http://www.hcn.org daily 1 2008-06-25T21:37:51Z http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.2/following-the-oregon-trail-digitally-and-on-foot Following a childhood fascination with the computer game Oregon Trail, a young archaeologist meets the real thing during a rugged, exhausting Wyoming summer. No publisher Laura Herrington Watson Sublette Cutoff pioneers Oregon Trail computer game Oregon Trail in Wyoming archaeology 2012-02-01T17:35:19Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.1/residents-of-montanas-high-plains-are-angry-but-not-at-the-real-threats Though climate change and the economy are the issues threatening their livelihoods, many of the High Plains people are angry at almost everything else. No publisher Joe Wilkins Tea Party farmers High Plains climate change 1980s farm crisis right wing politics global warming rural life Joe Wilkins water supply political anger drought eastern Montana agriculture invasive plants Republicans 2012-02-03T14:16:35Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.22/no-matter-how-long-you-live-in-your-small-town-youll-never-be-a-native In the West's rural lands, you might think you're invisible, but the old-timers -- and their dogs -- know you are there. No publisher Craig Childs 2012-01-13T15:52:57Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.21/what-is-that-dead-deer-thinking-about-and-why-is-he-hanging-there A close encounter with a deer head on the wall of an inn leads to musings on death, immortality, ancient Egypt, Lenin and Trigger the Wonder Horse. No publisher Andy Seiple Roy Rogers elk death Dale Evans mountain goat Lenin’s Tomb Trigger ancient Egypt Taxidermy deer hunters antler racks mummification pharaohs mortality 2011-12-23T16:04:09Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.20/fighting-the-wind-on-a-montana-camping-trip If you want to be driven crazy by the wind, try canoeing and camping on Montana's Marias River. No publisher Jeremy N. Smith Montana history canoeing Marias River weather camping trips Crissie and Jeremy N. Smith wind Western pioneers 2011-11-29T21:16:49Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.19/hunting-deer-on-a-mountain-bike Two friends go on a fossil-fuel-free deer hunt using mountain bikes. No publisher Nadia White Missoula life Klondike, deer hunting Nadia White locavores family history 19th newspaper reporters mountain biking friendship meat eating Western women pioneers 2011-11-24T19:51:39Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.18/wrestling-with-a-destiny-of-dryness A Utah writer struggles with his family’s predilection to always end up living in very arid places. No publisher John Bennion Benmore, Utah irrigation desert Mormon history Costa Rica John Bennion family history Utah farmers alfalfa growing precipitation Welsh immigrants 2011-11-11T15:04:42Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.17/killing-for-conservation-in-national-parks Getting weeds out of the national parks is an endless war that can never be won, but many Park Service employees are willing - and happy - warriors. No publisher Amy Whitcomb park rangers weeds marijuana National Park Service Amy Whitcomb Sequoia National Park invasive species Kings Canyon National Park 2011-10-19T20:31:51Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/articles/what-we-take-and-leave-when-wildfire-comes A writer catalogues the practical and the sentimental objects grabbed when people flee their homes No publisher David Frey 2011-10-07T16:41:58Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.16/the-mirage-of-pristine-wilderness The old-growth forests in the Pacific Northwest may not be that old after all - but that doesn't mean they're not big and beautiful. No publisher Emma Marris wilderness paleoecology Douglas fir Schmitz Park rainforest Old growth Pacific Northwest forests 2011-10-07T15:02:18Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.15/how-i-survive-scorching-phoenix-summers The midsummer heat of Phoenix is unbearable to an adult human being - unless you take a lesson from the desert wildlife, and adapt. No publisher Aaron Gilbreath Aaron Gilbreath Phoenix Sonoran Desert wildlife hot weather childhood memories 2011-09-16T14:24:07Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.14/river-rafting-no-car-required How to enjoy a summer raft trip, fossil-fuel-free. No publisher Jeremy N. Smith river running Jeremy N. Smith river shuttles rivers Tubing rafting 2011-08-26T14:57:35Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.13/solo-adventures-on-colorados-big-peaks A woman finds solace and delight in climbing Colorado's highest and most challenging mountains. No publisher Jane Koerner camping mountain-climbing nature writing divorce Rocky Mountains Colorado Fourteeners Jane Koerner women hikers 2011-08-19T17:04:42Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.12/wedding-in-the-shadowed-valley What do you do when you're hit by doubts on the very morning of your wedding? No publisher Julie Rehmeyer bipolar disorder rural life divorce weddings New Mexico landscape marriage Julie Rehmeyer 2011-08-05T14:05:14Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.11/river-town Flagstaff, Ariz., may not really have its own river, but to many of its residents it is a true river town. No publisher Christa Sadler Flagstaff River running Christa Sadler Grand Canyon autobiography Colorado River river guides essays friendship 2011-06-22T20:45:37Z News Article