HCN Online Only Articles
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Advice from a horse
An HCN intern goes for a backcountry horse ride, and learns that while sharing trails can be a challenge, the payoff is worth it.
by Eve Rickert, Jun 15, 2007 -
A struggling sea
California's largest lake, the Salton Sea, is on the verge of ecological collapse.
by Morgan Heim, Jun 11, 2007 -
A gold mine in the Colorado wilderness?
The owners of a 1938 mining claim in the Uncompaghre wilderness plan to start digging for gold.
by Morgan Heim, May 31, 2007 -
In the Arizona desert, feathers are flying
Bald eagles are about to be delisted, but conservationists and the Fish and Wildlife Service are battling over whether Arizona's desert-nesting eagles should be kept under the wing of the Endangered Species Act.
by Eve Rickert, May 29, 2007 -
The magnificent obsession of sheep herding
In rural Colorado, border collies and their handlers compete in a Western tradition, sheep dog trials.
by Morgan Heim, May 23, 2007 -
Can Congress drag the 1872 Mining Law into the 21st century?
A new bill would end 130 years of public land giveaways and reform one of the West's most antiquated -- and harmful -- laws.
by Eve Rickert, May 17, 2007 -
Colorado mountain town raises millions to save meadow
In Telluride, townsfolk raise $50 million to preserve open space, but the land's owner is fighting condemnation.
by Morgan Heim, May 14, 2007 -
Oregon internees to get honorary degrees
Japanese Americans forced to leave college during World War II will get a "symbolic apology."
by Erin Halcomb, May 11, 2007 -
Battle line on the northern border
U.S. officials, federal agencies, and even Condoleezza Rice are trying to stop a Canadian coal mine near Montana's Flathead Basin.
by Michelle Blank, May 09, 2007 -
One of Interior’s departed returns to D.C. (for a short while)
Q and A with Ann Morgan, the former Colorado director of the BLM, who recently testified before Congress about the agency's push to open its lands to drilling.
by Paul Larmer, Apr 30, 2007






