Note: in the print edition of this issue, this article appears as a sidebar to another news article, “Wildcat subdivisions fuel fight over sprawl.” In the summer of 1998, Arizona Republican Gov. Jane Hull pulled together 15 conservationists, business leaders and state legislators and formed the Growing Smarter Commission. Their task would be to ward […]
Tug-of-war continues over trust lands
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Wildcat subdivisions fuel fight over sprawl
Arizona argues over how to rein in runaway development
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Locked out of the public lands
Rich folks are blocking the public domain, say hunters and ORV riders
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One dam, two rallies
A protest draws demonstrators who want to drain Lake Powell, and those who love it
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Dust settles in Owens Valley
Los Angeles vows to return some water to a parched lakebed
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Flashpoint in the Northern Rockies
Burned huts symbolize tension between skiers and snowmobiles
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‘It’s my dream’
Note: This article is a sidebar to this issue’s feature story. Elena Bernlohr, who works in Breckenridge, Colo., is from Khimky, a suburb of Moscow, Russia: “I am three-quarters Jewish, but my mother gave me her last name so that I wasn’t discriminated against in school. My father was a very important scientist in Moscow, […]
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‘There are no support networks here’
Note: This article is a sidebar to this issue’s feature story. Aldona Sobiecki moved to Chicago from Warsaw, Poland, 18 years ago, then traveled farther west to Breckenridge, Colo., in 1996. Six months ago, she opened a deli that features Polish food. Aldona Sobiecki: “For me, since I open here, it’s hard to find help. […]
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Unions take a gamble on California tribes
Note: This article is a sidebar to this issue’s feature story. While unions may not spring up soon in the Intermountain West, California recently approved a constitutional amendment that opens the door to union organizing in 58 Indian-owned casinos. Proposition 1A, which passed on March 7 by nearly two-thirds of California voters, legalizes Indian casinos […]
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‘Ain’t no sucha thing as you can’t’
Note: This article is a sidebar to this issue’s feature story. Bernice Thomas runs the maids’ training school for the Culinary Workers Union in Las Vegas. A mother of eight, she moved there with her husband from Tallulah, Louisiana, 25 years ago. Bernice Thomas: “We train 33 students every two weeks with a full class. […]
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‘Women are the backbone of the union’
Note: This article is a sidebar to this issue’s feature story. Peggy Pierce works at The Desert Inn as a banquet server: “I think Las Vegas is just like every other town. People go to work, they take care of their families, they do pretty much normal things. We don’t spend money differently. We also […]
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The drive to organize
Note: This article is a sidebar to this issue’s feature story. “In solidarity we will survive.” The slogan is splashed in red paint across the white and blue cement walls of the Culinary Workers’ Union hall, an unimpressive building in the older part of town. Inside, I meet with Geoconda “Geo” Arguello-Kline, a small woman […]
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At your service
Unions help some Western workers serve themselves
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Guess who’s not Gaelic
Dear HCN, Lisa Jones’ profile of Jim Catron describes quite accurately the philosophy and attitudes of one of several British cultures that reached what is now the United States during the 17th and 18th centuries (HCN, 3/13/00: The last Celtic warlord lives in New Mexico). But the one thing that Jim Catron’s culture is not […]
Posted inApril 10, 2000: Beyond the Revolution
Fees skew the public lands mission
Dear HCN, It is clear that even flush times don’t lead legislators to significantly increase base funding when programs like “fee demo” appear to be working. When federal appropriations decline again, and belts have to tighten, these fee programs will be an excuse for reducing base appropriations. Managers would be better served by clearly explaining […]
Posted inApril 10, 2000: Beyond the Revolution
Where the money’s going
Dear HCN, One of the people you interviewed for the fee demo feature article (HCN, 2/14/00: Land of the fee), Gary Guenther, asked, “Where’s the money going?” I can provide a partial answer to that question, and it’s mind-boggling. The river activist group Riverhawks and the Northwest Rafters Association have conducted an extensive audit of […]
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There’s no free lunch
Dear HCN, Hypocrites. How many times have we heard the demand that the extraction industries (mining, grazing and logging) pay fair market value for the use of public resources. The cry goes forth from those that supposedly care about the West, “why should citizens shoulder below-cost subsidies for special interests.” In fact, it is well […]
Posted inApril 10, 2000: Beyond the Revolution
Heard around the West
Snowmobilers may be another breed. “I tolerate cold real well,” Dr. Bruce Hayse told the Jackson Hole News. Riding around on frozen Jackson Lake, Hayse says he suddenly felt the ice give way; in less than a minute, he found himself swimming. As he looked up at the Tetons from his hole in the ice, […]
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Alternative Dispute Resolution
Coming to a consensus over natural resources isn’t easy. The Alternative Dispute Resolution and Natural Resources Conference will bring together land managers, land users and environmentalists to address conflict resolution, May 16-19, at the University of Arizona in Tucson. Information about the event, which is sponsored by the Department of the Interior and the Udall […]
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Mining is desecrating the Western landscape
Do you have photos of the mess that mining makes? The Mineral Policy Center, a group working to reform hardrock mining laws, is holding a photo contest to get the picture out that mining is desecrating the Western landscape. Photos must be submitted by May 15; awards will be given in two categories: protection and […]