Only sport fishers are allowed to fish for dorado (mahi mahi) in Mexico. So why are massive quantities of Mexican dorado for sale in markets and restaurants all over the country? Here’s what’s going on. Continue reading The dorado: Mexico’s tropical trophy fish stuck in legal limbo
In steamy Mazatlán, Sinaloa, frozen treats are plentiful and any decent corner store usually has a few bolis in the freezer. The creamy milk- or fruity water-based ice pops, frozen inside neat plastic bags, are a popular on-the-go treat. This recipe for Serious Eats is for one of my favorite bolis de leche, key lime pie. It’s tangy, creamy, and sweet, and tastes just like the classic baked dessert. Continue reading Bolis de Pay de Limón, for Serious Eats
July 26, 2018 – The Community Recycling Center is severely understaffed and the global market for recyclables is changing, putting the Solid Waste Special Service District, which manages the recycling center, in a tough position. Many have heard that the solid waste district has reduced the recyclables they accept at the recycling center, as well as reducing the hours of the center. Now, after the injury of a key employee, they are reducing hours even more.
It started several years ago when China, the main market for recyclables, instituted the Green Fence initiative, Barton said. The initiative demanded a 0.3 percent contamination rate… Continue reading Is single-stream the future of recycling for Moab? Barton: Free recycling ‘not a sustainable model’
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has issued a preliminary recommendation to shrink the boundary of the 1.35-million-acre Bears Ears National Monument, which was established in December by former President Barack Obama. In a June 12 memorandum to President Donald Trump, Zinke said that under the Antiquities Act, the monument should be the “smallest area compatible with the proper care and management of the objects [of cultural significance].”
“It would have been more appropriate to protect only specific areas of cultural and historic importance within the current Bears Ears boundary,” … Continue reading Zinke report recommends shrinking monument size, giving tribes co-management of Bears Ears
Twenty environmental activists were arrested in the East Tavaputs Plateau of the Book Cliffs after trespassing onto the U.S. Oil Sands PR Spring mine site on June 19 to protest the mining of tar sands in Utah. Acting on a plan to restore lands they contend was destroyed by the construction of the PR Spring mine, the protestors planted native seeds at an open pit during the final demonstration at the three-day “mine reclamation action.” Continue reading Twenty arrested at June 19 protest at PR Spring mine
May 26, 2016 – “Lin Ottinger’s Land Tours” is painted across the red Volkswagen bus in bold white lettering. The vehicle looks about the same as it did in past decades when it ferried tourists around the Canyonlands, Arches and Monument Valley regions, but on the inside it is a new machine. Now, after 25 years in storage, the bus is back on the road… Continue reading Lin Ottinger’s 1964 Canyonlands Tour Bus restored after decades in storage
Rich in protein and requiring relatively few resources to raise, the United Nations says insects should be on our plates. Continue reading Bugs for Dinner: Big Cricket Farms Find Niche in Edible Insect Farming
https://books.google.com.mx/books?id=U7xhCQAAQBAJ&lpg=PT10&ots=jTxhUgsVDk&dq=rose%20egelhoff%20asu&pg=PT56#v=onepage&q&f=false Continue reading “The variegated landscape of biodiversity policy” in Governing Biodiversity through Democratic Deliberation, Routledge 2015.
