Ray Ring
-
The HCN mix
High Country News will continue to cover important Western issues, and yet make room for lighter pieces about the region's culture and communities.
by Ray Ring, Jul 18, 2010 -
The fight for the Flathead
During the Western Governors' Association meeting in Whitefish, Mont., journalists and dignitaries flew over the threatened landscape around Glacier National Park.
by Ray Ring, Jul 13, 2010 -
Libby's lethal numbers
The toll of the asbestos disaster in Libby, Mont., keeps growing.
by Ray Ring, Jun 20, 2010 -
Eccentricity and wildness
Western eccentrics are found underwater as well as in the high country.
by Ray Ring, Jun 20, 2010 -
The oil spill's upshot
The tragic BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico could help the environmental movement, if greens act wisely.
by Ray Ring , Jun 18, 2010 -
Yellowstone bison: Hazed and confused
A decade-old Yellowstone management plan isn't doing much for wandering bison, or for the ranchers it's meant to protect.
by Ray Ring, May 31, 2010 -
Going to extremes
Determined ideologues are hijacking Western politics, but some reformers are trying to change that.
by Ray Ring , May 23, 2010 -
Small wonders, big world
A couple of hitherto-unknown bees are discovered in Nevada -- just two of the many new species found every year.
by Ray Ring, May 09, 2010 -
Death of an era
High Country News remembers Stewart Udall, the legendary Interior secretary.
by Ray Ring, Apr 06, 2010 -
Reefer politics
The West leads the way on medical marijuana.
by Ray Ring, Mar 08, 2010 -
Turnover at the top
Many environmental groups are seeing a changing of the guard, epitomized by 38-year-old activist Mike Brune's new job as head of the Sierra Club.
by Ray Ring , Feb 21, 2010 -
Supreme beings
The Supreme Court's precedent-overturning ruling allowing more corporate money in politics raises the possibility that it plans to tackle the Commerce Clause next.
by Ray Ring , Feb 10, 2010 -
'The environment ... is where we live'
A group of determined activists in Mountain View, N.M., fights for environmental justice in a poor and polluted neighborhood.
by Arla Shephard and Ray Ring, Jan 31, 2010 -
The federal energy two-step
Oil and gas companies are furious with Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, but environmentalists wonder if he’ll go far enough in restraining the industry.
by Ray Ring, Dec 17, 2009 -
A "shock jock" in Montana has a great fall
Controversial right-wing "shock jock" John Stokes loses his Montana radio station in a battle over bankruptcy.
by Ray Ring , Dec 03, 2009 -
'The West's Biggest Bully' gets his
Controversial right-wing "shock jock" John Stokes loses his Montana radio station in a battle over bankruptcy.
by Ray Ring, Dec 01, 2009 -
The roadless rule's ground game
Excerpts from Tom Turner's chronicle of the roadless rule's creation give the inside scoop on how the rule was crafted.
by Ray Ring, Nov 08, 2009 -
The Wicked Witch of the West
Cheyenne lawyer Harriet Hageman has relentlessly fought the roadless rule for nearly a decade.
by Ray Ring, Nov 06, 2009 -
The roadless rule ground game
Excerpts from Tom Turner's chronicle of the roadless rule give the inside scoop on how the rule was crafted.
by Ray Ring, Nov 02, 2009 -
Roadless-less
Judge Clarence Brimmer is determined to bring down Clinton's roadless forest rule, which has been mired in lawsuits ever since its controversial birth.
by Ray Ring, Nov 02, 2009
High Country News in your inbox!