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Letter from the Editor: Spring 2008
Most of us know that drought has descended on the Southwest. The symptoms include wildfires, thirsty crops, meager snow accumulations, dry streambeds, and the threat of water shortages in some of the region's booming metropolises, including Las Vegas, Phoenix, Tucson, and San Diego.
Comments (0) | February 29, 2008
Letter from the Editor: Winter 2008
You'll find in these pages some brilliant solutions to several of our planet's more vexing crises. And yet... Discerning what those solutions should be is often merely a halting first step across the wide chasm between knowledge and action.
Comments (0) | December 1, 2007
Letter from the Editor: Fall 2007
As I scanned the issue before it went to press, I was struck by how many stories seemed to herald something new -- for better or for worse, or perhaps both in the case of our cover story.
Comments (0) | September 1, 2007
Letter from the Editor: Summer 2007
I suggest you begin with our story "Appalachian Apocalypse," then turn to "Falling in Love With Wind." Go ahead; I'll wait.
Comments (0) | June 1, 2007
Letter from the Editor: Spring 2007
We travel the ocean this issue, and as befits a place so vast, we have taken several different routes in our explorations.
Comments (0) | March 1, 2007
Letter from the Editor: Winter 2007
I'm constantly encountering the unexpected, and there are numerous splendid examples in these pages. For instance, who would have thought that ranchers in Montana would dedicate themselves to the protection of the grizzly bear, an omnivore with a taste for cattle and sheep?
Comments (0) | December 1, 2006