Locals hope to stop a Utah mill from finding new work
Rosemary Winters
Posted inDecember 22, 2003: Being Green in the Land of the Saints
Being Green in the Land of the Saints
In the heartland of the Mormon Church, a new movement is taking root
Posted inOctober 13, 2003: The Big Story Written Small
Urban planners look to farmland to feed industrial growth
Portland — the darling of urban planners — is bursting at the seams, and the growth is forcing policy-makers to expand the region’s prized urban growth boundary. Metro, the agency responsible for keeping development within the boundary, already added an unprecedented 18,600 acres for residential and industrial use last year. But the agency says it […]
Posted inSeptember 15, 2003: The West's Biggest Bully
Hatchery runaways add to concerns about fish farms
Farm-raised Atlantic salmon — already discovered in 12 Puget Sound river systems — have infiltrated another Northwestern stream. In July, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife employees spotted 250 juveniles in Scatter Creek, near Olympia. John Kerwin, a state hatchery official, says the fish came from a Cypress Island Inc. hatchery that produces salmon smolts […]
Posted inSeptember 15, 2003: The West's Biggest Bully
Couple buys state land to block development
When a developer threatened to bid on 1,280 acres of school trust land in the redrock country northeast of Moab, Peter Lawson and Anne Wilson laid out $1.3 million to preserve the mouth of Mary Jane Canyon. “The prospect of having this canyon we love so much have houses run through it was more than […]
Posted inAugust 18, 2003: Where the Antelope (and the Oil Companies) Play
Film sheds light on sacred spaces
Many Americans look for divinity inside a church, temple or synagogue. But for American Indians, places of worship exist beyond the confines of walls, in the landscape itself. Now, a film by Christopher McLeod exposes the obstacles American Indians face when they try to protect their sacred places. In the Light of Reverence features the […]
Posted inAugust 18, 2003: Where the Antelope (and the Oil Companies) Play
Former employees blow the whistle on Nevada mine
Is the state shirking its duty to enforce mining regulations?
Posted inAugust 4, 2003: Pipe Dreams
Judge says Klamath plan needs revisions
A federal judge has sent the Bureau of Reclamation back to the drawing board with the management plan for the Klamath River Basin. In Oakland, Calif., Judge Saundra Brown Armstong called parts of the plan “arbitrary and capricious” and demanded that the National Marine Fisheries Service revise its biological opinion, on which the management plan […]
Posted inAugust 4, 2003: Pipe Dreams
Project puts tribal lands back on the map
Speak of maps, and most people think of lines drawn on paper. But American Indians have navigated the land for thousands of years using mental maps created from generations of stories and oral history. For them, the landscape is a fusion of familiar landmarks and mythical or real events that happened there. Since 1999, the […]
Posted inJuly 7, 2003: Invasion of the rock jocks
Water bottles flood landfills
Californians drink a quarter of the nation’s bottled water, but they recycle only 16 percent of the bottles. The rest — 1 billion water bottles a year — are tossed into the state’s landfills. “We have developed the very healthy habit of drinking more water, but we have not developed a healthy habit of recycling […]
Posted inJuly 7, 2003: Invasion of the rock jocks
Hood River dam’s days are numbered
PacifiCorp agreed in June to remove the Powerdale Dam on the Hood River in 2010, after reaching a settlement with state and federal agencies, the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation, local stakeholders and environmentalists. The 80-year-old dam was due for a new federal operating license in 2000, which would have required expensive new […]
Posted inJune 23, 2003: 'Sound science' goes sour
Colorado Supreme Court turns tide in favor of kayakers
Boaters get to keep water in the rivers while farmers watch in dismay
Posted inJune 9, 2003: How we see the West
Park Service guts budget to fight terrorism
The National Park Service plans to cut millions of dollars in trail and building repairs to cover its share of the “war on terror.” Since 2001, the Park Service has moved more of its rangers to parks with international borders and high-profile icon parks such as the Statue of Liberty. As rangers are reassigned, their […]
Posted inMay 26, 2003: A losing battle
Enviros squash plan to kill crickets
Where are those ravenous seagulls when you need them? Idaho farmers are bracing for an invasion of Mormon crickets this summer, but they are unlikely to be as fortunate as early Utah settlers, whose besieged crops were miraculously rescued by flocks of birds. Instead, the federal government planned to spray pesticides over huge tracts of […]
Posted inDecember 22, 2003: Being Green in the Land of the Saints
Mormonism 101: A primer for gentiles
Note: This article is a sidebar to this issue’s feature story, “Being Green in the Land of the Saints.” The Mormon faith began in 1820, when Joseph Smith, then 14 years old, had a vision of God and Jesus Christ in a grove of trees near his home in Palmyra, N.Y. Three years later, the […]