We just returned from our annual sojourn to southern Utah, visiting Canyonlands, a portion of the new Bears Ears National Monument and our beloved Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. And we couldn’t disagree more with Jim Stiles’ claims that national monument designation harms the land and nearby communities (“Help for Bears Ears?” HCN, 5/1/17). In the […]
Sally Miller
Posted inMay 30, 2011: Wolf Whiplash
Respect for our (female) elders
Thanks for the article on the inspirational and tenacious Debbie Sease (HCN, 5/2/11). I work for The Wilderness Society and elders like Debbie, Johanna Wald of the Natural Resources Defense Council and volunteer Marge Sill with the Sierra Club in Reno are the inspiration for me and so many other women in the movement. While […]
Posted inApril 28, 1997: Evangelical Christians preach a green gospel
Locals don’t own public land
Dear HCN, I am writing in response to Jane Braxton Little’s article regarding the Quincy Library Group legislation (HCN, 3/31/97). Little incorrectly characterizes the struggle over the legislation as one between grassroots and national groups. That is not true. A host of grassroots groups, many of them based in the Sierra Nevada, have signed on […]
Posted inOctober 30, 1995: Nevada's ugly tug-of war
Thanks to all who helped save Mono Lake
Dear HCN, Regarding the anonymous letter, “Where Credit is Due” (HCN, 10/2/95), I’d like to clarify the litigative history that led to the “saving” of Mono Lake. As the letter correctly noted, the first limitation of water diversions from the Mono Basin was the product of lawsuits filed in 1984 by California Trout. The Mono […]