Bush wants proceeds from public-land sales sent to Washington, D.C.
Ryan Slattery
Posted inMarch 21, 2005: An Empire Built on Sand
BLM land sold without study
Note: in the print edition of this issue, this article appears as a sidebar to another news article, “Nevada desert to be sold for debt relief.” On Feb. 9, several developers paid a surprising $47.5 million, more than four times the projected price, for 13,000 acres of federal land just north of Las Vegas. The […]
Posted inSeptember 13, 2004: When a Boom is a Bust
A water-and-wilderness bill kicks up dust in Nevada
Critics say an economic development initiative could suck desert springs and rural counties dry
Posted inAugust 30, 2004: How Long Will it Flow?
Remembering those forgotten in the desert
Every year, hundreds of Mexican immigrants die in the Arizona desert. This year will be no different. Their deaths generally receive little more then a mention in some local papers. But author and poet Luis Alberto Urrea is trying to change that. In The Devil’s Highway, Urrea chronicles the ill-fated journey of a group of […]
Posted inAugust 16, 2004: Journey of Rediscovery
Court says Yucca Mountain design unsafe
The site’s 10,000-year safety standard is ruled arbitrary, but the Energy Department is undeterred
Posted inSeptember 15, 2003: The West's Biggest Bully
Sin City keeps its fringes wild
Las Vegans rally in an unprecedented fight to preserve open space