Editor's Note
"This issue is sort of a departure for us. It is on a "sense of place" and it contains a variety of articles by people who live and/or work in the Cliff/Gila Valley, in southwestern New Mexico. We thought it would be interesting to see how one place can carry multiple values, all legitimate, and how those values might be complementary. The instructions to authors were to discuss their favorite place in the Valley, what they thought was the greatest threat to that place, and what hope this special place holds for the future. We hope you find this as fascinating as we did."

Contents:

• "A Sense of Place: Fishing for Solutions" -Dutch Salmon
• "River Valley" -Joe Hollister
• "From the Founders" -Jim Winder, Courtney White, Barbara Johnson
• "A Sense of Place - From a Field Biologist's Perspective" -Scott Stoleson
• "Life in the Gila" -Mary Burton Riseley
• "Will This Valley Survive All of the Attention?" -Ralph Pope
• "Letting Nature Do the Work - On the Land with Bill Zeedyk"
• "The Far Horizon" -Courtney White
• "The Gila River and Life in the Southwest" -Jack Carter
• "The Cliff/Gila Valley" -David Ogilvie
• "Gila River Grant County, New Mexico" -Peter Russell
• "Bear Creek" -Alan Eggleston