Char Miller driving a student in the L.A. River. | Photo: Allie Comet
Golden Green
We live in places urban, rural, and wild. We hunker down in the desert, press out to the coast, nestle into tight canyons, build atop ridgelines, and sprawl along valley floors. In the process of making these disparate places our home we complicate the natural systems that drew us to these environments in the first place. Exploring these tensions has long been the subject of Pomona College professor Char Miller's teaching and writing, as reflected in his recent books "Cities and Nature in the American West" and "Public Lands, Public Debates: A Century of Controversy." And in two that will appear in 2013 -- "On The Edge: Water, Immigration, and Politics in the Southwest" (which contains essays first written for Golden Green) and "Death Valley National Park: A History."
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The Forest Service's pine tree logo is now safe from the USDA's rebranding effort. Its historic emblem should never have been attacked.
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USDA is rebranding the entire department, forcing the Forest Service and other agencies to adopt its bland logo. This is a really bad idea..
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Water made the west, and that's why Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell is promoting its protection.
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The CCC built up the nation and the body politic -- can ObamaCorps do the same thing?
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How Pinnacles National Monument became a National Park -- and why Red Rock still waits its turn
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It is a great start to the new year that the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service's has decided to open Southern California's waters to the once-banned sea otters.
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Buying a real Christmas tree will help reduce your carbon footprint. Here's why.
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Solar Power is SoCal's future -- but we need need new policies to help it come online
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