Magazine
On the borderline

March 21, 1994

United States, Mexico and Tohono O'odham Indians work to preserve the Sonoran Desert.

Feature

On the borderline
United States, Mexico and Tohono O'odham Indians work to preserve the Sonoran Desert.
Florence Williams March 21, 1994 From the print edition

Sidebar

There's gold, and no controls, in Mexico's hills
Sonoran communities open to mining by foreign companies.
Florence Williams March 21, 1994 From the print edition
Border doesn't block dirty air and water
North American Free Trade Agreement doesn't include environmental protections.
Florence Williams March 21, 1994 From the print edition

Book Reviews

Noisy wildlife refuges
Military overflights affect refuge animals, study shows.
Staff March 21, 1994 From the print edition
Elevating mud to art
Adobe Journal reviewed.
Staff March 21, 1994 From the print edition
Sun Day
Sun Day festivities planned.
Staff March 21, 1994 From the print edition
News but no paper
The Green Disk: Paperless Environmental Journal comes on a computer diskette.
Staff March 21, 1994 From the print edition
A grand intellectual critique
Review of John Ralston Saul's book Voltaire's Bastards.
Ed Marston March 21, 1994 From the print edition
Hammering out "ecosystem management'
Conference looks at ecosystem-based management in Washington's North Cascades.
Staff March 21, 1994 From the print edition

Dear Friends

Dear friends
Locals win awards; intern Roland Giller; correction on Department of Interior address; congratulations to Michael Clark.
Ed Marston March 21, 1994 From the print edition

News

Canyonlands, Arches are invaded from above
Helicopters a new problem for hikers in Utah.
Brent Israelsen March 21, 1994 From the print edition
Grazing plan springs a leak
Proposed grazing reforms include scaled-back fee increases.
Staff March 21, 1994 From the print edition
Earth First!ers experience Idaho-style justice
Environmentalists receive heavy sentences in Idaho courts.
Ken Olsen March 1, 1994 From the print edition
Three mountain lions killed at Glacier
Cougars' den was too close to people, rangers say.
Tad Brooks March 21, 1994 From the print edition
North Dakota may get a wilderness
North Dakota Gov. Ed Schafer endorses portions of Sierra Club plan to establish wilderness.
Staff March 21, 1994 From the print edition
Chevron drops leases
Chevron USA surrenders oil and gas leases in Bridger-Teton National Forest.
Staff March 21, 1994 From the print edition
Timber companies export logs - and jobs - to Asia
Superior, Montana, fights to close loopholes that allow log exports.
Sherry Devlin March 21, 1994 From the print edition
Dial 1/800-CANYON for reservations
Reservation system for park visitors proposed at Grand Canyon National Park.
Ernie Atencio March 21, 1994 From the print edition
New Santa Fe mayor says: "This town is not for sale'
Debbie Jaramillo elected Santa Fe's new mayor on promise to rein in development.
Ernie Atencio March 21, 1994 From the print edition
Some groups hot, some not
Membership in several big environmental groups drops.
Staff March 21, 1994 From the print edition
Tree poaching on the rise
High lumber prices lead to increased timber theft.
Staff March 21, 1994 From the print edition

Opinion

RS 2477: A loophole for vandals
ORV users claim rights-of-way through 1866 law.
Terri Martin Opinion Essay March 21, 1994 From the print edition
Bruce Babbitt as Captain Consensus
Bruce Babbitt will destroy the West in order to save an anachronistic image of it.
Jeffrey St. Clair Opinion Essay March 21, 1994 From the print edition
How to turn lemonade into lemons
Babbitt's vision for grazing reform couldn't include Jim Baca.
Ed Marston Opinion Essay March 21, 1994 From the print edition

Letters

Professionals, not cowboys
BLM employee says Comb Wash editorial was incorrect.
Deane H. Zeller March 21, 1994 From the print edition
Condos, not cows
Cows are more destructive than development.
George Wuerthner March 21, 1994 From the print edition
Some advice for rural residents
People can help plan for change.
Dennis Glick March 21, 1994 From the print edition
Getting Dombeck was a coup
Bureau of Land Management glad to get Dombeck as acting director.
Lou Jurs March 21, 1994 From the print edition
We pay for cheap aluminum
Aluminum industry pays one-tenth value of electricity.
Noel Eberz March 21, 1994 From the print edition
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