High Country News

Results for keyword: Boulder County

The Promised Land?

In Boulder County, Colo., a megachurch that wants to expand is using a little-known but powerful federal law to bypass local land-use rules.

by Isabelle Groc, Dec 24, 2007
Don’t send a check, send yourself

In an effort to “think globally and act locally,” the author volunteers his time for environmental causes, rather than just reaching for his checkbook.

by Rob Pudim, Mar 05, 2007
Boulder gets the gas-drilling blues

Energy companies are planning to drill on open space in Boulder County, Colo.

by Michelle Burkhart, Oct 03, 2005
A problem any city would love to have

Boulder, Colo., is trying to figure out how to keep its beloved parks and open space from being overused

by Jodi Peterson, Dec 06, 2004
Big cats on the block

In The Beast in the Garden, David Baron looks at our changing relationships with predators, focusing on the death of a young Colorado man who was killed by a mountain lion

by Jodi Peterson, Feb 16, 2004

JW Westman on "Sportsmen" stab Theodore Roosevelt in the back Wow, kind of ironic that SFW/BGF are trying to dra...
Donna Shane on Dust to dust I was born in Uravan in 1959. My dad worked in the...
Vito Quatraro on "Sportsmen" stab Theodore Roosevelt in the back I would suggest everyone review the NRA press rele...
Ben Lamb on "Sportsmen" stab Theodore Roosevelt in the back Sorry Ryan, Maybe you and Peay would be more belie...
Ben Long on "Sportsmen" stab Theodore Roosevelt in the back Mr. Benson. You deploy an old debate tactic: if yo...

From gust to gale | So-called "grass-roots" opposition to wind may be ...
Frack fricasee | Election-year politics (partially) hijack Interior...
A Mexican rancher struggles to shift from cattle to conservation | In Northwest Mexico, rancher Carlos Robles Elías ...
L.A. activists try to stop woodlands from becoming sediment dumps | When Camron Stone realized that an oak forest was ...
Make anglers allies for endangered species | The Endangered Species Act is more flexible than i...

Micah True, born to run | Remembering Micah True – known as “Caballo Bla...
A final hats off to rancher Doc Hatfield | With the help of his wife, Connie, and a bunch of ...
Balancing fish and farms on a Washington estuary | A restoration effort at Fisher Slough in Washingto...
Retirees join environmentalists in fighting Arizona copper mine | The conservative, golf-playing retirees of Queen V...
Bark beetle kill leads to more severe fires, right? Well, maybe | The connection between bark beetle outbreaks and W...

Results for keyword: Boulder County