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These days, Ana Maria Spagna travels only in her
imagination, as she and her partner, Laurie, stay home and care for
their elderly, dying and much-loved cat, Daisy.
by Ana Maria Spagna,
Jul 16, 2008
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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
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EPA stymies California’s attempt to cut tailpipe
emissions; the West is growing but not sure where its next meal or
drink of water will come from; increasing amounts of ammonium
– and guns – in the parks; avalanche fatalities are
up.
by Sarah Gilman and Jodi Peterson,
Jan 21, 2008
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Bill Sniffin says the state called the “Saudi Arabia
of coal” may find its product less desirable in the face of
global warming.
by Bill Sniffin,
Jan 21, 2008
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Matt Jenkins wants to help save the world – and its
ski slopes – one compact fluorescent light at a
time.
by Matt Jenkins,
Dec 31, 2007
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Two weeks in the very arid West means dry ski slopes,
destructive wildfires, unending drought and unhappy bears; timber
mills are victims of housing collapse; costs of carbon dioxide and
its removal.
by Jonathan Thompson,
Dec 10, 2007
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Pepper Trail warns us that we continue to tinker with
nature at our peril.
by Pepper Trail,
Jul 16, 2008
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Pete Letheby says the West is headed for a hotter and
drier future, and this time, as farmer Gerald Spangler warns him,
we’re running out of groundwater.
by Pete Letheby,
Nov 19, 2007
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The Forest Service jumps into the carbon offsets game even
as scientists begin to question whether planting trees can help in
the struggle against global warming.
by Rick Craig,
Oct 15, 2007
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Paul VanDevelder warns that climate change could devastate
the West’s forests, leaving nothing behind but parched
grasslands.
by Paul VanDevelder,
Sep 24, 2007
