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Challenges pile up for avalanche mitigation on mountain highways
Highway avalanche control gets harder as mountain communities grow and skiers flock to the backcountry.
by Emilene Ostlind, Jan 30, 2011 -
Small poultry farmers grapple with lack of slaughterhouses
There just aren't enough slaughterhouses for small poultry farms in Oregon and other Western states.
by Carla A. Wise, Jan 25, 2011 -
The latest: Wyoming Range
PXP will be allowed to develop 136 gas natural gas wells in the Wyoming Range.
by Emilene Ostlind, Jan 23, 2011 -
The latest: Northern spotted owl
According to scientific reviewers, Obama's new draft for managing the northern spotted owl is better than Bush's plan but still flawed.
by Jodi Peterson, Jan 23, 2011 -
Decades of drilling
A graphic shows how Western states stack up against Texas and the Eastern U.S. when it comes to oil and gas drilling.
by Cally Carswell, Jan 23, 2011 -
Sportsmen protest New Mexico antelope hunting system
New Mexico's system for doling out licenses to hunt pronghorn gets a poor grade from the state’s hunters.
by Laura Paskus, Dec 28, 2010 -
Coyotes move into Colorado's Front Range
Urban communities on Colorado's Front Range are trying to cope with an influx of coyotes.
by Lisa Jones, Dec 26, 2010 -
The BLM's conservation experiment
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar tells the BLM to get serious about managing the National Landscape Conservation System.
by Emilene Ostlind, Dec 21, 2010 -
State trust lands serve public
Some Western states still fund their schools partly through their state trust lands.
by Stephanie Paige Ogburn, Dec 19, 2010 -
Anatomy of a medusahead invasion
Medusahead, an invasive grass, is set to take over the West.
by Cally Carswell, Dec 19, 2010 -
Ocelots in Arizona?
The first confirmed ocelot sighting in Arizona in 50 years spurs an update of a federal recovery plan.
by Richard Mahler, Dec 16, 2010 -
The supposedly protected Wyoming Range faces new energy development
Roughnecks and hunters are fighting plans to drill for natural gas in the Hoback-Noble Basin of the Wyoming Range.
by Emilene Ostlind, Dec 07, 2010 -
Western Climate Initiative moves forward, smaller than imagined
Cap and trade is dead in Washington, D.C., but a few states are hoping to limit emissions through the Western Climate Initiative.
by Cally Carswell, Dec 05, 2010 -
A visit to a ghost town in San Francisco Bay
The federal government has decided to let the tides take what's left of the San Francisco Bay ghost town known as Drawbridge.
by Nick Neely, Dec 05, 2010 -
All hopped up
Organic hop growers are toasting new regulations that require organic beers to use organic hops.
by Stephanie Paige Ogburn, Dec 05, 2010 -
Forest Service tackles Idaho bighorn problem
Idaho's Payette National Forest is trying to keep wild bighorn sheep separated from domestic sheep, which can spread disease.
by Sarah Gilman, Nov 23, 2010 -
Not quite so SAD
Sudden aspen decline appears to be slowing in Colorado, but the trees' glory days may be past.
by Cally Carswell, Nov 21, 2010 -
Western elections wrap-up
High Country News examines the results of what everyone agrees was a "very weird election."
by Jonathan Thompson , Nov 21, 2010 -
Trouble in the PRB
Environmentalists are attacking "the heart of the beast": the coal mines in Wyoming's Powder River Basin.
by Cally Carswell, Nov 09, 2010 -
Dam removal for dummies
A how-to guide to free-flowing rivers, with illustrations from Oregon's recently removed Gold Ray Dam.
by Nick Neely, Nov 07, 2010
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