Tribes, States, and the Management of Lake Resources: Lakes Coeur d'Alene and Flathead

Divisiveness and conflict have often characterized the relationshipbetween native tribes and state governments. The two ordersof government, however, increasingly share resources and confrontcommon problems. Consequently, there is acknowledgment thatthere are mutual advantages to closer cooperation in some cases.One area of special significance is the management of sharednatural resources—specifically, lake watersheds. Thisarticle examines state-tribal management of Idaho's Lake Coeurd'Alene and Montana's Flathead Lake. It surveys the three principalissues (hunting and fishing, development, and water quality)for state and tribal policymakers, explores how state and tribalgovernments are responding to shared jurisdictional and managementchallenges, and suggests that these responses could be a basisfor a more flexible and balanced tribal-state relationship.     

Kenyanization and African capacity ‘shuffling’

Cohen (1992) discusses in detail the problem of 'Kenyanization' of positions filled by expatriate advisors in the Kenyan civil service. He outlines six possible solutions to the problem, four of which involve the funding by donors of higher than civil service level salaries to attract Kenyan staff to the donors' particular projects. While Cohen is critical of these options he does not discuss the most serious danger in their use, the danger that resources will be seriously misallocated. In this article the traditional approach of supplying new resources to Kenya is compared with this new alternative of using donor funds to induce the reallocation of existing Kenyan staff. It suggests that donors must be extremely careful in using their funds to entice workers to their own projects without consideration of where these resources are drawn from. An alternative explanation to those discussed by Cohen for the lack of success with ‘Kenyanization’ is also proposed.     

Time since discharge of shotgun shells

A technique for the estimation of time since discharge of a given class of spent shotgun shells is presented. The technique involved the use of SPME (Solid Phase Microextraction) sampling from the atmosphere inside spent shotgun shells. Compounds absorbed on the SPME fiber were desorbed and analyzed with GC-MS. The decrease in concentration of the combustion product naphthalene was monitored in all shells over a two-month period. Three conditions were examined to prevent naphthalene from escaping prior to testing the shells. A glass vial was successfully incorporated to halt the dissipation of naphthalene. At room temperature the naphthalene peak can be measured for several months and the curve-fitting data can lead to an estimation of time since discharge.     

Are the Networks Biased? ``Calling' States in the 2000 Presidential Election

Among the controversies arising from the 2000 Presidentialelection was the accusation that media networks called, orprojected, a winner faster in those states won by Albert Gorethan in those states won by George W. Bush. We investigatethis accusation by estimating a Tobit model of the length oftime between states' poll closing times and the times at whichCNN projected a winner. Our results support the charge ofmedia bias. After controlling for other factors that affecthow quickly a state is called, states called for Gore werecalled 14 to 18 minutes faster than those called in favor ofBush.