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  • The logging town of Darrington, Wash., fights to save a fire lookout

    The logging town of Darrington, Wash., fights to save a fire lookout

    A lawsuit raises questions about how far environmentalists should go to keep wilderness 'untrammeled.'

    by Nathan Rice, Jan 24, 2012

  • ESA talks end in stalemate

    A working group of 23 experts convened by the nonprofit Keystone Center could not reach consensus over how to reform the Endangered Species Act’s critical habitat provisions

    by Tony Davis, Mar 20, 2006

  • Watch the river flow

    Farmers and conservationists have reached a settlement that allows water to flow in California’s San Joaquin River, home to the Friant Dam

    by Allison Gerfin, Jul 24, 2006

  • A decade of difficult questions

    Outgoing High Country News editor Greg Hanscom muses on the stories and issues the paper has covered in the 10 years he’s been with it

    by Greg Hanscom, Nov 13, 2006

  • The granddaddy of all collaboration groups

    In his beautiful, compact book Working Wilderness, Nathan Sayres tells the story of the Malpai Borderlands Group, “the most hailed example of collaborative place-based resource management in the West.”

    by Paul Larmer, Apr 30, 2007
  • PRO: Sen. Tester's Montana bill is a true collaborative effort

    PRO: Sen. Tester's Montana bill is a true collaborative effort

    Montana's wildlands as well as its people are well served by the Forest Jobs and Recreation Act.

    by Bruce Farling, Jan 14, 2010

  • PRO: The Tejon agreement is a true conservation victory

    Graham Chisholm believes that an agreement involving open space, a large housing development and condor habitat on California’s Tejon Ranch is a “true conservation victory.”

    by Graham Chisholm, Jun 23, 2008

  • CON: A housing development that’s a tragedy for condors

    The Tejon Ranch agreement, which will allow a housing development to be build in the midst of rare condor critical habitat, is a disaster for the endangered birds, according to Noel Snyder and David Clendenen.

    by Noel Snyder and David Clendenen, Jun 23, 2008

  • Unlikely alliance?

    In most of the West’s complicated environmental problems, so-called “unlikely alliances” between greens and their opposite numbers are really not that unlikely after all.

    by Jonathan Thompson, Jun 23, 2008

  • Snowy middle ground

    Wilderness advocates and snowmobile enthusiasts are working together in Montana to find enough room in the landscape to accommodate both their passions

    by Ray Ring, Mar 06, 2006
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