The Columbia Basin Fish Accords have funded $1 billion worth of habitat restoration projects, but can they replace free-flowing rivers?
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December 8, 2014
A massive compromise to save Columbia Basin salmon, Gunnison sage grouse gets protection, pet tortoises still threaten wild ones, and a fresh look at wolves’ impacts on Yellowstone.
Feature
Current
What the BLM can (and can’t) tell us about the state of rangeland health.
Will new federal protections rescue the Gunnison sage grouse?
Prolific pets continue to threaten their wild cousins.
Hybrid technologies help distribute power in isolated communities.
Researchers fear that some damage can’t be undone.
The Forest Service seized more than 100,000 plants on public lands.
Los Angeles tries to save water and mitigate effects of sucking the valley dry.
Editor's Note
Essays
Living together with local resentments in Northern California.
Book Reviews
Review of “Backlands: A Novel of the American West” by Michael McGarrity.
Review of “Steal the North” by Brittain Bergstrom.
Review of "Karl Bodmer's America Revisited" by Robert Lindholm.
Heard Around the West
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
Dear Friends
Our annual open house is December 11th; cavers and consultants visit the office.
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