by Carolyn M. Crane | Jul 17, 2013 | Abbey Country, photographs |
“It pleases me, loving rivers.” Raymond Carver The San Pedro is one of two rivers which flows north from Mexico into the United States. Its headwaters are in Sonora and it flows about 150 miles from there to its confluence with the Gila River. It is the...
by Carolyn M. Crane | May 11, 2012 | Abbey Country, photographs, Politics |
Cochise County, Arizona I’ve been visiting here for over twenty years, since my parents left the Sierra Nevada foothills community we shared and started a new life here in Abbey Country. For many years, my dad would take us down to Agua Prieta for a fun walk and...
by Carolyn M. Crane | May 23, 2011 | Abbey Country, Education, Sustainability |
Photographs from Abbey Country “It pleases me, loving rivers.” Raymond Carver The San Pedro River flows north from Mexico into southeastern Arizona. It is one of the last free flowing rivers in the Southwest. At the San Pedro River Riparian National Conservation...
by Carolyn M. Crane | Feb 6, 2011 | Abbey Country, Essays, Farmers Markets, Sustainability
February 6, 2011 Downtown Portland, Oregon This last week, traveling in one day from Sierra Vista, Arizona to Portland, Oregon was a bit like stepping from Edward Abbey’s Good News into Ernest Callenbach’s Ecotopia. On each count this is an...
by Carolyn M. Crane | Feb 2, 2011 | Abbey Country, Essays, Mining, Polemics, Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival |
by Carolyn Crane Pima County, Arizona Last Saturday, I found myself on the old Thurber Ranch outside Sonoita, Arizona, listening to a presentation about a proposed open pit copper mine. The site-coordinator, Dennis Fischer, gave an excellent presentation. He is truly...