High Country News

Island's pig problem pits animal-rights activists againstconservationists

A plan to eradicate thousands of feral pigs from Southern California’s Santa Cruz Island has animal rights activists up in arms

by Tony Barboza, Aug 22, 2005
Saying good-bye to the ranch

Four families cooperate on conservation easements in order to save a huge ranch in Colorado from development.

by Kerry Brophy Lloyd, Mar 13, 2012
Stitching habitat together across public and private lands

Migrating animals can't read "no trespassing" signs, so it’s up to human beings to try to find ways to connect wildlife corridors that crisscross public and privately owned lands.

by Cally Carswell, Dec 25, 2011
Saving open land — a taxing problem

In Missoula, Mont., and other Western communities, activists search for the winning formula to pass new open-space bonds in November

by Brianna Randall, Jul 24, 2006
Private landowners become lords of the public estate

A landowner locks a gate on a road into Arizona’s Aravaipa Canyon, highlighting an increasingly bitter debate over access to public lands in the West

by Renee H. Guillory, Jun 27, 2005
Conservation calculus

Energy companies in Wyoming's Jonah Field are funding habitat preservation, but no one seems to know how the wildlife's doing.

by Rebecca Huntington, Sep 02, 2010
Nonprofits reap the profits

Christine MacDonald takes on the unscrupulous executives who run big environmental groups in Green, Inc.: An Environmental Insider Reveals How a Good Cause Has Gone Bad.

by Brian Park, Apr 14, 2009
Crash of the cottonwoods

Across the West, cottonwoods are dying, and no one is sure how to save these iconic trees.

by Gisela Telis, Aug 13, 2008
Toothy nuisance moves north

Nutria, destructive beaver-like mammals from South America, are moving into the Skagit River Valley of northwestern Washington, and some believe a warming climate is to blame

by Emma Brown, Oct 31, 2005
A move to make land trusts more accountable

The Land Trust Alliance hopes its new accreditation program for land trusts will forestall the passage of federal legislation designed to end the abuse of conservation easements

by Jennie Lay, Oct 31, 2005