Plans to fence as much as possible of the U.S.-Mexico
border could derail the return of rare jaguars to the
Southwest.
Magazine
October 15, 2007
Plans to fence as much as possible of the U.S.-Mexico border could derail the return of rare jaguars to the Southwest.
Feature
Editor's Note
The ill-conceived attempt to fence as much as possible of
the U.S.-Mexico border will have disastrous impacts on wildlife,
including Arizona’s elusive jaguars.
Essays
On a Western road trip, Evelyn Spence ponders the peculiar
names – and increasing numbers – of gigantic
RVs.
Writers on the Range
Julianne Couch surveys the vastness of Wyoming’s
Adobe Town badlands and hopes that oil and gas drilling does not
invade its beautiful emptiness.
Heard Around the West
Glen Canyon Dam’s image problem; riding the SLUT;
coal-train pit crews; regulating a very peculiar hallucinogenic
plant; poison ivy loves global warming; humongous fungus in
Oregon.
Dear Friends
Visits from a forester, a farmer, a family and more;
clarification and corrections.
News
Land managers working on post-fire restoration in Utah
have to battle invasive cheatgrass in their efforts to bring back
the native sagebrush.
Ranchers in southeastern Colorado are fighting the Army,
which wants to expand its Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site.
The Forest Service jumps into the carbon offsets game even
as scientists begin to question whether planting trees can help in
the struggle against global warming.
Two Weeks in the West
California’s continuing water troubles; saving water
for the Delta smelt; New Mexico Sen. Pete Domenici to retire; Idaho
grizzly shot; polygamous community in the spotlight; Vegas goes a
glitzy shade of green.
Letters
- The White Sands discovery only confirms what Indigenous people have said all along
- When public health becomes the public enemy
- 9 numbers that explain the BLM’s headquarters boomerang back to D.C.
- After the Palisades Tahoe name change, where is the Washoe Tribe looking next?
- In Arizona, a radical change in juvenile detention
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