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Come together | Island-hopping
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Exploring conservation in the Southwest. February 24, 2008. My man Mark Twain once observed that in the West, whiskey is for drinking and water is for fighting over. As a student of journalism and literature, I was itching to see a fight; conflict is the root of a good story, and that’s what I came here to find. But instead of a barroom brawl in the Wild West, I observed something else yesterday. That is the question. So the Southwestern New Mexico Stakeholder Group was formed, where everybody had a seat...
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Land of Many Uses | Island-hopping
https://jakesiegel.wordpress.com/2008/03/03/land-of-many-uses
Exploring conservation in the Southwest. Land of Many Uses. March 3, 2008. I’m in Aldo Leopold country. Leopold ecologist, conservationist, hunter, author of the immortal A Sand County Almanac played a key role in the 1924 designation of the Gila National Forest as the country’s first wilderness area. For the past few days I’ve wound my way through Gila’s ponderosa pine forests on winding mountain roads, and Leopold’s been on my mind. And The Rewilding Institute. Since 1998, the Gila National Forest has ...
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About | Island-hopping
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Exploring conservation in the Southwest. One Response to “About”. February 26, 2008 at 4:40 pm. I have enjoyed the first two blog entries immensely. Mr. Siegel has a lambent wit, and a eloquent grip on the biological pulse of the Southwest. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public). You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out. You are commenting using your Twitter account. ( Log Out.
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The Crossing | Island-hopping
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Exploring conservation in the Southwest. February 26, 2008. Route 66, the famed highway running from Chicago to L.A., still glitters with neon and motels full of character and characters, but these days most travelers and truckers opt for the busy Interstates that sprang up alongside it. But Smith, co-chair of the Tijeras Canyon Safe Passage Coalition. Will hopefully see fewer accidents like the one that early morning. A collaboration between the city of Albuquerque, the New Mexico Department of Transpor...
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A tale of two Wests | Island-hopping
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Exploring conservation in the Southwest. A tale of two Wests. March 21, 2008. 8220;To my mind these live oak-dotted hills fat with side oats grama, these pine-clad mesas spangled with flowers, these lazy trout streams burbling along under great sycamores and cottonwoods, come near to being the cream of creation.”. 8211; Aldo Leopold 1937. These mountain islands and desert and grassland seas sprawl over an interesting array of public and private lands. Although the myth of the West might suggest there...
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A tale of two Wests, Part II | Island-hopping
https://jakesiegel.wordpress.com/2008/03/31/a-tale-of-two-wests-part-ii
Exploring conservation in the Southwest. A tale of two Wests, Part II. March 31, 2008. This land is my land. Tom Waddell is weary. The manager of Ted Turner’s Armendaris Ranch isn’t anywhere close to retirement, even though he’s been working God’s country for decades. No, he’s not physically tired; he still oversees efforts such as building towns for the prairie dogs the ranch is trying to nurse back to health. It just depends on how fast they go by. We can test methodology faster out here first before i...
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on the road | Island-hopping
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Exploring conservation in the Southwest. February 20, 2008. My little sister’s Honda Civic might not be the ultimate driving machine, but it’ll do for island-hopping. After swapping sis’ pop for Pixies and Dylan CDs, I’m packing my laptop and hiking boots and leaving St. Louis for the Southwest. My traveling companions: caffeine and a sense of wonder. My mission: to sit on the fence running through the heart of 21st century conservation. As I cross the borders and boundaries wildlife can’t, I hope to chr...
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February | 2008 | Island-hopping
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Exploring conservation in the Southwest. February 26, 2008. Route 66, the famed highway running from Chicago to L.A., still glitters with neon and motels full of character and characters, but these days most travelers and truckers opt for the busy Interstates that sprang up alongside it. But Smith, co-chair of the Tijeras Canyon Safe Passage Coalition. Will hopefully see fewer accidents like the one that early morning. A collaboration between the city of Albuquerque, the New Mexico Department of Transpor...
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March | 2008 | Island-hopping
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Exploring conservation in the Southwest. A tale of two Wests, Part II. March 31, 2008. This land is my land. Tom Waddell is weary. The manager of Ted Turner’s Armendaris Ranch isn’t anywhere close to retirement, even though he’s been working God’s country for decades. No, he’s not physically tired; he still oversees efforts such as building towns for the prairie dogs the ranch is trying to nurse back to health. It just depends on how fast they go by. We can test methodology faster out here first before i...
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Where the Wild Things Are | Island-hopping
https://jakesiegel.wordpress.com/2008/03/14/where-the-wild-things-are
Exploring conservation in the Southwest. Where the Wild Things Are. March 14, 2008. Alas, the wild wail of a wolf eluded me during several nights in the Gila National Forest. But decades after the last Mexican gray wolves were hunted to extinction in the Southwest, their howls once again echo across the rugged landscape. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s ambitious Mexican Wolf Recovery Program. And once again, the cow is causing problems for the wolf. But perhaps it’s not that simple. As Morgart t...
