System
manages 15 monuments created by President Clinton, as well as 800
other protected areas
Editor's Note
It’s time for the people of southern Utah to accept
that the West has changed, and that Grand Staircase-Escalante
National Monument is here to stay
Essays
Back in the 1960s, both guns and butter were part of the
agenda in the Interior West and the nation; now, as a talk by
Colorado Rep. Scott McInnis reveals, guns seem to be the only thing
the Bush administration cares about
A day spent on skis with avalanche forecaster Jerry
Roberts is filled with stellar crystals, snow haiku and unexpected
beauty
Conversation
Former Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber talks about resolving
political conflict in the West – and in the world
Heard Around the West
Will Highway 666 get a new name?; Nevada’s "Armpit
of America" celebrates; taxing brothels; student sayings from the
Web; Santa Fe’s "Path of the Painted Potties;" South Dakota
searches world for dairy farmers; and Santa Barbara County tries to
decide whe
Dear Friends
Your chance to weigh in on the redesign; Deb French is new
outreach director; and Betsy and Ed Marston are still
here
News
Conservationists say it’s too soon for the U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service to declare that wolves are no longer
endangered
The "American Wilderness Protection Act" will end
protection of wilderness study areas; reinstatement of "polluter
pays" tax loses in Congress; Fence Lake Mine in New Mexico to begin
construction; Homeland Security wallows up INS, Border Patrol and
other
Grassroots activism is credited with once more staving off
drilling in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and
Wyoming’s Bridger-Teton National Forest
Forest thinning and prescribed burns helped slow the
progress of Colorado’s Hayman Fire, but some
environmentalists fear forest thinning will be used to justify
increased logging
The federal government has decided to buy out
California’s Westlands Water District
A new BLM plan could re-open the door to oil and gas
drilling in the Jack Morrow Hills, the heart of Wyoming’s Red
Desert
Land in New Mexico’s Sandia Mountains that has been
fought over by the Sandia Pueblo, the federal government and
private landowners will stay part of the national forest under the
T’uf Shur Bien Preservation Act
Critics say Idaho is being swayed by ORVers’ money
in its plans for an off-road vehicle trail through the Lost River
Valley
Letters
- The White Sands discovery only confirms what Indigenous people have said all along
- When public health becomes the public enemy
- 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?
- In Arizona, a radical change in juvenile detention
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