Magazine
Problems In Paradise

May 28, 2007

The brutal murder of a Japanese tourist shines an unwelcome spotlight on the social problems plaguing Arizona’s beautiful but troubled Havasupai Reservation.

Feature

Problems in Paradise
The brutal murder of a Japanese tourist shines an unwelcome spotlight on the social problems plaguing Arizona’s beautiful but troubled Havasupai Reservation
John Dougherty May 28, 2007 From the print edition

Editor's Note

A common problem
There’s a great diversity among American Indians, but the tribes share some of the same tragic ills that plague the rest of society – particularly those caused by methamphetamine abuse
John Mecklin Opinion May 28, 2007 From the print edition

Uncommon Westerners

Fightin’ against the feds
Utah state Rep. Mike Noel is still fighting the federal government over Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
Michelle Blank May 28, 2007 From the print edition

Essays

Of feral dogs, and feral Westerners
Westerners like to romanticize our wide-open spaces and wild wolves, but in rural areas, our real mascot is the ubiquitous feral dog
Jonathan Thompson Essay May 28, 2007 From the print edition

Book Reviews

A poet’s novel of the San Luis Valley
In Rise, Do Not Be Afraid, poet Aaron Abeyta explores the lives of the people who lived and loved in the long-lost town of Santa Rita in Colorado’s remote San Luis Valley
Annie Dawid May 28, 2007 From the print edition
Longing for a buried past
Rick Bass’ new short story collection, The Lives of Rocks, proves that his fierce environmental activism has not diminished the intensity of his storytelling genius
Emma Brown May 28, 2007 From the print edition

Heard Around the West

Heard Around the West
Montana Republican erupts on YouTube; Dogs at Work in Oregon; “Dynamite Shoot” uses real dynamite; wildlife thrives on military bases; “Liberal elk hunting season” in Wyoming; guns beat swords in Utah; taking the cab to Arizona
Betsy Marston May 28, 2007 From the print edition

Dear Friends

Dear friends
New HCN interns Morgan Heim and Eve Rickert; visitors
Jodi Peterson May 28, 2007 From the print edition

News

The deer departed
A plan to reduce the number of exotic deer at California’s Point Reyes National Seashore through birth control may end up doing little but alienating hunters
M. Martin Smith May 28, 2007 From the print edition
Weathering the academic storm
Dan Donato, whose controversial study on salvage logging sparked an academic firestorm, talks about his research and all it provoked
Erin Halcomb May 28, 2007 From the print edition
Voluntary excess
As its budget shrinks, the National Park Service relies more and more on volunteers – and critics say that is not necessarily healthy
Amanda Leigh Haag May 28, 2007 From the print edition

Two Weeks in the West

Two weeks in the West
Chefs fight for salmon, and uranium gets hotter; electricity usage and generation in the West; data on park fees and visitors
Jonathan Thompson May 28, 2007 From the print edition

Letters

The cost of driving 'til you qualify
James Balliett May 28, 2007 From the print edition
Filet of filly--for lions and leopards
Tom Taylor May 28, 2007 From the print edition
You want pommes frites with that?
Serena Carlson May 28, 2007 From the print edition
Working for a serial killer?
Rick Ellington May 28, 2007 From the print edition
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