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  • A final hats off to rancher Doc Hatfield

    A final hats off to rancher Doc Hatfield

    With the help of his wife, Connie, and a bunch of determined fellow ranchers, the late Doc Hatfield helped change the face of public-lands ranching in the West.

    by Ed Marston, Apr 26, 2012

  • We can't save the land without first saving the West

    The communities of the West can be saved while the land is protected, too.

    by Ed Marston, Jan 19, 2011
  • The genesis of the West

    The genesis of the West

    Douglas Brinkley's magisterial The Wilderness Warrior describes how Teddy Roosevelt created the American West we love today.

    by Ed Marston, Jan 14, 2010

  • Primer 4: Water

    Former HCN publisher concludes that those who live in the West must accept its unpredictability.

    by Ed Marston, Apr 16, 2008

  • A corps of visitors, not discoverers

    In Lewis and Clark Through Indian Eyes, the late historian Alvin Josephy Jr. has assembled essays by nine Indian writers who examine the Corps of Discovery from the other side of the cultural looking glass

    by Ed Marston, Dec 25, 2006

  • HCN says farewell to an old friend

    Herman Warsh, a beloved former HCN board member and longtime supporter of the paper, is dead

    by Ed Marston, May 15, 2006

  • It's the West's turn to call the shots

    The neglected, underestimated Interior West might plant the seeds of change for the current American empire

    by Ed Marston, Jan 24, 2005

  • It’s the West’s turn to call the shots

    The writer sees political leadership emerging from the West, a region disdained by the Eastern establishment.

    by Ed Marston, Dec 27, 2004

  • Now that we’ve clear-cut the Forest Service…

    The writer once suggested that the U.S. Forest Service clear-cut itself; to his surprise, it did

    by Ed Marston, Nov 22, 2004

  • Colorado voters snub coal for all things renewable

    The board member of a small electric utility opines that the wind power mandate of Colorado's Amendment 37 is good for the energy industry, despite the utilities' resistance

    by Ed Marston, Nov 22, 2004

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