September/October 1996

Features: Election '96

Newt's Game
The Gingrich Revolution stalled when it turned its guns on the environment. Now congressional leaders are desperately trying to rewrite the past.
by B. J. Bergman

A Chosen Few
Sierra Club endorsements: 131 politicians we actually like

Does He Deserve Your Vote?
We hoped for so much from Bill Clinton, and got so little--until he took a look at the polling numbers. Do we have to kiss and make up?
by Paul Rauber

More Features

Adios Amigos
A pleasant float down a lazy Owyhee River is transformed by hyperbolic hydraulics.
by Page Stegner

Natural Allies
Both treasure the outdoors, loathe pollution, and fight for more habitat for wildlife. So why are hunters and enviros at each others' throats?
by Ted Williams

Departments

Letters
Hunters, jerky, large parts of Canada

Ways & Means
The big picture, piece by piece by Carl Pope

Food for Thought
Foraging for fungi in the forest by Douglas Gantenbein

Whereabouts
Under Dakota skies by Kathleen Norris

Hearth & Home
Lawns without grass by Andy Wasowski

Way to Go
Meandering around Maui by Richard McMahon

Priorities
The Uncertainty Principle
Domestic Plague
Eco-Thugs

Sierra Club Bulletin
Pitchman for the Planet
Grassroots Summer
Ecoregion Roundup

In Print
Remembering Phil Burton, telling off Newt

Last Words
Readers' Eco-thug nominations