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The Southwest's last real river: Will it flow on?

June 12, 1995

Arizona's San Pedro River - the Southwest's last natural low-desert river - still faces a number of threats to its survival.

Feature

The Southwest's last real river: Will it flow on?
Arizona's San Pedro River - the Southwest's last natural low-desert river - still faces a number of threats to its survival.
Tony Davis June 12, 1995 From the print edition

Sidebar

Sandy Anderson
Arizona naturalist Sandy Anderson tries to educate people about the wildlife of the San Pedro.
Sandy Anderson June 12, 1995 From the print edition
Harold Vangilder
Sierra Vista City Councilman Harold Vangilder defends human use of the San Pedro River.
Harold Vangilder June 12, 1995 From the print edition
Feds decide that the Canada lynx can slink for itself
Conservationists protect the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's decision and deny the Canada lynx a place on the list of endangered species.
Mark Matthews June 12, 1995 From the print edition

Uncommon Westerners

A 77-year-old cow watcher from Arizona
HCN reader Pauline Sandholdt of Salome, Arizona, is featured in a profile.
Lisa Jones June 12, 1995 From the print edition

Essays

Learning the trick of quiet
The writer muses about loving and protecting the landscape of one's own backyard.
Stephen Lyons Essay June 12, 1995 From the print edition

Book Reviews

Rescuing Colorado's rivers
The nonprofit Colorado Rivers Alliance aims to protect and restore Colorado rivers.
Staff June 12, 1995 From the print edition
Having it all
A conference is planned called "How Do You Achieve Affordable Housing in a Growth Managed Community? A strategic Working Session."
Staff June 12, 1995 From the print edition
Leave no trace
A new nonprofit called Leave No Trace Inc. wants to educate backcountry users about minimum-impact recreation.
Staff June 12, 1995 From the print edition
Family inspiration
This year's fishtrap gathering is called "Orphaned in Eden: The Search for Family in the West."
Staff June 12, 1995 From the print edition
A humming good race
The first annual Sun Sprint of the Rockies Solar and Electric car race will run from Aspen, Colo., to Moab, Utah.
Staff June 12, 1995 From the print edition
Deconstructing the rural West
An article by Patrick Jobes in "Western Planner" offers a profoundly pessimistic view of the West's growing amenity towns.
Ed Marston June 12, 1995 From the print edition

Heard Around the West

Heard around the West
"Cow cops" in Oregon, "White Knight" claims land in Idaho's Nez Perce National Forest, Forest Service employees worry about bombs, timber industry has trouble buying salvage sales it pushed for.
Paul Larmer And The Staff June 12, 1995 From the print edition

Dear Friends

Dear Friends
It must be spring, odds and ends.
Staff June 12, 1995 From the print edition

News

Man, weather conspire against salmon
Hopes that a giant spring runoff would help baby Snake River salmon get past dams to the Pacific are killed by the weather and the Army Corps of Engineers.
Paul Larmer June 12, 1995 From the print edition
County votes to control private-land logging
Costilla County in Colorado's San Luis Valley is trying to prevent a rancher from logging trees at the top of the watershed.
Elizabeth Manning June 12, 1995 From the print edition
Paying for lost salmon
The federal government finally pays Washington's Colville Confederated Tribes to compensate for land taken to build Grand Coulee Dam 62 years ago.
John Craig June 12, 1995 From the print edition
How an ex-clown brought order to a boom town
Former Summit County Commissioner Gene Moser worked to create a state-of-the-art development code for a rapidly growing area.
Christopher Smith June 12, 1995 From the print edition
Can land trades stop a subdivision and clean up a mine?
An ambitious land-swapping plan may help reclaim some of Mid-Continent Resources defunct mines while also protecting them from development.
Jon Klusmire June 12, 1995 From the print edition
Eight is enough
Eight wolf pups and their mother are moved to a holding pen in Yellowstone after the pups' father was killed near Red Lodge, Montana.
Shea Andersen June 12, 1995 From the print edition
Moab area acts to regain control of public lands
Changes in management of Moab-area public lands, including new visitor fees, may help protect an over-used landscape.
Christopher Smith June 12, 1995 From the print edition
A Montana county unearths a major welfare queen: itself
Republican County Commissioner Adam Dahlman discovers that for every dollar Teton County taxpayers pay, $2.50 comes back from the federal government.
Carol Bradley June 12, 1995 From the print edition
In one man's hands, this lynx became a teacher
Forest Service biologist John Weaver learns from a lynx named Chirp that he raised from a kitten.
Mark Matthews June 12, 1995 From the print edition
Grazing reform 'reformed'
The Livestock Grazing Act of 1995, introduced by New Mexico Republican Sen. Pete Dominici, would kill Bruce Babbitt's grazing reform efforts.
Paul Larmer June 12, 1995 From the print edition

Letters

Rants and raves about cutting government agencies
M. Robert Allen June 12, 1995 From the print edition
Who needs ski resorts anyway?
Dayton Lummis June 12, 1995 From the print edition
Endangered Species Act defender issues call to arms
Lynn Sainsbury June 12, 1995 From the print edition
There's more to the story about crowded Grand Canyon
Christa Sadler June 12, 1995 From the print edition
Dennis Brownridge replies
Dennis Brownridge June 12, 1995 From the print edition
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