SUMMER 2011
at Boyce Thompson Arboretum
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By Kim Stone
It was Sunday, May 8, and 500 visitors were enjoying Mother’s Day at the Arboretum. When the Picket Fire was first spotted just before noon, it was small – as all fires are at the beginning – and an unthreatening two miles to the west. By the time Forest Service engines pulled up to the scene at 12:30, the fire had already increased to four acres in size. They hoped to keep it south of FS 231 and the Picket Post Trailhead junction, but strong, red flag winds from the southwest caused the fire to “come flying across the road,” as Fire Management Officer Quentin Johnson put it, forcing the firefighters to pull back from their ridge.
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Boyce Arboretum, Continued on page 3 Photos by Boyce Thompson Arboretum Staff
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Integrative Medicine
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By Linda Gross
Medicine has come a long ways since doctors used leeches to purify the blood and cut off limbs to save the patient. And in the wake of such challenges as small pox, tuberculosis, and AIDS, traditional medicine as we know it, has grown up fighting infectious diseases and developing surgical techniques that now save life and limb on a large scale. Yet, while we’ve been focused on doing battle with things we could see and identify, a series of chronic, complex diseases including Alzheimers, heart disease, cancer and diabetes have become an even bigger threat. In fact, these diseases now account for three quarters of all healthcare spending. They defy all efforts to find one clear cause, and hence continue to elude a pure allopathic mind set which was built on fighting a bad guy; an infectious agent which could be targeted and eradicated. BooYah! Integrative Medicine, Continued on page 30
By Darin Lowry
When seeing an Apache burden basket for the first time, we are not only struck by the unique quality of such an object, but by its beauty and practicality: the fresh, tangy scent of the willow strips combined with the pure, organic feel of the object create a simple yet intriguing vessel. A ‘burden basket’ was for many years quite simply a device used to carry everyday items such as food and firewood. Dreamweaver, Continued on page 29
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