Desert Survivors Newsletter
This page contains links to our flagship publication, The Survivor. Issues from 2002 to 2004 are presently available here. Issues from 2005 to the present are on the way
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Articles for Spring 2004 issue include:
- Communities Organize Against OHV Abuse by Philip M. Klasky
- The Owyhee Desert by Laura Pace
- A Lifetime In The Desert: A Conversation with Bob Greenawalt Part 2 by George Huxtable
- Wilderness Monitoring Reports
- Trip Reports
- Gerlach Power Plant
Articles for Summer 2002 issue include:
- Hardcore Desert Hiking in Israel and Jordan by Jessica Rothhaar
- Bedouins of the Sinai by Tamia Marg
- Trip Reports for Devil's Hole to Badwater Backpack, Green Tortoise to Death Valley, Daisy Picking in the Panamints, Hunter Mountain Backpack, Hart Mountain Carcamp and Pedaling and Pushing in the White Mountains
- The Poetry Page: Some Reflections on a Week in Escalante, Utah and Road from Utah by Elaine Schwimmer
Articles for Spring 2002 issue include:
- Remembering Fields of Wildflowers by Steve Tabor
- The Woman was Incredulous by Bob Hallstrom
- Peril In The Panamints by Dave McMullen
- Using a GPS On The Desert Trail by Bob Ellis
Articles for Winter 2002 issue include:
- Namibia: The Other Promised Land by Judith L. Kendall
- Five Days in the Moroccan Desert by Ron Cohen
- Trip Reports for Lava Beds Carcamp, Waucoba Peak Backpack, Rhyolite Ridge Carcamp, Bodie Ghost Town and Lunar Crater Carcamp
- The Poetry Page: Surprise Way by Sam Moorman and Mojave River by Albert Geiser
Articles for Winter 2001 issue include:
Crunch Time in the Mojave: Bring on the SUVs. Saving the Tortoise Requires Unlikely Alliance, By Bob Ellis
Feature Stories:
- Desert Trail Relay: Nevada or Bust, page 2
- Peril in the Panamints: Dave McMullen, page 10
- Spring On the Escalante: Dave Holten, page 32
- Travels in Nevada:
- Three Mountains: Bill Johansson, page 6
- Reveille Range: Steve Tabor, page 27
- American Ground Zero: Chris Schiller, page 29
Issues:
- Briggs Mine Imperils Panamints: Bob Ellis, page 14
- Cadiz Groundwater Grab: Bob Ellis, page 17
- Wilderness Plan for Inyos: Bob Ellis, page 24
- Issues Watch: Janet Johnson, page 18
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