Some 50 writers from around the world will convene in Flagstaff, Ariz., March 17-21, for a gathering called Beyond Borders. Special guests include Nobel laureate Czeslaw Milosz and Michael Ondaatje, author of The English Patient. Contact the Northern Arizona Book Festival, P.O. Box 2432, Flagstaff, AZ 86003, or www.weeklywire.com/nabookfest/. This article appeared in the print […]
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Posted inMarch 1, 1999: Working the land back to health
Yellowstone Youth Conservation Corps
If you’re between the ages of 15 and 18, you can join the ranks of the Yellowstone Youth Conservation Corps this summer. For eight weeks, paid participants will learn about the environment through park maintenance and resource management projects. Send applications by March 15 to YCC Program, P.O. Box 168, Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190. […]
Posted inMarch 1, 1999: Working the land back to health
Five Flagstaff photographers
Five Flagstaff photographers are showing their work in an 80-piece exhibit that will be on display until May 31 at the Museum of Northern Arizona. The museum is open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 3101 N. Fort Valley Rd., Flagstaff, AZ 86001 (520/774-5211). This article appeared in the print edition of the […]
Posted inMarch 1, 1999: Working the land back to health
Sustaining the Missouri River for Future Generations
Native Americans and scientists will be among those meeting in Pierre, S.D., on March 21-24, to discuss Sustaining the Missouri River for Future Generations. For more information on the third annual get-together, contact Jeanne Heuser, Columbia Environmental Research Center, 4200 New Haven Road, Columbia, MO 65201 (573/876-1876), e-mail: jeanne_heuser@usgs.gov, or visit the Web site at […]
Posted inMarch 1, 1999: Working the land back to health
Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve
The 10,894 acre Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve in the Flint Hills of Kansas was created in 1996 and the National Park Service is accepting comments on its General Management Plan until March 5. Use the online comment form at www.nps.gov/tapr/altcom3.html or call 316/273-6034. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the […]
Posted inFebruary 15, 1999: Uncommon Bounty
Plant identification
Note: This article is a sidebar to this issue’s feature story. Beargrass is sometimes called “Indian basket grass,” but it isn’t a grass at all. Buyers in the Northwest pay 45 cents for a half-pound bunch of the tough, grassy leaves of this lily, which are sometimes dyed bright colors and added to floral displays. […]
Posted inFebruary 1, 1999: Saving the Platte
College scholarships
The Sierra Club will award four-year college scholarships of $1,000 per year to 10 students from small communities in the Sierra Nevada region. Applications must be postmarked no later than March 5; for more information, write to Jackie McCort of the Sierra Club at 85 Second Street, Fourth Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105-5500, call her […]
Posted inFebruary 1, 1999: Saving the Platte
San Juan National Forest Artist in Residence
The San Juan National Forest Artist in Residence program offers artists the chance to stay at the historic Aspen Guard Station in exchange for producing a creative piece that represents their experience in the former ranger station. All types of artists are encouraged to apply by March 1 for the one- to two-week fall stay. […]
Posted inFebruary 1, 1999: Saving the Platte
Stegner Center Symposium
Two of the country’s experts on water policy will speak at this year’s 4th Annual Stegner Center Symposium, “Where the Rivers Flow: Sharing Watersheds and Boundaries’ in Salt Lake City, Utah. On hand April 16-17 will be Dan Beard, former commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation, and Marc Reisner, author of Cadillac Desert: The American […]
Posted inFebruary 1, 1999: Saving the Platte
Society for Ecology Restoration
When members of the Society for Ecological Restoration meet next September in San Francisco, they will focus on moving stewardship of the land back to the community – away from government or large corporations. To submit abstracts for a talk or poster by March 15, contact Deborah Amshoff, program chair, 2489 Whitney Dr. #1, Mountain […]
Posted inFebruary 1, 1999: Saving the Platte
National Land Trust Census
The last decade has been a good one for the West’s land trusts. A census conducted by the Washington, D.C.-based Land Trust Alliance reveals the number of land trusts that serve the Rocky Mountain states has risen from 20 to 52, and the Southwest shows similar growth. Nationwide, these private nonprofits, whose primary purpose is […]
Posted inFebruary 1, 1999: Saving the Platte
Connecting Ecosystems – Connecting Peoples
The Environmental and Outdoor Education Council of Alberta, Canada, holds its annual conference April 22-24 at Waterton Lakes National Park, just north of Montana’s Glacier National Park. “Connecting Ecosystems – Connecting Peoples’ is the theme, and topics include the proposal to link the Yukon-Yellowstone wildlife corridors. Contact Keith Roscoe at 403/329-2446 or keith.roscoe@uleth.ca. This article […]
Posted inFebruary 1, 1999: Saving the Platte
From river to river
Note: This front-page editor’s note is a sidebar to this issue’s feature story. From river to river around the West, details vary, but the bigger picture is the same: The federal government brandishes the stick of the Endangered Species Act because it’s almost the only tool the government has to restore river ecosystems. Yet in […]
Posted inJanuary 18, 1999: Desert sprawl
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers wants to lure volunteers to work in a number of positions ranging from trail crew workers to campground hosts. Volunteers choose the region and the Corps matches them with a project. Call the Volunteer Clearinghouse at 1-800-VOL-TEER, write to P.O. Box 1070, Nashville, TN 37202-1070, or check out www.orn.usace.army.mil/volunteer. […]
Posted inJanuary 18, 1999: Desert sprawl
Western Forest Activists Conference
Environmentalists favoring wilderness protection for ancient forests will convene at Headwaters’ 8th annual Western Forest Activists Conference in Ashland, Ore., Feb. 5-7. Speakers include Agnes Pilgrim, a Rogue Band Takilma elder, who works to preserve the role of native women in traditional land management. Call the Headwaters office at 541/482-4459 or e-mail headwtrs@mind.net Send pre-registration […]
Posted inJanuary 18, 1999: Desert sprawl
Bibliography of Native American Literature
A bibliography of Native American literature is now available on the Web at www.anpa.ualr.edu. The site, developed by the Native American Writers Archival Project, includes over 10,000 annotated citations of Native American fiction, poetry, journalism and technical writing published before 1945. For more information, contact James Parins at anpa@ualr.edu or write to the Native American […]
Posted inJanuary 18, 1999: Desert sprawl
Gila National Forest
Though jobs in fire management, trail maintenance, guiding and research won’t be available on the Gila National Forest in southwestern New Mexico until summer, the application deadline is Jan. 29. For details, call Joan E. Hellen, 505/539-2481, at the Glenwood Ranger Station. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline […]
Posted inJanuary 18, 1999: Desert sprawl
The Future of Our Public Lands II: A Work in Progress
The Andrus Center for Public Policy, led by its namesake, former governor of Idaho Cecil Andrus, who also served as secretary of the Interior, is sponsoring its second symposium on federal land policy, The Future of Our Public Lands II: A Work in Progress, in Boise on March 24, 1999. The heads of the Fish […]
Posted inDecember 21, 1998: Grand Canyon Gridlock
Targhee National Forest
Recent road closures on Idaho’s Targhee National Forest, intended to protect grizzly bear habitat, have stirred up massive local resistance. The forest is taking public comments through Feb.1 on a draft environmental impact statement for a plan to guide off-road vehicle use on forest roads and trails. The draft is available on the Web at […]
Posted inDecember 21, 1998: Grand Canyon Gridlock
Forest and Stream Management in the Oregon Coast Range
Learn about the latest ecosystem research on “Forest and Stream Management in the Oregon Coast Range” at a conference Jan. 12-13 at Oregon State University. Contact the Conference Assistant, Oregon State University, College of Forestry, 202 Peavy Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331-5707 (541/737-2329). This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline […]