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  • A dark moment, a glimmer of light

    A dark moment, a glimmer of light

    Despite the recent tragedy in Tucson, a sense of community blooms in the West, often in unlikely soil.

    by Ray Ring, Jan 23, 2011

  • A wilderness bill with a little something for everyone

    The Boulder-White Clouds wilderness bill tries to give something to everybody, as a list of some of its provisions reveals

    by Ray Ring, Nov 22, 2004
  • Confessions of an off-road outlaw

    Confessions of an off-road outlaw

    A hunter who once tore through the woods on his ORV rethinks his ways after he realizes that he’s scaring off wildlife

    by Garrett VeneKlasen, Nov 06, 2009
  • Green gearheads? Rev it up!

    Green gearheads? Rev it up!

    The Wilderness Society should sponsor off-road driving teams to reach out to that culture.

    by Ray Ring, Jul 23, 2009

  • Have bee, will travel

    This issue of High Country News features Hannah Nordhaus on the challenges facing a Western migratory beekeeper and his hives of pollinating bees.

    by John Mecklin, Mar 19, 2007

  • Heard around the West

    Driving a little too far off-road in California; HOV Lane is not for dummies; scrap metal thieves get creative; dream home turns nightmare; St. George, Utah, gets expensive; military recruiters get desperate

    by Betsy Marston, Apr 17, 2006

  • His playground pulls fun hogs off the publiclands

    Jeremy Parriott is working with friends to create a 320-acre extreme-sports playground near Moab, Utah, to give four-wheelers and others a place to play off the public lands

    by Jodi Peterson, Aug 22, 2005

  • Moab: On the horns of a recreation dilemma

    Some of the residents of the Moab, Utah, area are losing patience with out-of-control off-highway recreation, and looking to the BLM to bring things under control

    by Jodi Peterson, May 30, 2005

  • Motorized recreation belongs in the backcountry

    Off-road vehicle users need to be responsible, but at the same time they should fight against any restrictions to backcountry riding

    by Dave Skinner, May 10, 2004

  • Mountain bike association wheels into national parks

    The National Park Service has agreed to explore opening some of the parks to mountain biking

    by Patrick Farrell, May 30, 2005
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