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How does a small, scrappy desert conservation organization, unheard of by most westerners, funded mainly by membership dues and run by volunteers for most of its 60 years, continue to make its voice heard on proposals for large energy development projects and other misguided ideas for exploitation of irreplaceable natural and cultural resources for private profit on our public lands in the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts.
The Desert Protective Council (DPC) continues to be the longest-lived desert conservation organization in the U.S. for a combination of reasons. First, DPC’s educational mission and goal to protect the unique features of the deserts are still extremely relevant. Also, DPC’s founders were some of the most respected biologists, educators and conservationists of the day. Perhaps too, the DPC continues to play a role in desert conservation due to the loyalty and support of its long-term members and advisory panel members and because, despite its small size, DPC has for decades consistently “shown up” and participated in important desert land use planning processes and continues to speak out, without compromise, against damaging development proposals such as the rash of current desert-wide large-scale solar and wind development proposals.
Click the image to read more of Terry’s article:
http://www.canyoncountryzephyr.com/2014/06/02/the-desert-protective-council-turns-60-a-birds-eye-view-by-terry-weiner/
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The first time I met Jeff Woods of Swansea, Wales, I was a ranger at Arches National Park. Most of the time I worked out of the Devils Garden, 18 miles inside the park. But today, I’d been called down to the visitor center to cover for another ranger on sick leave. The questions were easy to answer, but consistently the same. After awhile I could answer before they asked: “Two hours, if you don’t want to get out of your car” (How long does it take to see this place?) and “Outside and to the left” (Where’s the bathroom?).
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http://www.canyoncountryzephyr.com/2014/06/02/my-favourite-tourists-1-jeff-woods-by-jim-stiles/
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Rich: Good will win out. Good is life and preserving life I really think people will see this. Politics is a different thing–politics is money. It’s evil and corrupt. But people have good hearts and they know what’s right. They’ll see it. Even Jim Hansen will see it. He has an obligation as a politician to protect money. When he said that the fish of the Colorado River are trash, he was just being stupid. Honestly I don’t look at those guys as real bright, so I don’t worry about them. They’re politicians.
But people know what’s right. Honestly people are willing to make sacrifices if we give them good alternatives. It’ll work.
Click the image to read more of the interview with Rich:
http://www.canyoncountryzephyr.com/2014/06/02/from-the-julyaug-2000-archives-an-interview-with-dr-rich-ingebretsen-why-he-wants-to-drain-lake-powell/
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This…is about prickly pear and poverty.
On the one hand, Moab, you give me hope; on the other hand you’re pathetic. The good news is hundreds of Moab’s hippest show up at every wilderness hearing, where the room is often packed to standing room only. The lame news is only seven folks straggled in to the Poverty Forum of the Southeastern Utah Association of Governments on April 6. Interestingly, the majority of those attending were minorities. And back in March, a whopping six individuals packed the SEUAOG hearing on housing.
Wilderness is cool right now. Poverty is out.
I mix de-wormer in my dog’s food in hopes that both will slide down her throat together. Maybe if I mix some Poverty Issues with Wilderness Issues, both will slide down your little pink throat, Moab.
Click the image to read more of Daniel’s letter:
http://www.canyoncountryzephyr.com/2014/06/02/from-the-zephyr-archives-letter-to-the-editor-about-prickly-pear-poverty-by-daniel-shellabarger-suelo/
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[With Loeffler driving…]
“‘Quit throwing your bottles out,’ said Kath.
“‘Nope. I can throw beer bottles out whenever I want to,’ said Ed.
“‘Behind every great man is an asshole,’ said Kath.
“That got to Ed and me and we both started to laugh uncontrollably, Renee’s car weaving through the night on a course of its own.” (Adventures with Ed, 2002, pp. 234-235.)
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http://www.canyoncountryzephyr.com/2014/06/02/why-did-ed-abbey-throw-those-beer-cans-on-the-highway-a-mystery-partly-explained-by-scott-thompson/
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