The West gains traction as a center of power in 2006, and
nine more indicators from the midterm elections.
Magazine
November 27, 2006
Among the top 10 lessons gained from the 2006 midterm elections is that there can be no doubt now of the West’s rising importance as a center of political power. Also in this issue: A new plan to steer energy development away from cultural sites in New Mexico could streamline energy development, fund archaeological research and preserve ancient sites all at once.
Feature
Sidebar
Ray Ring offers a state-by-state summary of some of the
more intriguing election results across the West
Editor's Note
In this issue, Ray Ring offers a top 10 list on the
midterm elections and reminds Westerners that the newly empowered
Democrats in Congress are still not the sole arbiters of
environmental policy
Uncommon Westerners
A Seattle artist known only as Ferg works with tiny
caddisfly larvae to make jewelry from the insects’ intricate
casings
Essays
An undergrown Australian shepherd mix named Pika offers
advice on living in the moment despite frightening and challenging
times
Book Reviews
The huge, copiously illustrated Rivers of North
America is the first comprehensive effort to detail the
current state of the continent’s rivers
Janet Finn and Ellen Crain tell the history of Butte,
Mont., from the viewpoint of its women in Motherlode:
Legacies of Women’s Lives and Labors in Butte,
Montana.
In Upstream: Sons, Fathers, and Rivers,
Robin Carey recounts a kayak journey up the Klamath River that he
made with his son, Dev, and on the way explores the Careys’
troubled family history
Heard Around the West
Naked Frivolity in Boulder; Maverick Gaudreau celebrates
80 years in Grand Canyon; Agoura Hills, Calif., day laborers;
"Metronatural" in Seattle; driven to crime in fancy cars
Dear Friends
HCN’s Christmas open house;
Michelle Nijhuis wins another award for climate change stories;
visitors; Bill Burnham dies; Jodi Peterson back from sick
leave
News
A new plan to steer energy development away from cultural
sites in New Mexico could streamline energy development, fund
archaeological research and preserve ancient sites all at
once
Chris Wallace’s refusal to pay daily user fees on
Arizona’s Mount Lemmon led to a courtroom decision that has
thrown the entire future of the federal recreational fee program
into doubt
Two Weeks in the West
Hopi and Navajo tribes settle boundary dispute; oil shale
returns to western Colorado; Northern Cheyenne open coal reserves
to development; judge upholds critical habitat designation for
"vernal pools" in California and Oregon; red tree vole wins
protecti
Letters
- The White Sands discovery only confirms what Indigenous people have said all along
- Hmong Americans in Northern California fight wildfire — and distrust
- The Gadsden flag is a symbol. But whose?
- How tribal leaders want Chuck Sams to lead the Park Service
- Wildfire smoke pushes migrating birds hundreds of miles out of their way
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