High Country News

Tackling Utah’s trash

Issa Hamud, an engineer who was born in Somalia, helped Logan, Utah, create a successful recycling program.

by Mary Jackson-Smith, Jan 21, 2008
How to find a 13,000 year-old mammoth

After seeing a drawing of a wooly mammoth in a Utah cave, the author ponders on the possibility they existed along with the humans who inhabited the U.S. Southwest years ago.

by Andrew Gulliford, Jan 19, 2012
Audio: High Country Views, episode 2

Jonathan Thompson and Cally Carswell talk sage grouse and states' rights.

by Cally Carswell, Mar 23, 2010
Congress bets on oil shale

Northeastern Utah, southern Wyoming and western Colorado are humming with new talk of oil shale, but industry insiders say that the technology has years to go before oil shale development is financially and environmentally viable

by Jennie Lay, Dec 12, 2005
Tapping into energy's fringe

As energy companies go after "unconventional" natural gas – such as tight-sands gas and coalbed methane –the environmental impacts are becoming increasingly apparent

by Matt Jenkins, Dec 12, 2005
A battle for the land – and soul – of the West

In Bargaining for Eden: The Fight for the Last Open Spaces in America, photographer Stephen Trimble tells the story of the controversial Snowbasin ski development in Utah.

by John Calderazzo, Nov 07, 2008
Some people just don't get it

After a car accident, the author gave up driving and joyfully turned to bicycling everywhere instead.

by Bob Sawatzki, Oct 21, 2009
Utah's Sagebrush Rebellion capital mellows as animal-lovers and enviros move in

Kane County, Utah, heart of the Sagebrush Rebellion and an off-road vehicle paradise, is also home to a growing number of environmentalists, hikers and animal lovers.

by Joshua Zaffos, Jan 24, 2011
Two weeks in the West

Cross-country skiers and snowmobilers clash over access to Logan Canyon, Utah; Mount Jefferson, Mont.; and (of course) Yellowstone; Forest Service Chief Dale Bosworth steps down to be replaced by Gail Kimbell; West becomes player in national politics; bor

by Jonathan Thompson, Feb 05, 2007
Notes from a place of risk and hope

In Big Wonderful: Notes from Wyoming, Kevin Holdsworth describes his love for a harsh landscape in essays, poetry and fiction.

by Julianne Couch, Feb 05, 2007