Results for keyword: Alaska
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When reverence isn't enough
Writer and philosopher Kathleen Dean Moore talks about water, family and the sacredness of landscapes.
by John Calderazzo , Sep 27, 2009 -
The Most Cooked-Up Catch
Saving fisheries -- and taking the edge off the dangerous derby of the sea.
by Matt Jenkins, Jul 27, 2009 -
Pushed to the wall, we can power down
Tim Lydon tells how Juneau, Alaska, cut its energy consumption by over 40 percent when its electricity supply was interrupted by avalanches.
by Tim Lydon, Oct 28, 2008 -
A wolf tale that’s all too true
Brian Connelly tells the harrowing story of a family of wolves killed by aerial gunners in Alaska.
by Brian Connelly, Nov 12, 2007 -
Heard around the West
Bears on the ski runs; free land in Alaska; DNA cousins; train versus buffalo in South Dakota; good news, bad news about the weather; digging out of the snow near Ouray.
by Betsy Marston, Apr 30, 2007 -
Getting out of the office, and into hot water
California geology professor Jeff Mount uses river trips as an educational tool
by Matt Jenkins, Oct 16, 2006 -
The Latest Bounce
Mining company allowed to dump waste into Alaskan lake; Colorado split-estate bill unravels; Arizona’s Oak Flat may become a copper mine
by Jodi Peterson, May 01, 2006 -
An honest take on a tough land
Ordinary Wolves, Seth Kantner’s extraordinary debut novel, is the coming-of-age story of a young man on the remote Alaskan tundra
by Patrick Farrell, Sep 19, 2005 -
The conservation hall of fame is too small
The brothers Stewart and Mo Udall are two of the West’s conservation heroes, and their sons, Rep. Tom Udall of New Mexico and Rep. Mark Udall of Colorado, have very large shoes to fill in their own work for the Western landscape
by Paul Larmer, Oct 11, 2004 -
Perspectives on change — climate change
Charles Wohlforth looks at climate change in Alaska from two cultures’ viewpoints, when he talks to scientists and to the Inupiaq people in The Whale and the Supercomputer: On The Northern Front of Climate Change
by Michelle Nijhuis, Jun 21, 2004






