Essays
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What happens when two tree-huggers meet a tentful of hunters
A close encounter between a tribal biologist, a self-described "tree-hugger" and a tentful of hard-drinking hunters leads to surprising communication as each side overcomes its stereotypes.
by Colin Chisholm, Mar 03, 1997 -
When it's 25 below and dropping
Life at 25 below in towns like Livingston, Mont., is made bearable by things like poker, polar fleece and Portabello mushrooms.
by Scott Mcmillion, Feb 17, 1997 -
Denying the warts on the West's service economy
Reviewing Thomas Michael Power's "Lost Landscapes and Failed Economies," HCN's publisher disputes the author's conclusion that the West's new service economy will create the best of all possible worlds.
by Ed Marston, Dec 23, 1996 -
The shotgun wedding of tourism and public lands
The first Western Summit on Tourism and Public Lands shows the Clinton administration seeking a political and economic alliance with the West's growing tourist industry.
by Jon Christensen, Dec 23, 1996 -
Trying to think the good thoughts about ATVs
An elk hunter dislikes ORVs despite their convenience because they make the country too small.
by Sam Western, Dec 09, 1996 -
If politics is a baseball game, I don't even own a bat
Post election musings by a Western Democrat consider why Republicans won so easily and what new strategies environmentalists need to learn.
by Ed Marston, Nov 25, 1996 -
The Last Ranch: The truth is stranger than the book
After a year studying holistic resource management and a ranching family in Colorado's San Luis Valley, and another three years writing a book, the author goes back - to find that everything has changed.
by Sam Bingham, Nov 11, 1996 -
Shake-up: Greens inside the Beltway
The environmental movement goes through changes, but love of place endures even in Washington, D.C.
by Susan Zakin, Nov 11, 1996 -
Stripmining history and culture for dollars
Native Americans and others are upset by a New York brewery's determination to market "Original Crazy Horse Malt Liquor."
by 'asta Bowen, Dec 09, 1996 -
A mystery the size of your fist
An explosion of blooming beargrass in the Northern Rockies leads to musing on the ways that wisdom differs from information.
by Asta Bowen, Oct 28, 1996 -
Should city slickers dictate to trappers?
A columnist says that ballot initiatives designed the way they are in Colorado allow urban areas to dictate to rural areas on sensitive issues like hunting.
by Ellen Miller, Oct 28, 1996 -
Montana Native: Who Cares?
A transplant to Montana is piqued by the fuss made over who is a newcomer and who is a native in the West.
by Duncan Adams, Oct 14, 1996 -
Custom and culture's worst enemy speaks
Economist Thomas Michael Power says wise-use supporters are worshiping at the rear-view mirror and need to accept the fact that the West is changing.
by Thomas Michael Power, Oct 14, 1996 -
A harsh and priceless gift to the world
The author says the Escalante belongs as much to the rest of the world as to Utah, and provides a kind of energy that has nothing to do with coal.
by Diane Sylvain, Sep 30, 1996 -
Forget widgets, we sell wilderness
Western wilderness is too popular for its own good - especially among wealthy foreigners who come to ski at Vail.
by Allen Best, Sep 30, 1996 -
How the New West will vote is anyone's guess
Variable voting patterns on the West make it difficult to predict who will win on election day.
by Stephen Stuebner, Sep 30, 1996 -
The road to affluence
An essay on the changing nature of affluence in today's economy.
by David Ehrenfeld, Dec 13, 1993 -
How the auto and airplane teamed up to destroy the Grand Canyon
Bruce Babbitt's plan to alleviate overcrowding at Grand Canyon involves eliminating cars, planes and Tusayan, Ariz.
by Gregory McNamee, Nov 29, 1993 -
Grand Central Canyon
The National Park Service weighs the benefits of four management plans limiting numbers within Grand Canyon National Park.
by Peter Friederici, Nov 29, 1993 -
Home Improvement
Homeowner tells his tale of woe when trying to upgrade his furnace efficiency.
by Joseph Bourque, Oct 18, 1993
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