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  • From folk singer to fierce activist — the life of Katie Lee

    In Sandstone Seduction: Rivers and Lovers, Canyons and Friends, Katie Lee takes readers on a breathless boat ride through her exhilarating life

  • How big should we be?

    The September board meeting raised questions about how big HCN should be; artists and activists visit us.

  • Monkey wrenchers keep on keeping on

    Monkey wrenchers keep on keeping on

    Ed Abbey's pugnacious spirit lives on in eco-activists like Tim DeChristopher, who quietly sabotaged a Utah BLM energy-lease auction.

  • Muddy Waters: Silt and the Slow Demise of Glen Canyon Dam

    Muddy Waters: Silt and the Slow Demise of Glen Canyon Dam

    A float down the Lower San Juan teaches surprising lessons about dams, water and silt in the West.

  • Tribute to a prickly icon

    Tribute to a prickly icon

    Both fans and critics contemplate the life and legacy of Edward Abbey in a special issue of the Western literary and arts journal Matter.

  • Visitors, books and brand-new babies

    Visitors, books and brand-new babies

    Spring brings visitors, some with new books; Katie Lee publishes an epic poem at the age of 92; writer Eric Wagner welcomes a daughter; corrections.

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