Ray Ring
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The gospel according to Ron Gillett
Ron Gillett brings his anti-wolf crusade to the small farming town of Ashton, Idaho.
by Ray Ring, May 12, 2008 -
My Crazy Brother
Ray Ring takes a personal, painful look at the West’s suicidal tendencies, as shown in the life and death of his brother, John.
by Ray Ring, Mar 31, 2008 -
Finding beauty in devastation
In his richly illustrated book Boy Wonder & the Big Burns, Montana photographer Chris Peterson finds beauty in the aftermath of fire – and in his relationship with his autistic son.
by Ray Ring, Mar 17, 2008 -
Bush brings more green into the green movement
The Bush administration has been good for environmental groups, at least when it comes to money and membership numbers.
by Ray Ring, Mar 17, 2008 -
Two weeks in the West
HCN looks at the various problems of Western wildlife, including Northern Rockies wolves, porcupines, fishers, pikas, and more; and Rocky Mountain National Park tests elk for chronic wasting disease and also gives out birth control.
by Ray Ring, Feb 18, 2008 -
A political speech the West needs to hear
High Country News imagines – and delivers – the kind of speech about our energy future that the West needs to hear from its next president.
by Ray Ring, Jan 21, 2008 -
Tireless and tenacious storytelling
Lori Edmo-Suppah works tirelessly to keep the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes informed through the newspaper she edits, the Sho-Ban News
by Ray Ring, Dec 24, 2007 -
Rebels with a Lost Cause
The fiercely conservative lawyers of the Sagebrush Rebellion continue to fight against environmental regulations, but despite all their sound and fury, very little has changed on the public lands.
by Ray Ring, Dec 10, 2007 -
Two weeks in the West
Recent elections in the West show support for land-use planning and “convergence politics”; hunting declines in the West, but Satan keeps busy in Idaho, causing divorces.
by Ray Ring, Nov 26, 2007 -
Tractor politicking
High Country News talks to Dennis McDonald, the Montana rancher who also leads the state’s Democratic Party.
by Ray Ring, Nov 12, 2007 -
‘Men standing in the shadows began to weep’
Writers John N. Maclean and Mark Matthews look closely at two famous – and deadly – Western wildfires in their new books, The Thirtymile Fire and A Great Day to Fight Fire.
by Ray Ring, Oct 29, 2007 -
Just put an asterisk on the whole region
How do we Westerners love our drugs? Let Ray Ring count the ways.
by Ray Ring, Aug 27, 2007 -
Guns R Us
Westerners have always been deeply in love with their firearms, and gun-shop owners like Ryan Horsley are determined to make sure that nothing comes between them
by Ray Ring, Aug 06, 2007 -
Video Interview: Ryan Horsley
Ryan Horsley talks about Red's Trading Post: its history, his troubles with the ATF, and why he doesn't sell machine guns
by Ray Ring, Aug 06, 2007 -
An alphabetical speed-load of state-by-state gun facts
The West’s gun laws are an unbelievable hodgepodge, but in general the region is very friendly toward firearms
by Ray Ring, Aug 06, 2007 -
Fatalities in the energy fields: 2000-2006
At least 89 people died in the energy fields of Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Utah and Wyoming during the last six years
by Ray Ring, Apr 02, 2007 -
Disposable workers of the oil and gas fields
Without a college degree, work on the oil and gas fields is the best job you can get in the rural West – unless, of course, it kills you
by Ray Ring, Apr 02, 2007 -
Election Roundup
Ray Ring offers a state-by-state summary of some of the more intriguing election results across the West
by Ray Ring, Nov 27, 2006 -
The West: A New Center of Power
The West gains traction as a center of power in 2006, and nine more indicators from the midterm elections.
by Ray Ring, Nov 27, 2006 -
Brave 'yellowbellies' served the West well
In Smoke Jumping on the Western Fire Line, Mark Matthews tells the story of the conscientious objectors who pioneered smokejumping to fight Western forest fires during World War II
by Ray Ring, Oct 16, 2006
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