Magazine

January 23, 2006

As the West’s privately owned timberlands go up for sale, small towns like Glenwood, Wash., are working to buy local forests and manage them for the good of the community. Also in this issue: The closing down of the Mohave Generating Station and the Black Mesa Mine are both a victory for environmentalists and Indian water activists, and an economic catastrophe for the Hopi and Navajo nations.

Feature

Timberlands up for grabs

As the West’s privately owned timberlands go up for sale, small towns like Glenwood, Wash., are working to buy local forests and manage them for the good of the community

Jane Braxton Little Jan. 23, 2006 From the print edition

Sidebar

Quick Stats

Statistics on timberlands

Staff Jan. 23, 2006 From the print edition

Editor's Note

For sale: The West

As privately owned timberlands go up for sale around the West, some communities are trying to find ways to keep their forests from disappearing in a flood of development

Paul Larmer Opinion Jan. 23, 2006 From the print edition

Uncommon Westerners

Gray water, green living

Brian Moore has retrofitted his house in Phoenix, Ariz., to enable him to re-use water and live more sustainably

Hilary Watts Jan. 23, 2006 From the print edition

Book Reviews

A eulogy for the West that was

In Requiem for the West, Roger Brown laments the loss of soul and solitude in the small mountain towns of the Colorado Rockies

Paul Anderson Jan. 23, 2006 From the print edition

Planting seeds for preservation

In Cities in the Wilderness, former Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt makes an eloquent argument for more enlightened federal land-use planning

Gary Wockner Jan. 23, 2006 From the print edition

A watery mystery in New Mexico

Albuquerque private investigator Sonny Baca unravels a series of nefarious plots in Rudolfo Anaya’s riveting mystery Jemez Spring

Laura Paskus Jan. 23, 2006 From the print edition

Deciphering humanity's hardware

Infrastructure: A Field Guide to the Industrial Landscape by Brian Hayes is a wonderfully conversational explanation of everything one sees along the highway that isn’t natural

Michelle Nijhuis Jan. 23, 2006 From the print edition

Eight decades of magic and beauty at Ghost Ranch

Lesley Poling-Kempes tells the story of a legendary New Mexico resort and its many lovers in her absorbing new book, Ghost Ranch

Renee Guillory Jan. 23, 2006 From the print edition

Writers on the Range

What’s the NRA’s beef with roadless areas?

A hunter and member of the National Rifle Association is angry at the way the group puts gun ownership above roadless areas, wildlife, and hunting

Pat Wray Essay Jan. 23, 2006 From the print edition

Heard Around the West

Heard around the West

Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster; driver hit by deer; Seattle vs. starlings; California criminal bear is killed; Dave Freudenthal didn’t say it; salmon-flavored soda

Betsy Marston Jan. 23, 2006 From the print edition

Dear Friends

Dear friends

New interns Sarah Gilman and Brett Wilkison; remembering Robert E. "Bob" Wolf; HCN potluck in Tucson

Sarah Gilman, Brett Wilkison and Jodi Peterson Jan. 23, 2006 From the print edition

News

The end of an era on the Colorado Plateau

The closing down of the Mohave Generating Station and the Black Mesa Mine are both a victory for environmentalists and Indian water activists, and an economic catastrophe for the Hopi and Navajo nations

Daniel Kraker Jan. 23, 2006 From the print edition

The Latest Bounce

Petroglyph boulders moved for controversial Albuquerque highway; Hilmar Cheese can drill "test well" for its wastewater; Richard Pombo’s plan to fast-track oil shale stymied; wilderness vs. helicopter skiing in Wyoming

Matt Jenkins Jan. 23, 2006 From the print edition

Bear killing increases but protection decreases

Illegal killing of grizzlies seems to be increasing in the Northern Rockies even as Interior Secretary Gale Norton announces plans to take Yellowstone’s bears off the endangered species list

Michelle Burkhart Jan. 23, 2006 From the print edition

Renewable law leaves the gate

The Colorado Public Utilities Commission finally releases rules for implementing Amendment 37, the state’s renewable standards law

Laura Paskus Jan. 23, 2006 From the print edition

Forest Service shuts down 'three old geezers'

Armed law enforcement officers prevented three environmentalists, including 83-year-old Stewart Brandborg, from attending a Forest Service press conference in Hamilton, Mont.

Ray Ring and Carlotta Grandstaff Jan. 23, 2006 From the print edition

Colorado River gets a recreation plan

The National Park Service’s new management plan for the Grand Canyon river corridor allows continued motorized access

Jennie Lay Jan. 23, 2006 From the print edition

An ecosystem wanting for wolves

With the elk population at Colorado’s Rocky Mountain National Park out of control, wildlife managers are considering bringing in four wolves to restore the balance

Joshua Zaffos Jan. 23, 2006 From the print edition