November/December 1998

Features

Paradise Found
Wilderness is shrinking everywhere— except Utah, where they just found 3 million more acres of it.
by T. H. Watkins

Songs of the Seri
Thanksgiving in Mexico's Sea of Cortez.
by Gary Paul Nabhan

The Second Creation
The religious and environmental communities find common cause in protecting the natural world.
by Trebbe Johnson

On Sacred Ground
Barry Lopez, a writer who makes his work a form of prayer.
by Nicholas O'Connell

Redwood Rabbis
Invoking Jewish traditions to save California's Headwaters Forest.
by Seth Zuckerman

Departments

Letters

Field Guide
Our man in Utah

Ways & Means
The sin of pride by Carl Pope

Good Going
Illinois prairie by Stephen J. Lyons

Hearth & Home
Telecommuting works by Kim Erickson

Way to Go
Cooling off in Austin by Bruce Selcraig

Lay of the Land
Mountaintop removal
Railroad blues
Bureau of Links

Sierra Club Bulletin
The Making of a President
Rich in Gold And Grizzlies
Home Front

Natural Resources
Books, Videos, Websites

Last Words
Can religion protect the environment?