The writer speaks up for alien grasses that spread fire
through the desert
Deserts
Deterrence strategies have turned increasingly punitive for immigrants and activists.
Were concessions to protect undeveloped land in California worth it?
Opponents cite potential harm to desert wildlife, views and sand dunes.
In The Way Out, Craig Childs tells the
true story of how he and a friend explored a Utah desert and, at
the same time, journeyed through their own memories
In Organ Pipe: Life on the Edge, Carol
Ann Bassett pays homage to Organ Pipe National Monument and the
strange beauty of the desert
It took a while, but the writer eventually came to see the strange, harsh beauty of the gnarled old pinon and juniper trees in Canyon Country
Only God can make a tree, but anyone can ruin a
prairie.
Developer George Johnson is being sued by the state of
Arizona for major violations of environmental laws, committed in
the early stages of his planned La Osa Ranch development
The writer drives from Oregon to Death Valley to
experience its once-in-a-lifetime wildflower bonanza
In his anthology, God’s Country or Devil’s
Playground, editor Barney Nelson gathers together an eclectic mix
of the best nature writing from the Big Bend of Texas
The writer travels from New York to Nevada every year,
just to stop on one of the state’s empty highways and listen
to the endless desert silence
Jason Kersten’s Journal of the Dead: A Story of
Friendship and Murder in the New Mexico Desert is an interesting
read, but fails to fully develop the story of Raffi Kodikian, who
stabbed his best friend, David Coughlin, in an apparent mercy
killing
Charles Bowden’s book, Killing the Hidden Waters,
which explores the Sonoran Desert world of the Papago Indians, has
been re-released after 25 years
The writer plays God to a desert pothole filled suddenly
with tadpoles
Now that she’s left Las Vegas, the writer recalls
the surrealistic city, and is haunted by the memory of the desert
that surrounds it
Andrea Jones recalls falling in love with the desert by
visiting Lake Powell as a child
Barren, Wild and Worthless: Living in the
Chihuahuan Desert, Susan Tweit’s New Mexico memoir,
is back in print
The Wildlands Conservancy buys 600,000 acres of Southern
California desert, making the largest purchase of private land for
conservation purposes in the country’s history
Earthtones: A Nevada Album pairs essays
by Ann Ronald with photos by Stephen Trimble to celebrate the
beauty of an austere landscape
The Border Patrol wants to erect 249 miles of fences along
the Arizona-Mexico border, and some environmentalists are worried
about their impact on desert wildlife.
In The Black Rock Desert, writer William L. Fox and
photographer Mark Klett visit a remarkable corner of northeastern
Nevada
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