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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.

Feature

The Los Angeles wetland wars
The Los Angeles wetland wars
Environmentalists saved a wetland from developers a decade ago. Now they’re trying to save it from each other.
Judith Lewis Mernit May 11, 2015 From the print edition

Editor's Note

L.A.’s wild side
L.A.’s wild side
Cally Carswell May 11, 2015 From the print edition

Current

Fisher-poets of the pale tide
Fisher-poets of the pale tide
A gathering of maritime minstrels on the Oregon coast.
Ben Goldfarb May 11, 2015 From the print edition
Counties use a ‘coordination’ clause to fight the feds
Counties use a ‘coordination’ clause to fight the feds
An obscure provision in two environmental laws is the weapon of choice in a bureaucratic Sagebrush Rebellion.
Joshua Zaffos May 11, 2015 From the print edition
Wins for workers
Wins for workers
Western cities lead the national movement for a higher minimum wage.
Cally Carswell May 11, 2015 From the print edition
Wasting disease in wildlife inches toward Yellowstone
Wasting disease in wildlife inches toward Yellowstone
The illness affects moose, elk and deer and may be carried by long-distance migrations.
Kindra McQuillan May 11, 2015 From the print edition
The Latest: New incentives for quieter aircraft in the Grand Canyon
The Latest: New incentives for quieter aircraft in the Grand Canyon
More commercial flights are expected this year, if they meet federal noise standards.
Tay Wiles May 11, 2015 From the print edition
The Latest: New Navajo president may halt a remote development
The Latest: New Navajo president may halt a remote development
Russell Begaye is an opponent of the proposed Grand Canyon Escalade $1 billion tourism project.
Krista Langlois May 11, 2015 From the print edition
Oil trains, Southwest sprawl, on-shore drilling and more.
Oil trains, Southwest sprawl, on-shore drilling and more.
Hcn.org news in brief.
High Country News May 11, 2015 From the print edition

Essays

Walking the damp upper corners of America
Walking the damp upper corners of America
This mysterious Oregon forest awakens hope in a local writer.
David Oates Essay May 11, 2015 From the print edition

Book Reviews

In pursuit of a ghost
In pursuit of a ghost
Review of “The High Divide” by Lin Enger.
Jenny Shank May 11, 2015 From the print edition
A lost classic made new
A lost classic made new
Review of “The Story of My Heart by Richard Jefferies: As Rediscovered by Terry Tempest Williams and Brooke Williams.”
Charles Finn May 11, 2015 From the print edition
A photographer traces footsteps of an early-20th century predecessor
A photographer traces footsteps of an early-20th century predecessor
Review of “Wyoming Revisited: Rephotographing the Scenes of Joseph E. Stimson” by Michael A. Amundson.
Kate Schimel Photos May 11, 2015 From the print edition

Writers on the Range

The view from 31,000 feet: A philosopher looks at fracking
The view from 31,000 feet: A philosopher looks at fracking
Kathleen Dean Moore Opinion May 11, 2015 From the print edition

Heard Around the West

Banned books, a punk pastor and a mischievous art project
Banned books, a punk pastor and a mischievous art project
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
Betsy Marston May 11, 2015 From the print edition

Dear Friends

Farewell, Ivan Doig
Farewell, Ivan Doig
Visitors, magazine scammers, and the loss of an American West icon.
Paul Larmer and Jodi Peterson May 11, 2015 From the print edition

Letters

Rebel-rousers
George Alotrico May 11, 2015 From the print edition
Our land
Mary McBee May 11, 2015 From the print edition
Short on Klamath reporting
Felice Pace May 11, 2015 From the print edition
Old Egregious
T. Scott Bryan May 11, 2015 From the print edition
Crowded hours
Marcel Rodriguez May 11, 2015 From the print edition
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