High Country News

Handling griz: How much is enough?

Increasing numbers of the West’s grizzly bears wear radio collars, and some environmentalists question the necessity of the practice

by Colleen O'Brien and Ray Ring, Oct 17, 2005
A review of Passage to Wonderland

A history professor re-treads photographer Joseph Stimson's 1903 journey from Cody, Wyo., to Yellowstone.

by Staff, Apr 29, 2013
Kids in the backcountry: The earlier, the better

A father understands what’s gained by taking his kids deep into the backcountry again and again as they’re growing up.

by Alan Kesselheim, Mar 18, 2013
The way the West was can be seen again

Watching sandhill cranes gather on the Platte River in Nebraska is like stepping into a time machine that takes you back to an unspoiled, wild West.

by Pepper Trail, Apr 07, 2011
Other voices: the debate on wolf hunting from both sides

Perspectives on wolf hunting from conservationists and hunt proponents.

by Staff, May 13, 2013
Our national parks: Another idea

In 1832, artist George Catlin came up with the idea of a system of "nation's parks" to preserve human cultures and wildlife and scenery.

by David M. Kennedy, Oct 25, 2009
Whistling in the park

Whistleblowing is not as romantic as Woodward’s "Deep Throat" makes it sound, but the retired public servants who make up the Coalition of National Park Service Retirees are doing valuable work, blowing the whistle for the sake of the national parks

by John Mecklin, Dec 11, 2006
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
Heard around the West

Forest Service fire liaison busted for tossing cigarette butts; Interior decorator Gale Norton; horse slasher; cell phones vs. snakes; neighborhood with the slurry on top; tough on crime at Yellowstone; and Bonner County, Idaho, is quiet

by Betsy Marston, Aug 16, 2004
Judge vaporizes Yellowstone snowmobile ban

Judge Clarence Brimmer strikes down Clinton's ban on snowmobiles in Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks, but another lawsuit may still bring limits on traffic

by Michelle Nijhuis, Nov 08, 2004