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| To the many people who helped along the way, answering questions, checking my facts, and helping with the research, my profound thanks. Special thanks to Donnie Curtis and the other staff of the New Mexico State University libraries your help and expertise were priceless. For "Coming to the Chihuahuan Desert," thanks to: Linda Harris, Ken White, Maggie Rivas Rodriguez, William A. Dick-Peddie, and Pat Beckett. For "Spadefoot Toads and Storm Sewers," thanks to: Gary Paul Nabhan, Joni Gutierrez, the staff of the Doa Ana County Clerk's Office, and Manso, the world's sweetest dog. For ''The Disappeared Ones," thanks to: Meli Duran, Dave Kirkpatrick, Dia Fox, Carlos Sanchez III, and Denise Chvez. For ''Weeds," thanks to: Ed Miranda and the Doa Ana County Sheriff's Department, Maggie Rivas Rodriguez, Carlos Corrl, Roberto Martinez, Jim Peach and his Journal of Borderlands Studies, and Doug Mosier. For "Sanctuary," thanks to: Alice and Raymond Cabe, Dave Richman, Katie Skaggs, Katherine Durack, Mike Mallouf, Oswaldo "Oz" Gomez, Kathy Fesser, and Carol Warden and the staff of the New Mexico office of the Nature Conservancy. For "Terminus," thanks to: Leslie Blair, Delbert Utz, Jean Pillar, Jane Calvert Love, Bill Seager, Lauro Guaderrama, Lucy Dilworth, and Sharman Apt Russell. For "Going South," special thanks to Denise Chvez and Dierdre Sklar for the pilgrimage, to Michael Murphy for research assistance, and to Janice Bowers, whose articles inspired the essay. |
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