Environmentalists saved a wetland from developers a decade ago. Now they’re trying to save it from each other.
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May 11, 2015
Environmentalists battle to save urban wetlands in Los Angeles, an obscure legal provision becomes a new Sagebrush Rebellion tactic, and labor victories in Western cities.
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Editor's Note
Current
A gathering of maritime minstrels on the Oregon coast.
An obscure provision in two environmental laws is the weapon of choice in a bureaucratic Sagebrush Rebellion.
Western cities lead the national movement for a higher minimum wage.
The illness affects moose, elk and deer and may be carried by long-distance migrations.
More commercial flights are expected this year, if they meet federal noise standards.
Russell Begaye is an opponent of the proposed Grand Canyon Escalade $1 billion tourism project.
Hcn.org news in brief.
Essays
This mysterious Oregon forest awakens hope in a local writer.
Book Reviews
Review of “The High Divide” by Lin Enger.
Review of “The Story of My Heart by Richard Jefferies: As Rediscovered by Terry Tempest Williams and Brooke Williams.”
Review of “Wyoming Revisited: Rephotographing the Scenes of Joseph E. Stimson” by Michael A. Amundson.
Writers on the Range
Heard Around the West
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
Dear Friends
Visitors, magazine scammers, and the loss of an American West icon.
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