Essays
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The knowledge of mules
After more than a decade of a solitary existence packing mules in the Northern Rockies, the writer is seriously injured and must reconsider his way of life.
by Jason Fisher, Mar 05, 2007 -
The bigger the mine, the better the deal
Land swaps, like the one planned to save land near Yellowstone National Park from mining, are a bad habit with a bad history in Montana's national forests.
by Ray Ring, Sep 30, 1996 -
This land holds a story the church won't tell
The Mormon Church would like to buy all of Martin's Cove, Wyo., where Mormon pioneers died 146 years ago, but the writer believes the historical site should stay in the hands of the public, so the full story can be told.
by Ray Ring, Sep 30, 2002 -
We aimed for Russia and hit the West
The Atomic Energy Commission deliberately lied about radiation dangers to miners and other Westerners.
by Stewart L. Udall, Aug 22, 1994 -
Utah and the Ute Tribe are at war
Distrust from past betrayals makes Utes stall Utah on Central Utah Project.
by Daniel Mccool, Jun 27, 1994 -
The luckiest horse in Reno
After a herd of wild horses is massacred in Nevada, Deanne Stillman ponders the bones in the desert.
by Deanne Stillman, Jun 09, 2008 -
Conservation groups come and go. Why?
Pat Munday decries the “professionalization” of environmental groups.
by Pat Munday, Jun 09, 2008 -
The amphibian heart
Aaron Gilbreath rescues red-spotted toads and wishes he could preserve the unraveling strands of his grandmother’s memory.
by Aaron Gilbreath, May 26, 2008 -
Too many elk and not enough tough love
Jeff Welsch decries the “ungulate welfare” on display in the overcrowded winter feeding grounds of Wyoming’s National Elk Refuge.
by Jeff Welsch, May 26, 2008 -
Coffeepots and climate
Shane Bondi seeks to understand the connection between a lump of coal, a power plant and that first cup of coffee in the morning.
by Shane Bondi, May 12, 2008 -
The mysticism of mud
Ernest Atencio ponders an exceptionally muddy Mud Season in New Mexico, and notes how readily most Westerners forget that we live in an arid landscape.
by Ernest Atencio, May 12, 2008 -
Feeding time
Will Rounds, who was once a very squeamish vegetarian, describes hacking apart the body of an elk to feed wolves at Mission:Wolf.
by Will Rounds, Apr 28, 2008 -
Cold dead fingers
Ed Quillen considers Charlton Heston, the Second Amendment, and the rights, wrongs and responsibilities of gun ownership out West.
by Ed Quillen, Apr 28, 2008 -
Tough sledding
Kate Krautkramer ponders the ramifications when her 7-year-old son abruptly tells his best friend that he doesn’t believe in God.
by Kate Krautkramer, Apr 14, 2008 -
A hard winter makes you think
Rhonda Claridge describes a hard winter in the high mountains and points out that one seldom-acknowledged effect of climate change could be harder winters in some parts of the world.
by Rhonda Claridge, Apr 14, 2008 -
The legacy of the 10th Mountain men
Peter Shelton spends a day skiing and reminiscing with the veterans of the Army’s 10th Mountain Division.
by Peter Shelton, Mar 31, 2008 -
The loneliness of the redneck environmentalist
Drew Pogge is caught between two cultures: the redneck good ol’ boy gearheads of his youth, and the holier-than-thou environmentalists of his present.
by Drew Pogge, Mar 31, 2008 -
A message to our grandchildren
Environmental pioneer Stewart Udall and his wife, Lee, ask their grandchildren to be “steadfast enemies of waste.”
by Stewart and Lee Udall, Mar 31, 2008 -
Wyoming’s day in the spin
Ed Quillen looks behind the recent brouhaha of Wyoming’s Democratic caucuses, and speculates on Hillary Clinton’s response to Barack Obama’s victory in the state.
by Ed Quillen, Mar 31, 2008 -
Staying put
These days, Ana Maria Spagna travels only in her imagination, as she and her partner, Laurie, stay home and care for their elderly, dying and much-loved cat, Daisy.
by Ana Maria Spagna, Mar 03, 2008
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