Judge Jim Redden has given the Bush administration an
ultimatum: Submit a viable plan for salmon restoration, or face the
possible removal of four dams on the lower Snake River.
Magazine
January 22, 2007
Judge Jim Redden has given the Bush administration an ultimatum: Submit a viable plan for salmon restoration, or face the possible removal of four dams on the lower Snake River. Also in this issue: Homeless families aren’t found only in urban areas. They’re also struggling to survive in the rural West, as shown by the story of Barbara Trivitt and her two children, who lived in a Jeep in Coos Bay, Oregon, this fall.
Feature
Sidebar
An illustrated timeline charts the appearance of dams on
the lower Snake River and the resulting decline of salmon, along
with the so-far-inadequate response of the federal
government.
Editor's Note
Judge Jim Redden is right to push the Bush administration
on salmon restoration, but fish may end up faring as poorly in
courtrooms as San Francisco’s schoolchildren did after
well-intentioned decisions on busing.
Uncommon Westerners
Chris Myles plans to fuel his vehicles with homebrewed
ethanol, made in a still he built at his home in Silverton,
Colo.
Essays
Both sides of the contentious debate over a proposed Idaho
wilderness bill invoke Howard Zahniser, father of the Wilderness
Act -- and both sides have a point.
Book Reviews
In All God’s Children: Inside the Dark and Violent
World of Street Families, Rene Denfeld tells the disturbing story
of Portland’s teen runaways, charting the path that took one
of them, Danielle Marie Cox, from honor student to convicted
murderer.
Giles Slade’s new book, Made to Break: Technology
and Obsolescence in America, is a fascinating intellectual history
of how marketers demolished the American tradition of
thrift.
Writers on the Range
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, not the Confederated
Salish and Kootenai Tribes, is to blame for alleged management
problems at the National Bison Range in Montana.
The debacle on the National Bison Range is a prime example
of why the management of wildlife refuges should not be
privatized.
Heard Around the West
Do-it-yourself ski areas; “ecosexuals”;
“prescription dog” comes home; Utah’s Radium
Stadium; illegal immigrants build fence to keep themselves out;
it’s a long way from Sydney, Australia, to Sidney,
Mont.
Dear Friends
New winter interns Erin Halcomb and Michelle Blank;
HCN wins Utne press award; Crystal Zevon visits;
corrections.
News
Homeless families aren’t found only in urban areas.
They’re also struggling to survive in the rural West, as
shown by the story of Barbara Trivitt and her two children, who
lived in a Jeep in Coos Bay, Oregon, this fall.
In Western Colorado, where the energy boom is stretching
the resources – and social fabric – of local
communities, some companies have turned to portable dormitories to
ease the housing crunch.
Two Weeks in the West
Snow and drought plagues West; governors tackle global
warming; Big Coal gets bigger; Navajos protest power plant; stadium
in former shipyard; Colorado easements cost taxes; wildlife
crosswalk; zebra mussels arrive; skiing and snowboarding
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