Honeybees across the West - and the nation - are dying in
huge numbers, and some think a pesticide, methyl parathion, may be
the primary killer.
Magazine
January 20, 1997
Honeybees across the West - and the nation - are dying in huge numbers, and some think a pesticide, methyl parathion, may be the primary killer.
Feature
Sidebar
Gary Nabhan of the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum believes
the "forgotten pollinators" - native bees and other insects - have
been ignored too long in favor of the non-native honeybees most
people are familiar with.
Leonard Felix, in his own words, defends the safety record
of the pesticides he and others aerially spray.
Beekeeper Miles County, in his own words, explains why he
thinks a pesticide is killing his hive.
Beekeeper Tom Theobald pushes hard to get federal and
state officials to address bee kills he is convinced are caused by
the pesticide Penncap-M.
Book Reviews
"Grassroots Grants: An Activist's Guide to Proposal
Writing" by Andy Robinson offers a wealth of useful
advice.
Quotes from Andy Robinson's book, "Grassroots Grants: An
Activist's Guide to Proposal Writing."
Mexican gray wolves will be introduced in two locations in
Arizona and New Mexico this fall.
The group Hawk Watch International reports that some birds
of prey - merlins, ospreys and peregrine falcons - are doing well,
although others, including northern goshawks and golden eagles,
continue to decline.
The Cowboy Poetry Gathering is back Jan. 25-Feb.
1.
The 17th annual Rivers Festival takes place Feb. 7-9 at
Fort Mason Center in San Francisco.
Colorado State Senate seeks volunteer student interns for
its regular session Jan. 8 through May 7.
Santa Fe's Forest Trust will hold six public meetings Jan.
18 to Feb. 16 in Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado and Utah.
The 100th National Mining Conference and Exhibition will
be held Feb. 2-5.
Heard Around the West
Yodeling saves lives in Oregon floods; mystery train in
Nebraska; dog crap in Aspen; "Blue Mountain Paranoia" in Blanding,
Utah; English girl saved from Vail ski lift.
Dear Friends
Board meeting and potluck in Socorro, N.M.; HCN's growing
pains and direct mail; winter intern Danielle Desruisseaux; in
other news; thank you, Ginnie Newsom.
News
The FAA's new rules for overflights at Grand Canyon will
not ease the noise problem at all, critics say.
Environmentalists sue to stop Yellowstone park rangers
from slaughtering bison that stray beyond park
boundaries.
Environmentalists and Native Americans object to a
proposed Park Service management plan that would develop bike and
horse trails in New Mexico's Petroglyph National
Monument.
A Colorado judge rules that hunters can sue the state for
using money collected from taxes on hunters and fishermen to
purchase land near Rifle for a prison site.
Higher entrance fees at Yellowstone won't necessarily keep
the park open, because the money needs to go to repair roads and
buildings, park officials warn.
Consensus-building meetings in Colorado's Animas-La Plata
water project will continue this winter.
In stark contrast to the revolutionary zeal that opened
the 104th Congress two years ago, the 105th Congress begins
quietly.
Former BLM acting director Mike Dombeck takes over as the
new chief of the Forest Service.
The FAA bans all commercial overflights of Colorado's
Rocky Mountain National Park without much opposition.
Strange winter weather brings extremes to the West, from
70-degree days in Colorado to floods in Nevada and snows and ice in
the Northwest.
Rafting fees to float the Colorado River through the Grand
Canyon are being increased this year.
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