The ongoing fight between the Feds and the good folks of Tombstone over repair of water lines has finally made it into the pages of the New York Times. The piece 'With Wild West Spirit, Tombstone Fights for Its Water' is available on line from the Times. It is good reading. Check it out.
With wild west spirit, Tombstone fights for its water By FERNANDA SANTOS TOMBSTONE, Ariz. >> The rules were clear: no vehicles and no heavy machinery on the mountainside spot ravaged by fire and... more
article that stated the reason the USFS didn't allow heavy equipment into the Tombstone pipeline area was because of "a" nest of spotted owls! Last I heard of those birds they were in Washington... more