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Draining the budget to desalt the Colorado

February 21, 1994

Yuma Desalting Plant is boondoggle of the decade.

Feature

Draining the budget to desalt the Colorado
Yuma Desalting Plant is boondoggle of the decade.
Martin Van Der Werf Feb. 21, 1994 From the print edition
Las Vegas wheels and deals for Colorado River water
Patricia Mulroy negotiates for Southern Nevada Water Authority.
Jon Christensen Feb. 21, 1994 From the print edition

Essays

Why Why? A stark, no-frills retreat from the world
A look at the Arizona desert town of Why.
Ann Ulrich Essay Feb. 21, 1994 From the print edition

Photo Essay

Navajo: Portrait of a Nation
Photos and short review of Joel Grimes' book, Navajo: Portrait of a Nation.
Cindy Wehling Photos Feb. 21, 1994 From the print edition

Dear Friends

Dear friends
Miscelleneous, visitors, direct mail, Arizona bureau, Great Basin interns.
Betsy Marston Feb. 21, 1994 From the print edition

News

Painting for quieter skies
More than 100 artists donate work to "Quiet Skies," an art show that protests Taos airport expansion.
Staff Feb. 21, 1994 From the print edition
BLM chief Jim Baca leaves amidst cheers and boos
After nine months as BLM chief, Jim Baca is forced to resign amid controversy.
Tony Davis Feb. 21, 1994 From the print edition
Jim Baca says the Department of Interior is in deep trouble
Fired BLM chief critical of his agency and Bruce Babbitt.
Ed Marston Feb. 21, 1994 From the print edition
Will plan save or destroy the grizzly?
Grizzly Bear Recovery Plan may end up in court.
Bryan Foster Feb. 21, 1994 From the print edition
Back at the ranch
BLM raises grazing fees 12 cents.
Staff Feb. 21, 1994 From the print edition
Jackson's last letter answered
Tribal lands not exempt from Endangered Species Act, rules U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, after receiving activist Leroy Jackson's letter.
Staff Feb. 21, 1994 From the print edition
Wise use at Grand Canyon
Grand Canyon chapter of People For the West! formed.
Staff Feb. 21, 1994 From the print edition
Ideological schism leads to a personal feud
Former Forest Watch colleagues Randal O'Toole and Jeffrey St. Clair at odds.
Paul Koberstein Feb. 21, 1994 From the print edition
Yucca Mountain's fault
Geological fault cuts through Yucca Mountain nuclear waste site.
Staff Feb. 21, 1994 From the print edition
Campbell sides with Telluride
Senator threatens to condemn Tom Chapman house in Colorado wilderness.
Staff Feb. 21, 1994 From the print edition
Chevron gets a go-ahead
Forest Service allows exploratory oil well in Utah's High Uintas Wilderness.
Staff Feb. 21, 1994 From the print edition
Agency reins in Wyoming rancher
Rancher George Salisbury punished for subleasing federal grazing permit.
Staff Feb. 21, 1994 From the print edition
Public foots DOE bill
Contractors cost DOE millions to defend from class action suits.
Staff Feb. 21, 1994 From the print edition
Bandelier overrun by hooves
Elk and wild cattle destroying New Mexico park.
Staff Feb. 21, 1994 From the print edition
Wise-use ordinances suffer legal setback
Boundary County land-use plan found unconstitutional.
Paul Larmer Feb. 21, 1994 From the print edition
They're fed up, and aren't going to take it anymore
Nevada Association of Counties endorses movement to turn control of federal lands over to state government.
Ernie Thompson Feb. 21, 1994 From the print edition
State land lease in Idaho goes to the low bidder
Idaho Watersheds Project loses bid for public land to ranchers Will and Vangie Ingram.
Paul Larmer Feb. 21, 1994 From the print edition

Opinion

Owyhee: On the eve of destruction
Bombing range threatens wild land in Idaho, Nevada and Oregon.
Brad Purdy Opinion Essay Feb. 21, 1994 From the print edition
Wyoming lawsuit would privatize wildlife
Landowners' suit says they own wildlife on their land.
June Rain Opinion Essay Feb. 21, 1994 From the print edition

Barb

Why don't we think of this?
Staff Feb. 21, 1994 From the print edition
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