With the Interior West almost exclusively Republican
territory, "Democrats for the West," a coalition of leaders, have
issued a challenge to fellow Democrats to create sustainable
Democratic majorities
Magazine
April 12, 2004
With the Interior West almost exclusively Republican territory, "Democrats for the West," a coalition of leaders, have issued a challenge to fellow Democrats to create sustainable Democratic majorities. Also in this issue: While mountain lions receive bad press for what some say is increasing aggression against humans, experts say that humans may be the real problem. Lion killing in most Western states is increasing, and biologists say no state has ever had a sound population estimate for the animals. Without sound data, politics often plays into determining hunting quotas.
Feature
Sidebar
Republican leaders, now holding the reins in Western
politics, are better equipped to meet the challenges faced in the
West and in the nation, according to the writer
Editor's Note
Our theory that newcomers would, over time, change the
political landscape to one more progressive in outlook, needs
revision
Uncommon Westerners
Jennifer Speers, a Salt Lake city resident with a legacy
from her great-grandfather of stopping development along the
Palisades in New York and New Jersey and a strong bent toward
conservation, buys the Rio Colorado property, and pulls down Moab
developer
Essays
Environmental groups’ calendar portrayals of the
beleaguered harp seal are too pretty and too hackneyed to convince
humans that the race must see beyond its own wants if it is to hold
off the end of nature
Book Reviews
Emile Buchwald’s Toward the Livable City offers
essays and art to entice readers toward the antidote to suburban
sprawl – sustainable, vital, high-density cities
Historian Steven C. Schulte’s new book, Wayne
Aspinall and the Shaping of the American West, portrays the chair
of the House Interior Committee and the environmental
movement’s "most durable foe" as a fair but rigid
representative who, surprisingly, joc
Writers on the Range
Greenies, until America becomes less pretentious, your
party needs to trade in tie-dye for the uniform of power: gray
flannel trousers and a nice, pink-pinstriped shirt
Heard Around the West
DS? cows are getting smarter about breaking out of the
ranch; Bison in Yellowstone were felled by toxic gases; Coloradans
have had an early spring thaw which in Crested Butte has revealed
copious dog poop; Yale prof tells a capacity crowd at
Univer
Dear Friends
Avalanches in Telluride, heat wave in Paonia;
congratulations to Ed and Betsy Marston for John Wade Award; Ken
Sleight gets Lifetime Achievement Award at 22nd Annual Public
Interest Environmental Law Conference in Eugene; Betsy Loyless,
keynoter at the co
News
Disappearing habitat and an increase in hunting quotas
based on politics and guesswork are threatening the stability of
mountain lion populations in the West.
Steve Williams, head of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
tells Congress that money for critical habitat for endangered
species could be better spent elsewhere; National Security
Administration head asks Congress for more money for nuke bomb
site, and Rep.
The Valle Imperial Project in Science at J.F. Kennedy
Middle School in California’s Imperial Valley near the Mexico
border raises scores for fourth- and sixth-graders and delights
their curious minds, but with Bush’s "one-size-fits-all"
approach, and his
Democrats, looking to regain the seat held by retiring
Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell, offer strong support for Hispanic
state attorney general Ken Salazar, who may vie against very
conservative former U.S. Congressman Bob Schaffer
Idaho Sen. Mike Crapo spent $1.5 million to defeat Michael
Kennedy, Democratic challenger who missed the filing deadline by
seconds; Montana Democrat Margarett Campbell, an Assiniboine Tribe
member, is running in a newly formed (2000) leg
Jetboats and planes could increase in the Frank
Church-River of No Return Wilderness, ignoring three illegal
hunting lodges along the Salmon River. George Nickas of
Montana-based Wilderness Watch has appealed the new management
plan, saying the largest
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