You are here: home

Did you not find what you were looking for? Try the Advanced Search to refine your search.

Search results

RSS Subscribe to an always-updated RSS feed.

22 items matching your search terms.
Filter the results.
Item type
















New items since



Sort by relevance · date (newest first) · alphabetically

  • Odes to an urban mountain range

    Two recent guidebooks – Mike Coltrin’s Sandia Mountain Hiking Guide and The Field Guide to the Sandia Mountains by Robert Julyan and Mary Stuever – are excellent guides to the trails and histories of the mountains outside Albuquerque

    by Laura Paskus, Oct 31, 2005

  • Commuter trains could connect the West's far-flung cities

    Longer commuter rails could connect the West’s far-flung cities in ways they haven’t been connected since the glory days of the railroad

    by Allen Best, Nov 14, 2005

  • Flood insurance crimps Western waterways

    Critics say that FEMA’s National Flood Insurance Program is encouraging development in flood-prone areas alongside Western rivers, such as the Rio Grande

    by Randy Stapilus, Dec 12, 2005

  • The Latest Bounce

    Petroglyph boulders moved for controversial Albuquerque highway; Hilmar Cheese can drill "test well" for its wastewater; Richard Pombo’s plan to fast-track oil shale stymied; wilderness vs. helicopter skiing in Wyoming

    by Matt Jenkins, Jan 23, 2006

  • A watery mystery in New Mexico

    Albuquerque private investigator Sonny Baca unravels a series of nefarious plots in Rudolfo Anaya’s riveting mystery Jemez Spring

    by Laura Paskus, Jan 23, 2006

  • Waiting for Rain

    The hurricanes in the Gulf and New Mexico’s endless drought lead the author to wonder why it is human beings refuse to take nature seriously

    by Laura Paskus, Feb 20, 2006
  • The Forgotten Mesa

    The Forgotten Mesa

    Without basic services, life on Pajarito Mesa is all about surviving.

    by Cally Carswell, Feb 05, 2010

  • New Mexico’s water rebel

    Albuquerque water developer Bill Turner, a board member of the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District, is often described as the bane of the district as well.

    by Laura Paskus, Feb 19, 2007

  • Turning water inside-out

    Many Western cities like Sierra Vista, Ariz., were built beside once-beautiful rivers which were overused and then neglected, while the cities looked elsewhere for new water sources to exploit

    by Matt Jenkins, Aug 30, 2004

  • Citizens wary of their nuclear neighbor

    Sandia National Laboratories wants to monitor the nuclear waste in a Cold War-era landfill just outside Albuquerque, rather than excavate it or try to move it elsewhere

    by Lissa James, Oct 11, 2004
Next 10 items » [1] 2 3

Email Newsletter

The West in your Inbox

Follow Us

Follow us on Facebook! Follow us on Twitter! Follow our RSS feeds!
Comments Most Commented Most Emailed
  1. Hard choices for an uncertain future | After seeing a talk by climate activist Tim DeChri...
  2. Two blocks from the Mexican border | The author watches migrants run across the border ...
  3. New Mexico on fire | From wildfire to starving wildlife, the effects of...
  4. The power grid may determine whether we can kick our carbon habit | How the huge and fragile network of wires intertwi...
  5. Wild, free and out of control | Calling out an NBC-TV program for romanticizing wi...
  1. The power grid may determine whether we can kick our carbon habit | How the huge and fragile network of wires intertwi...
  2. The latest: Channel Island foxes rebound | A massive restoration effort has helped the tiny f...
  3. The latest: A worrying amphibian decline | A new study finds frogs and toads are disappearing...
  4. Is the Violence Against Women Act a chance for tribes to reinforce their sovereignty? | A new provision lets tribes prosecute non-tribal m...
  5. Two blocks from the Mexican border | The author watches migrants run across the border ...
Subscriber Alert
HCN Classifieds
 
© 2013 High Country News, all rights reserved. | privacy policy | terms of use | powered by Plone | site by Groundwire | design by Ryan Foster

HCN Logo High Country News in your inbox!


Sign up now to receive our weekly email newsletter!

• The best weekly collection of Western environmental news

• An at-a-glance look at our latest news and analysis


This box was designed to only appear once. It uses a "cookie" (a small file stored on your computer) to remember that it has shown the box to you.

If you are seeing this box appear multiple times, then something is not allowing the cookie to be stored properly. Browsers can be set to not allow cookies, and some people choose to disallow cookies for security reasons. If your browser is setup this way, please consider adding "www.hcn.org" as an exception to your no-cookies rule. For information about how to do this, just search the Web for "browser cookie exceptions."

If you're sure this isn't the problem, then it could be related to how your browser has stored information from our site in previous visits. Browsers often "cache" images, text and other website content in order to make them appear faster if you ever go back. Sometimes the browser's cache can be corrupted or become outdated. The simplest fix for this is to try reloading the page. If that doesn't fix the problem, it may be necessary to clear your temporary items from your browser. Again, a web search will provide you with lots of options and instructions.

Either way, we're sorry to hear that this box is getting in the way of your enjoyment of the HCN website. If you continue to have trouble, please contact our Subscriber Services team.