The Sonoran Desert homeland of the Tohono O’odham
Nation has become a nerve-wracking police state, caught in the
crossfire between drug and immigrant smugglers and the U.S. Border
Patrol.
Magazine
February 19, 2007
The Sonoran Desert homeland of the Tohono O’odham Nation has become a nerve-wracking police state, caught in the crossfire between drug and immigrant smugglers and the U.S. Border Patrol. Also in this issue: The Forest Service has overhauled its cumbersome forest-planning process, but many experts say the agency may have gone too far.
Feature
Editor's Note
The United States needs genuine immigration reform instead
of the politically motivated shouting match that has taken the
place of reasonable debate.
Uncommon Westerners
Albuquerque water developer Bill Turner, a board member of
the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District, is often described as
the bane of the district as well.
Essays
A Westerner makes the disconcerting discovery that as we
age, the high, dry West we love isn't so good for our
moisture-loving bodies, and the only cure is a trip to the
beach.
Book Reviews
It may have lovely photographs, but Valles Caldera: A
Vision for New Mexico’s National Reserve is much more than
just another coffee-table book.
Brian Doyle’s new book, The Grail, lives up to its
lively subtitle as it describes “a year ambling and shambling
through an Oregon vineyard in pursuit of the best pinot noir in the
whole wild world.”
Heard Around the West
Remembering Molly Ivins; cactuses beat caucuses in Utah;
picking up butts on the California coast; rats in the toilet; deer
hunting on the fairway.
Dear Friends
Visitors; HCN in Title Nine catalog; clarification,
corrections
News
The Forest Service has overhauled its cumbersome
forest-planning process, but many experts say the agency may have
gone too far.
Willits, Calif., is one of a growing number of communities
trying to prepare for a post-oil world by becoming economically and
agriculturally sustainable.
Colorado inventor Jim Sears is among those researchers
fascinated by the possibility that algae farms in the Southwest
could provide a source of biodiesel.
Two Weeks in the West
Forest Service faces budget cuts; Rural Schools Act dies;
local governments may have to pay more firefighting costs; user
fees upheld; grazing fees go down; Klamath dams may fall; livestock
killed by wolves, and wolves killed; and UFOs in the
West.
Letters
Today's Featured Stories
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