News
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My, what a small family tree you have
In the Northern Rockies, gray wolves may be in danger of inbreeding.
by Erin Halcomb, Oct 01, 2007 -
A downside to downing dams?
Removing dams is more a complex experiment than a panacea, as Arizona’s Fossil Creek shows.
by Michelle Nijhuis, Oct 01, 2007 -
Underground movement
In northern Colorado, ranchette owners are scrambling to fight a proposal for uranium mining.
by Jodi Peterson, Oct 01, 2007 -
Testing the waters
New technologies may soon be able to tap the power in Western waves and tides to generate electricity, but critics are already worried about the impacts
by Kate Galbraith, Aug 20, 2007 -
Scientists and the city
Scientists working in the relatively new field of urban ecology study cities like Phoenix, seeking to gain knowledge that will help all cities as the West gets warmer
by Petra Spiess, Aug 20, 2007 -
The Sultans of Spuds
Western farmers band together to form the “OPEC of Potatoes” – a farmers’ cooperative called the United Potato Growers of America
by Matt Jenkins, Aug 20, 2007 -
Pony up
When it comes to fund raising, Mitt Romney is the West’s favorite presidential candidate, as is demonstrated by a series of charts
by Jonathan Thompson, Aug 06, 2007 -
Of politics and the river
The last free-flowing river in the desert Southwest, Arizona’s San Pedro, is threatened by an expanding Fort Huachuca and a controversial congressman
by John Dougherty, Aug 06, 2007 -
The red, white and blue of ‘red or green?’
New Mexico’s traditional chile industry faces hot competition from global producers
by Laura Paskus, Jun 25, 2007 -
Watershed moment
The residents of McCloud, Calif., a struggling former timber town, are fighting over whether corporate giant Nestle should be allowed to build a bottling plant that makes use of the local spring water
by Christina Ammon, Jun 25, 2007 -
Tribal victory
In Washington state, the Yakama Tribe purchases its traditional fishing grounds at Lyle Point on the Columbia River
by Terri C. Hansen, Jun 11, 2007 -
UnGuarded
The National Guard is suffering at home as equipment – and troops – go off to Iraq
by Laura Onstot, Jun 11, 2007 -
Native hum
As honeybees vanish, Western farmers turn to the region’s native pollinators
by Lisa Jones, Jun 11, 2007 -
Voluntary excess
As its budget shrinks, the National Park Service relies more and more on volunteers – and critics say that is not necessarily healthy
by Amanda Leigh Haag, May 28, 2007 -
Weathering the academic storm
Dan Donato, whose controversial study on salvage logging sparked an academic firestorm, talks about his research and all it provoked
by Erin Halcomb, May 28, 2007 -
The deer departed
A plan to reduce the number of exotic deer at California’s Point Reyes National Seashore through birth control may end up doing little but alienating hunters
by M. Martin Smith, May 28, 2007 -
Cow power
In Idaho’s Magic Valley, cow capital of the fourth-largest milk-producing state in the U.S., entrepreneurs are hoping to cash in on all that manure by using anaerobic digesters to convert it into energy
by Michelle Blank, May 14, 2007 -
Mirroring the maquila boom
Santa Teresa, N.M., hopes to build its sluggish economy by attracting industrial suppliers for the factories just across the border in Mexico
by Laura Paskus, May 14, 2007 -
Island's pig problem pits animal-rights activists againstconservationists
A plan to eradicate thousands of feral pigs from Southern California’s Santa Cruz Island has animal rights activists up in arms
by Tony Barboza, Aug 22, 2005 -
Ferret recovery pioneer moves on
District Ranger Bill Perry, who led the effort to help restore endangered black-footed ferrets, is leaving South Dakota’s Buffalo Gap National Grassland for a job in Washington, D.C.
by Tom Domek, Aug 22, 2005
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