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.

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
















New items since



Sort by relevance · date (newest first) · alphabetically

  • Wolf man John

    John Morgart works for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, overseeing the recovery of Mexican wolves in the Blue Range of New Mexico and Arizona

    by April Reese, Jul 25, 2005
  • Can snowshoe hares outrace climate change?

    Can snowshoe hares outrace climate change?

    The seasonal coat changes of snowshoe hares may provide wildlife biologists with clues about how wild animals evolve in response to climate change.

    by Hillary Rosner, Feb 12, 2012
  • John Mionczynski: naturalist, accordionist, and Bigfoot expert

    John Mionczynski: naturalist, accordionist, and Bigfoot expert

    In rural Wyoming, naturalist John Mionczynski plays piano, restores motorcycles, studies wildlife and tracks down evidence for the mysterious creature known as Sasquatch.

    by Emilene Ostlind, Feb 08, 2012
  • Can animals evolve quickly enough to survive global warming?

    Can animals evolve quickly enough to survive global warming?

    What can rapid evolution in response to climate change teach us about managing nature?

    by Michelle Nijhuis , Feb 05, 2012

  • Falcon's future rests on a definition

    Endangered aplomado falcons already in New Mexico may lose protection under a controversial Fish and Wildlife Service plan to release captive-bred birds as a "nonessential experimental population."

    by Stephanie Paige Ogburn, Jul 24, 2006

  • Mass wolf kill rests on shaky science

    Idaho’s Fish and Game Department wants to boost dwindling elk numbers by killing wolves in the Lolo management zone

    by Sarah Gilman, Apr 17, 2006
  • Calling all science nerds

    Calling all science nerds

    Across the country, "citizen scientist" volunteers help professional researchers by gathering data on wildlife species, from moose to hummingbirds.

    by Jodi Peterson, Sep 04, 2011
  • Invasion of the feral pigs

    Invasion of the feral pigs

    Feral pigs are invading New Mexico and other Western states, but biologists are working hard to stop them.

    by Cally Carswell, Aug 24, 2011
  • Collateral damage

    Collateral damage

    T.C. Boyle's new novel, When the Killing's Done, examines the awkward way humans interact with nature and with one another.

    by Michael Engelhard , Feb 20, 2011
  • The birds and the bee(tle)s

    The birds and the bee(tle)s

    A controversial tamarisk control program is shut down over worries that it threatens rare southwestern willow flycatchers.

    by Rachel Zurer, Oct 13, 2010
Next 10 items » [1] 2 3 4

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. In the field with a Montana couple hunting wolves | Amid bitter controversy over allowing hunters and ...
  2. Seeking balance in Oregon's timber country | Can logging towns and old-growth forests both thri...
  3. How right-wing emigrants conquered North Idaho | Conservative transplants largely from California h...
  4. Save our gauges | Important USGS stream gauges imperiled by austerit...
  5. (Still) getting the lead out | When will hunters stop poisoning condors with ammu...
  1. Don't mess with the Forest Service | How a determined and feisty Forest Service held of...
  2. How right-wing emigrants conquered North Idaho | Conservative transplants largely from California h...
  3. Sacrificial Land: Will renewable energy devour the Mojave Desert? | An unlikely group of activists is championing a ne...
  4. How technology detected a huge mine landslide before it happened | Employees at a Kennecott copper mine outside Salt ...
  5. The Forest Service battles placer mining with an obscure law | A little-known 1955 law gives the Forest Service a...
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.