by High Country News readers, High Country News October 1, 2024 WHAT ELSE IS LOST? I found Savanna Strott’s piece on City and other land art interesting (“ What is Permanence? ” September 2024), but one thing bothered me: almost no mention of City’s intrusion on — even destruction of — its environment. It’s not only Indigenous peoples that lived there. The article does mention that the area had been a Native hunting ground. This indicates the presence of game — that is, fauna and flora. It’s hard to believe a concrete construction a mile and a half long by a half-mile wide in the desert has little impact, to say nothing of any protective fencing. I kept waiting for any mention of this and was disappointed. Rick Ross Sweet Home, Oregon I’m distressed by the latest depiction of “land art.” It’s an artist’s imposition on a land that was beautifully undisturbed before and disrespects the former Indigenous occupants who lived so lightly in these areas. Whether permanent or not, the...