Wyoming’s Green Mountain Common Allotment is one of
the West’s last big, wide-open landscapes – but these
days, ranchers, environmentalists, history buffs and the BLM are
arguing over whether it’s time to start putting up
fences
Magazine
March 1, 2004
Wyoming’s Green Mountain Common Allotment is one of the West’s last big, wide-open landscapes – but these days, ranchers, environmentalists, history buffs and the BLM are arguing over whether it’s time to start putting up fences. Also in this issue: Nearly a decade after Imperial Valley irrigators fought off a water grab by Texans Ed and Lee Bass, the Imperial Valley Irrigation District buys the old Bass property, Western Farms, and the water rights that come with it.
Feature
Sidebar
As the West grows and develops, more people find
themselves drawn into the conflict over open-range laws
Editor's Note
Former Interior Secretary James Watt still sees himself as
a victim of environmental "selfish interest groups," conveniently
forgetting that he fought against popular conservation laws on
behalf of powerful corporations
Uncommon Westerners
Ramon Ramirez of PCUN, the Northwestern Treeplanters and
Farmworkers United, fights on behalf of the rights of immigrants,
at home in the Willamette Valley of Oregon and across the
globe
Essays
The author’s family likes to think that his
great-grandfather has come back as a crow after a lifetime spent
shooting the rambunctious birds
Book Reviews
"Snow Country Memories: Interned in North Dakota," a new
exhibit at the North Dakota Museum of Art, brings to life the World
War II-era Fort Lincoln Internment Camp and the people who lived
there, like poet Itaru Ina
Best Essays NW gathers a collection of Oregon Quarterly
essays, most of them written by unknown writers who look at the
Northwest from a unique perspective
The Ski Area Citizens’ Coalition grades Western ski
areas in its Environmental Scorecard, and the average grade is
pretty average
Writers on the Range
The defeat of Oregon’s Measure 30 by anti-tax
zealots shows that voters angry at state and local governments are
going after the wrong enemy
Heard Around the West
Nevada’s getting big; urbanite hunters and the NRA;
knapweed-sniffing dog; His Royal Highness goes skiing in Jackson
Hole; blatant bellybuttons at BYU; Astrolawn in California;
reindeer meat
Dear Friends
Arjun Tadini Bacigalupi is born; HCN’s February
board meeting & our new business plan; board members Mark
Gordon and Terry Janis step down; new board members Annette Aguayo
and John Heyneman; Gary Paul Nabhan on desert agriculture; and
familiar faces Geof
News
Nearly a decade after Imperial Valley irrigators fought
off a water grab by Texans Ed and Lee Bass, the Imperial Valley
Irrigation District buys the old Bass property, Western Farms, and
the water rights that come with it
Federal judges fight over snowmobiles in Yellowstone;
Kennewick Man is scientific data, not sacred remains; Arlo Looking
Glass convicted in murder of Anna Mae Pictou-Aquash; and Union of
Concerned Scientists says Bush administration systematically
abuses
In California, the Forest Service abandons the
collaborative Sierra Nevada Framework in favor of a new management
plan that cuts big trees
Critics say the Yavapai Ranch Land Exchange in Arizona is
a sweetheart deal between developer Fred Ruskin and the Forest
Service
Plans for oil, gas and coalbed methane development in
northern New Mexico’s Valle Vidal have aroused the opposition
of environmentalists, ranchers, hunters, and the Boy
Scouts
Letters
Featured stories
-
WATERSHED RESTORATION DIRECTOR $58k-$70k + benefits to oversee watershed restoration projects that fulfill our strategic goals across urban and rural areas within the bi-national Santa Cruz and San...
-
CUSTOMER SERVICE ASSISTANT - (PART-TIME) High Country News, an award-winning media organization covering the communities and environment of the Western United States, seeks a part-time Customer Service Assistant, based at...
-
OPERATIONS DIRECTOR We are a Santa Fe-based nonprofit that builds resilience on arid working lands. We foster ecological, economic, and social health through education, innovation, and collaboration....
-
COMMUNITY ORGANIZER Come work alongside everyday Montanans to project our clean air, water, and build thriving communities! Competitive salary, health insurance, pension, generous vacation time and sabbatical....
-
CAMPAIGN MANAGER Oregon Natural Desert Association (ONDA), a nonprofit conservation organization dedicated to protecting, defending and restoring Oregon's high desert, seeks a Campaign Manager to works as...
-
HECHO DEPUTY DIRECTOR Hispanics Enjoying Camping, Hunting, and the Outdoors (HECHO) was created in 2013 to help fulfill our duty to conserve and protect our public lands for...
-
REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE, COLUMBIA CASCADES The Regional Representative serves as PCTA's primary staff on the ground along the trail working closely with staff, volunteers, and nonprofit and agency partners. This...
-
FINANCE AND OPERATIONS DIRECTOR 
The Montana Land Reliance (MLR) seeks a full-time Finance and Operations Director to manage the internal functions of MLR and its nonprofit affiliates. Key areas...
-
DIRECTOR OF CONSERVATION
The Nature Conservancy is recruiting for a Director of Conservation. Provides strategic leadership and support for all of the Conservancy's conservation work in Arizona. The...
-
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR The Amargosa Conservancy (AC), a conservation nonprofit dedicated to standing up for water and biodiversity in the Death Valley region, seeks an executive director to...
-
BIG BASIN SENIOR PROJECT PLANNER - CLIMATE ADAPTATION & RESILIENCE Parks California Big Basin Senior Project Planner - Climate Adaptation & Resilience ORGANIZATION BACKGROUND Parks California is a new organization working to ensure that our...
-
SCIENCE PROJECT MANAGER About Long Live the Kings (LLTK) Our mission is to restore wild salmon and steelhead and support sustainable fishing in the Pacific Northwest. Since 1986,...
-
HUMAN RESOURCES GENERALIST Honor the Earth is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on identity. Indigenous people, people of color, Two-Spirit or LGBTQA+ people,...
-
DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR Colorado Trout Unlimited seeks an individual with successful development experience, strong interpersonal skills, and a deep commitment to coldwater conservation to serve as the organization's...
-
NEW BOOK BY AWARD-WINNING WILDLIFE BIOLOGIST, BRUCE SMITH In a perilous place at the roof of the world, an orphaned mountain goat is rescued from certain death by a mysterious raven.This middle-grade novel,...
-
DESCHUTES LAND TRUST VOLUNTEER PROGRAM MANAGER The Deschutes Land Trust is seeking an experienced Volunteer Program Manager to join its dedicated team! Deschutes Land Trust conserves and cares for the lands...
-
PROGRAM DIRECTOR Now hiring a full-time, remote Program Director for the Society for Wilderness Stewardship! Come help us promote excellence in the professional practice of wilderness stewardship,...
-
MOUNTAIN LOTS FOR SALE
Multiple lots in gated community only 5 miles from Great Sand Dunes National Park. Seasonal flowing streams. Year round road maintenance.
-
RURAL ACREAGE OUTSIDE SILVER CITY, NM Country living just minutes from town! 20 acres with great views makes a perfect spot for your custom home. Nice oaks and juniper. Cassie Carver,...
-
A FIVE STAR FOREST SETTING WITH SECLUSION AND SEPARATENESS This home is for a discerning buyer in search of a forest setting of premier seclusion & separateness. Surrounded on all sides by USFS land...
