Opinion
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Opinion
'Road warriors' spread out over Utah
A "Road Warrior" for the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance tries to find and document roads claimed to exist in BLM wilderness study areas.
by Cheryl Fox, May 11, 2011 -
Opinion
Will an illegal BLM study seal southern Utah's fate?
The deep flaws in the BLM's inventory of Utah wild lands may doom many irreplaceable landscapes that were eliminated from wilderness consideration.
by Charles Wilkinson, May 11, 2011 -
Opinion
Ranchers forced into numbers game
The authors opine that BLM grazing rules are rigged in favor of overgrazing and work against conscientious ranchers.
by Karl Hess Jr. And Jerry L. Holechek, May 11, 2011 -
Opinion
Whatever happened to letting fires burn?
The writer suggests that Westerners learn to live with fires rather than suppressing them.
by George Wuerthner, May 09, 2011 -
Opinion
Group sues to stamp out tolerance and diversity
A successful one-month voluntary climbing ban, designed to respect Native American religious practices at Wyoming's Devils Tower, provokes a lawsuit from the Mountain States Legal Foundation.
by Charles Levendosky, Apr 07, 2011 -
Opinion
Some hook and bullet magazines hit the mark
A review looks at what's good and bad about the top five American hook-and-bullet magazines.
by David Petersen, Mar 28, 2011 -
Opinion
Oregon's ranchers vote for survival
A contrast between two attempts at consensus shows Oregon ranchers willing to work at compromise while their New Mexican counterparts "just say no" to any change.
by Tony Davis, Mar 03, 2011 -
Opinion
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 -
Opinion
Small town, quirky lives
Former intern Auden Schendler recalls life at "Intern Acres" in Paonia.
by Auden Schendler, Jan 10, 2011 -
Opinion
How I learned to love logging
The writer takes an ironic look at the Thunderbolt timber sale in Idaho, and at Boise Cascade's conviction that only logging can save the endangered chinook salmon.
by Erik Ryberg, Oct 06, 2010 -
Opinion
My kingdom is a horse
The writer considers how hard it is to love the earth or anything else in the abstract, as opposed to the particular and familiar, and reminisces about getting to know a horse when he was a child.
by C. L. Rawlins, Sep 21, 2010 -
Opinion
Victory in Idaho: Canyon lovers defeat the military
A coalition of canyon lovers defeats the U.S. Air Force in Idaho's Owyhee Canyon.
by Stephen Stuebner, Aug 13, 2010 -
Opinion
A Lively Exchange with the Interior Department
Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management at the Department of the Interior and HCN's Editors enjoy a lively exchange
by Greg Hanscom, Rebecca W. Watson, Feb 21, 2005 -
Opinion
Lessons of an intolerant past
Before the U.S. tries to crack down on suspicious-looking Muslims and Middle Easterners, it would do well to remember the World War II era injustice of Japanese-American internment camps like Minidoka, Idaho.
by Ben Long, Oct 08, 2001 -
Opinion
Owyhee: On the eve of destruction
Bombing range threatens wild land in Idaho, Nevada and Oregon.
by Brad Purdy, Feb 20, 2001






