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  • On the ballot: Will Californians vote to build an off-ramp from the oil highway?

    California’s Proposition 87 would tax oil produced in the state to raise money for the development of alternative fuels

    by Matt Jenkins, Oct 16, 2006

  • Clinton-era roadless rule is back... for now

    A federal judge has reinstated President Clinton’s roadless rule protecting forests in the Lower 48 states, but the decision seems to have only confused the issue of forest management and is likely to end up back in court

    by Evan Tea, Oct 16, 2006

  • The myth trafficker

    Keoki Skinner deals lemonade and information from his yellow fruit-stand van in the border communities of Douglas, Ariz., and Agua Prieta, Mexico

    by Michael Marizco, Oct 02, 2006

  • Sleepers

    Several magazines and newspapers provide good independent commentary on water in the West, but there is always room for more

    by Matt Jenkins, Oct 02, 2006

  • The wet Net

    John Orr created his "Coyote Gulch" blog to follow Denver-area politics and Colorado water issues

    by Matt Jenkins, Oct 02, 2006

  • Waterblogged

    Rick Spilsbury, a Western Shoshone Indian, writes bitingly and sometimes hilariously about Nevada’s water issues on his "noshootfoot" blog

    by Matt Jenkins, Oct 02, 2006

  • Online: No more talking heads

    Jennifer Napier-Pearce uses her own money to produce a Salt Lake City-based podcast called Inside Utah

    by Laura Paskus, Oct 02, 2006

  • Online: Web watchdog

    Dave Frazier started the online Boise Guardian in order to keep an eye on local government and rile his fellow citizens

    by Laura Paskus, Oct 02, 2006

  • More Radio Waves

    Independent radio series and specials cover community sustainability

    by Staff, Oct 02, 2006

  • Radio: Spice for the ears

    Hearing Voices, a collective of independent radio producers, is working to add spice to public broadcasting

    by Adam Burke, Oct 02, 2006

  • Film: Lens of compassion

    Peter Richardson created an independent film called Clear Cut: The Story of Philomath, Oregon, to illuminate a culture clash that was tearing his hometown apart

    by Fitz Cahall, Oct 02, 2006

  • Zine Roundup: Gone fishing

    A 38-year-old female deckhand who calls herself Moe Bowstern created the zine called Xtra Tuf to explore the turbulent culture of the fishing industry

    by Rebecca Clarren, Oct 02, 2006

  • Zine Roundup: Sweet simplicity

    Since 1992, Dan Price has been publishing a hand-drawn, illustrated zine called Moonlight Chronicles from his tiny, hobbit-style home in a meadow in Joseph, Ore.

    by Rebecca Clarren, Oct 02, 2006

  • Undaunted muckraker

    Navajo Times reporter Marley Shebala is a fiercely determined journalist whose investigative reporting has helped bring down two tribal presidents

    by Dan Kraker, Oct 02, 2006

  • 'They both do not exist'

    Quote by Wyoming Attorney General Patrick Crank

    by Staff, Oct 02, 2006

  • Give us your poor, your uninsured...

    Many Westerners live in poverty, but even more lack health insurance

    by Staff, Oct 02, 2006

  • The longevity of place and race

    Life expectancy in the West

    by Staff, Oct 02, 2006

  • Free will flounders in the courts

    Judges throw out some libertarian ballot measures

    by Staff, Oct 02, 2006

  • Take that nuke waste and shove it

    Skull Valley Goshute Tribe’s nuclear-waste storage plan rejected

    by Staff, Oct 02, 2006

  • Half a Roan for gas, and half for everyone else

    Nobody’s happy with BLM’s Roan Plateau plan

    by Staff, Oct 02, 2006
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