Teaching field geology on public lands by Marli Miller SIX PAIRS OF EYES stared blankly at me. Cows. Amazing how big those creatures are, especially when you’re sitting on the ground ‒ so I was grateful they hadn’t already tried to share my tiny bit of shade. I stood up, shouldered my pack, and walked … Continue reading SKILL AND SPIRIT
GREEN ENERGY MEETS MINING BY DAVID VON SEGGERN
Thacker Pass, Nevada THE RECENTLY APPROVED (2/20/2020) Sierra Club policy “Mining and Mining Law Reform Policy (including minerals for Clean Energy)” states in its opening sentences: Mining by its very nature is a dirty business and highly disruptive of the natural and human environment. It involves disturbing the terrestrial and/or marine environment with short term … Continue reading GREEN ENERGY MEETS MINING BY DAVID VON SEGGERN
March 2021
A Third Special Issue: A Voice For Our Public Lands• From The Editor• Park Visitation, It’s a Tough Issue• A Challenging Example of Public Land Planning: Carrizo Plain National Monument• Protecting Public Lands: Can Conventional Planning Work?• Skill and Spirit: Teaching Field Geology On Public Lands Other articles• Clean Energy On Public Lands: Another Wave Is Here• Mojave Ranch Is Attracting Rare Species• Updates … Continue reading March 2021
NO PLACE TO HIDE
Living and dying in the desert BY ROBIN FLINCHUM : THE LAST TIME WE SAW our friend Jim he was riding off into the horizon, that delicate line where the never-ending blue sky meets the muted colors of the panoptic desert. In my memory now, he simply fades into a poof of bone colored dust … Continue reading NO PLACE TO HIDE
AN INTERVIEW WITH TERRY TEMPEST WILLIAMS
An environmentalist who writes from the heart :TERRY WAS BORN in 1955 in California into a family of Mormon faith. When she was two years of age, the family moved to Salt Lake City area where she spent most of her growing-up years. It was there that she experienced first-hand the unforeseen impact when the … Continue reading AN INTERVIEW WITH TERRY TEMPEST WILLIAMS
America’s Federal Lands:
The Significance of Administrative Rulemaking by David Rutherford, Associate Professor, University of Mississippi The plan is to get rid of public lands altogether, turning them over to the states, which can be coerced as the federal government cannot be, and eventually to private ownership. . . Nothing in history suggests that the states are … Continue reading America’s Federal Lands:
INCREASED VISITATION TO PUBLIC LANDS
BY BIRGITTA JANSEN A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE in visitation to public lands has become a major issue for the managers of these lands and for the land itself. There are many factors that have contributed to the use and in some places, overuse of public lands. Current trends are continuing to intensify. A closer look at … Continue reading INCREASED VISITATION TO PUBLIC LANDS
December 2020
A Second Special Issue: A Voice For Our Public Lands• An Interview With Terry Tempest Williams• America’s Federal Lands: The Significance of Administrative Rulemaking• Increased Visitation to Public Lands Other articles• The Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program• More Popular Than Ever: Increased Visitation At CA Desert Nat’l Parks• There Are Better Alternatives: Massive Solar Next To Gold Butte NM• Conglomerate Mesa In … Continue reading December 2020
Zoom on-line Meetings
No on-line Zoom meetings are scheduled at this time.
September 2020
Special Issue: A Voice For Our Public Lands • From the Editors: Past, Present, and Future of America’s Public Lands• National Parks: Past Progress, New Challenges• An Indigenous Perspective• An Evolving Idea: Perils and Promise of the Federal Landscape• Muddy River: Unsustainable Groundwater Extraction in Southern NV• A Border Wall in the Jacumba Wilderness Area• BLM’s Proposals for the Great Basin Sagebrush … Continue reading September 2020