In Arizona’s Sonoran Desert, good intentions are
responsible for the introduction of exotic buffelgrass – but
all the good intentions in the world may not be enough to save the
desert now that this invasive and fire-prone plant is
spreading
Magazine
August 20, 2007
In Arizona’s Sonoran Desert, good intentions are responsible for the introduction of exotic buffelgrass – but all the good intentions in the world may not be enough to save the desert now that this invasive and fire-prone plant is spreading.
Feature
Sidebar
Botanist Sue Rutman has had surprising success just
yanking up buffelgrass, but herbicides remain the first line of
defense
Editor's Note
Recent Western fires have cleared the stage for the
rampant growth of highly flammable exotic plants such as cheatgrass
and the buffelgrass now invading the Sonoran Desert
Uncommon Westerners
Gary Bates creates mammoth metal sculptures out of
discarded junk and sets them outside to turn and spin in the
wind
Essays
In Big Horn, Wyo., in the shadow of the Big Horn
Mountains, Westerners have been playing polo for more than a
century
Writers on the Range
Bryce Andrews decides he must kill a wolf to maintain a
tenuous balance in Montana
Heard Around the West
Disguising cellphone towers as palm trees; winery
etiquette; driving drunk and outspoken in New Mexico; Idiots with
guns; fat fish; stupid attorney tricks
Dear Friends
Recent visitors to Paonia include bikers, big dogs, and
two Brits who are walking across the country
News
Western farmers band together to form the “OPEC of
Potatoes” – a farmers’ cooperative called the
United Potato Growers of America
Scientists working in the relatively new field of urban
ecology study cities like Phoenix, seeking to gain knowledge that
will help all cities as the West gets warmer
New technologies may soon be able to tap the power in
Western waves and tides to generate electricity, but critics are
already worried about the impacts
Two Weeks in the West
Coal-fired power plants don’t get no respect;
nuclear is nudging its way in; resort real estate is hot as
plutonium
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