Ed Marston’s essay, “Goodbye, Doc,” in the April 16, 2012, issue particularly resonated with me. As co-editor with my partner, Mark Schiller, of northern New Mexico’s journal of environmental and social justice, La Jicarita News, I’ve contributed articles, butted heads with editors, and written letters of complaint to High Country News over the years. We […]
Kay Matthews
Posted inNovember 27, 2006: The West: A New Center of Power
Forestry story lacked context
We were very disturbed by Peter Friederici’s article “Peace Breaks Out in New Mexico’s Forests.” Its misrepresentations and outright lies are a slap in the face to all of us who were involved in trying to revitalize community forestry during the 1990s. Friederici fails to provide any of the historical and cultural context necessary to […]
Posted inSeptember 21, 1992: Battle for the Bones
Indian land claims deserve our support
The presence of the 24,000-acre Pueblo of Sandia prevents the city of Albuquerque from sprawling into the nearby foothills to the south. Nevertheless, the environmental community in northern new Mexico is fighting the tribe’s attempt to reclaim its land from the U.S. Forest Service. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/24.17/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E