Ray Ring
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The West's fisheries spin out of control
The story of whirling disease in Western trout is a story of human "improvement on nature" gone wrong.
by Ray Ring, Sep 18, 1995 -
Heard around the West
Rodeo safety vests, buffalo in bar, intergalactic tourism, ladies' left-arm wrestling, Helen Chenoweth's staff problems, computer organizing for wilderness, killer bees.
by Ray Ring, Aug 07, 1995 -
Where the saguaros stop
"Biotic Communities, Southwestern United States and Northwestern Mexico" is reviewed.
by Ray Ring, Aug 07, 1995 -
Denver vs. the West
Rising fares at Denver International Airport are changing the patterns of air travel around the West, as some airlines pull out and passengers seek other airports.
by Ray Ring, Aug 07, 1995 -
Heard around the West
National Park Service's "Park "N' Drive Competition," RVs outnumber tents 3 to 1, Yellowstone's roadkill, drug-users in the park.
by Ray Ring, Jul 24, 1995 -
Utah wilderness goes coast-to-coast
Utah's environmental groups sound a nationwide alarm to stop a Utah wilderness bill they describe as "disastrous."
by Ray Ring, Jul 24, 1995 -
Heard Around the West
Want ads for sheepherders, straw bale houses on the Navajo Reservation, women in the Forest Service, betting on the planet's future, New Era philanthropy, seminars on "how to stay calm."
by Ray Ring, Jun 26, 1995 -
Heard Around the West
Utah exempts peace pipes; Arizona tribe wants to protect air; new Navajo Pres. Hale asks for pardon for Peter MacDonald; eating buffalo in Ronan, Mont.; wise-use newsletter, "The Courier'; Democrats in Oregon's Wallowa County.
by Ray Ring, May 29, 1995 -
Seeking power, a few ski workers go union
In a few resorts, beleagured ski workers are turning to unions for help.
by Ray Ring, Apr 17, 1995 -
He came to ski and stayed to help
J. Francis Stafford, the Archbishop of Denver, makes socioeconomic justice and worker's problems in ski country a priority.
by Ray Ring, Apr 17, 1995 -
It always comes down to finding a place to live
Creating low-cost housing in ski country involves overcoming a variety of hurdles.
by Ray Ring, Apr 17, 1995 -
Pedro Lopez, entrepreneur
Pedro Lopez and other workers who live in trailers near the Beaver Creek resort will have to move because the industry is buying the trailer park's land.
by Ray Ring, Apr 17, 1995 -
Ski bums wrapped in concrete
Ski workers Jeremy Bernier and Jim Noland sleep in a van in the maintenance room of a parking garage because they can't afford housing in Vail.
by Ray Ring, Apr 17, 1995 -
The Leadville-Indy 500
Single mother Alma Perez has to start her day at 5:30 am to commute from Leadville to her ski industry job in Vail.
by Ray Ring, Apr 17, 1995 -
Working 24 hours straight
Former ski bum Greg Smith now juggles three jobs to make ends meet.
by Ray Ring, Apr 17, 1995 -
The New West's servant economy
Ski resorts begin to resemble the Third World as Africans and others come to take low-paying service jobs, but have trouble finding housing.
by Ray Ring, Apr 17, 1995 -
Race alarms public; methane project doesn't
Public ignores proposed coal-bed methane project while commenting loudly on cross-country race in Utah.
by Ray Ring, Feb 06, 1995 -
Airports show difference between Denver and Utah
Cost of flying at DIA will be higher than at the West's other airports.
by Ray Ring, Jan 23, 1995 -
Plucky "Batman and Robin' make an airport their case
Retired engineers Paul Earle and Jim Buck are two of DIA's most persistent critics.
by Ray Ring, Jan 23, 1995 -
Ambition becomes a megamess
The history of Denver International Airport, like that of other Western megaprojects, is the history of a megamess.
by Ray Ring, Jan 23, 1995
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