Dear HCN, Ed Quillen’s essay rings a bell here in our Carson Valley (HCN, 4/1/02: The ‘Niche West’ reconnects us to the land). We have a thriving native seed company, and during the last two years we have discovered native crops on several of the valley ranches. The development pressure has been enticing local ranchers […]
Ed Kleiner
Posted inJuly 3, 2000: A river resurrected
Optimism for Nevada’s weedy wasteland
Dear HCN, I’ve been working with reclamation in the Great Basin for 17 years and personally know the learned gentlemen interviewed by Jon Christensen. Your article left me feeling like all our efforts over the years (HCN, 5/22/00: Save Our Sagebrush) have little show. I agree that the crested wheat plantations are more like museums […]