Subject: Sierra Club

• WHOSE WOODS ARE THESE?

  THE WOODS ARE LOVELY, DARK AND DEEP; THE FOREST SERVICE HAS PROMISES TO KEEP

  June 10, 1992

• TREES FALL, CHIPS FLYHOW MUCH WOOD DID THE WOOD COMPANY CUT ON THE NORTH KAIBAB?

  August 5, 1992

• GIVE ME THAT OLD-TIME CONSTITUTION

  THE STRUGGLE BETWEEN ENVIRONMENTALISTS AND INDUSTRY OVER PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS HAS TAKEN ON A RELIGIOUS FERVOR

  November 4, 1992

• THE PRODIGAL SONWHEN YOU'RE CHAIRMAN OF GAME AND FISH AND YOUR FAMILY IS IN THE TIMBER BUSINESS THAT'S HOW YOU FEEL

  November 11, 1992

• The Secret Life of Sidney Phillips

  Sierra Club lobbyist doubles as Tucson paper's legislative correspondent

  February 15, 1996

• Time to Burn

  Is the Lone Fire a preview of California-style infernos to come?

  May 30, 1996

• Flashes

  July 11, 1996

• Owl See You in Court

  From spikedaces to spotted owls, the Southwest Center for Biological Diversity has logged the legal system and rewritten the book on environmental activism

  August 1, 1996

• The U.S. Forage Service

  Cattle encroach on wildlife habitat in burned area near Four Peaks

  October 31, 1996

• Water Over the Dam

  Dave Wegner's career with the Bureau of Reclamation seemed to be at peak flow. He had no idea it was about to run dry.

  March 27, 1997

• Same Dam Story

  Lake Powell's high waters are flushing the Grand Canyon again. Is it Mother Nature's fault or the Bureau of Reclamation's?

  July 10, 1997

• Cow Punchers

  Ranching takes a blow in the courts, an uppercut to the bottom line and a jab in the marketplace

  September 25, 1997

• Snow Clouds Over the San Francisco Peaks

  Like some weather cycle, the battle between skiers and Native American religion returns to Arizona Snowbowl

  March 19, 1998

• Talking Trash

  Industry group's "Environmental Summit" puts pollution in perspective--its own

  August 27, 1998

• Why Growing Smarter Will Grow Old Fast

  The so-called Growing Smarter measure would prevent the state from enacting strict growth controls. At the same time, however, it would free up $220 million for land preservation.

  October 22, 1998

• Balancing Act

  Western governors conference weighs pros and cons of environmental policy

  December 10, 1998

• The Law of the Land

  Lobbyists ride roughshod over the legislative process, going so far as to write the bills that lawmkers pass

  January 7, 1999

• Industry Goes to the Well . . . to dilute clean-water regulations

  January 7, 1999

• Letters

  From the week of August 2, 2001

  August 2, 2001

• BEST STRETCH OF ADOPT-A-HIGHWAY

  Church of Body Modification

  September 30, 2004

• State Boosts Water Quality Regulations; Gives Special Status to Fossil Creek

    Beautiful Fossil Creek just northwest of Payson was given the status of "Outstanding Arizona Water" today by state officials, mandating that government must protect it from harm. In a 3-1 vote, the Governor's Regulatory Review Council approved new state water quality standards that protect both Fossil Creek and the Tucson area's Davidson Canyon, according to a news release by the Arizona chapter of the Sierra Club. Fossil Creek runs through some of the state's most treasured wi

  December 2, 2008

• Hot Links: Woman Crawling on Freeway Causes Crash; Illegal Immigrant College Grads Can't Find Jobs; State Losing Jobs at Faster Pace

  A woman crawling on the U.S. 60 freeway was hit by three cars and caused a collision -- police don't know what she was doing there; she probably didn't know, either. Tempe's photo enforcement program is raking in dough. Navajo down: Phoenix Symphony releases CD of oratorio inspired by a Native American epic. Shocker of the week: Illegal immigrants who received private grants to attend Arizona universities are having trouble getting jobs. A Tucson judge orders the release the University of Ariz

  February 27, 2009

• Save Darfur?

  War, slaughter, genocide — and you feel like seeing a movie?

  September 13, 2007

• Breathless

  Despite a lot of hoopla at the beginning of Napolitano's administration, environmental protections for kids have not improved much

  November 2, 2006

• Shark Bites

  JAWS Unleashed is as sloppy as it is gory

  June 22, 2006

• Sacred Hypocrisy

  Navajos say making Snowbowl snow from reclaimed water is "genocide." Please!

  March 31, 2005

• Send in the Clowns

  January 20, 2005

• Indian Ruin

  The Zuni tribe's plans for Phoenix billboards were abruptly canceled by Clear Channel

  February 6, 2003

• Mock Turtle Scoop

  The Spike clears up tale of the tortoises and the harebrained

  January 23, 2003

• Just Plain Cuckoo

  What was the Audubon Society thinking when it named a pro-development Republican to head its new statewide effort?

  February 14, 2002

• Hold the Oil

  Lunch with an environmentalist offers food for thought

  July 26, 2001

• Burn, Baby, Burn

  'Stop urban sprawl!' 'Burn the rich!' 'An acre an hour is obscene!' Is it any wonder some are rooting for the arsonists?

  January 11, 2001

• Range Wars

  Tolerance of ranching puts The Nature Conservancy at odds with the environmental community

  April 20, 2000

• Autograph Hound

  Derrick Lee is the most powerful political figure you've never heard of

  April 13, 2000

• Babbitt's Secret Growth-Control Plan

  While the state and the Sierra Club jockey to curb urban expansion, the Secretary of the Interior is quietly pushing his own proposal. We've got the maps.

  March 2, 2000

• Forest Grump

  A prominent Southwestern environmental group is at the center of a squirrelly federal lawsuit

  November 25, 1999

• The Gift That Keeps On Giving Access

  November 25, 1999

• Twisted Ecologic

  Governor Hull says it's time for inclusiveness in politics. Environmentalists say she won't give them the time of day.

  November 11, 1999

• Continental Divide

  A development proposed for a north Valley slope has residents accusing the county of "collusion"

  October 7, 1999

• Reaching Out

  Phoenix Parks Department balances bosks and ball fields in its plans for Reach 11

  August 5, 1999

• Growing Complicated

  Already, the state's grand plan for halting urban sprawl appears doomed

  August 5, 1999

• Jingo All the Way

  Outside groups leading the anti-immigration campaign in Arizona are trying to distance themselves from their own bigoted pasts.

  December 25, 1997

• From Dust to ... Golf?

  Phelps Dodge wants to turn a dusty plain of toxic mine tailings into what it says is an environment-friendly golf course near the Verde River. No one can be sure whether the unprecedented plan will work. But that hasn't stopped anyone from fighting abo

  March 21, 1996

• FLASHES

  June 1, 1995

• SYMINGTON'S PLAN TO GUT GAME AND FISH

  March 2, 1995

• VILLAGE OF THE DAMMED

  WHEN A LEVEE ON BABBITT RANCHES GAVE WAY, THE HAVASUPAI INDIANS WERE LITERALLY PUSHED AGAINST THE WALL. NOW THEY'RE PUSHING BACK.

  February 23, 1995

• LAND OF THE FREE-FOR-ALL

  WITH PROPOSITION 300--THE PRIVATE-PROPERTY-RIGHTS MEASURE--ARIZONA ONCE AGAIN BECOMES A BATTLEGROUND FOR A NATIONAL RIGHT-WING CRUSADE

  October 27, 1994

• HIGH BRAU EATS

  July 21, 1994

• Al Gore's Clean-Energy Group Hosting Talk on "Benefits" of Proposed Law

  Image: American Solar Electric A group headed by Al Gore is hosting a library roundtable this Wednesday to talk about the hoped-for benefits of the Waxman-Markey bill, a plan to kickstart clean-energy industries now wending its way through Congress. (No, Gore won't be there). According to Repower America, a "project" of the Gore-led Alliance for Climate Protection, the panel will focus on how the bill would:    

  June 8, 2009

• 43 Members of Congress Request Border Wall Environmental Monitoring

  Arizona Congressman Raul Grijalva​ On Friday, Arizona Congressman Raul Grijalva sent a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano's office requesting that she "mitigate and monitor" the environmental impact of the several-hundred mile Southwest border wall. The letter was signed by 43 congressman, including Gabrielle Giffords and Ed Pastor, and endorsed by a number of environmental organizations. "We're seeing problems with flooding, erosion, sedimentation, and habitat loss,"

  July 28, 2009