High Country News

Award-winning content delivered weekly.

Most Emailed

Time to reform and repair

Paul Larmer reminds us that it will take more than a single environmental hero – like Tim DeChristopher, who cleverly sabotaged a BLM energy-lease auction – to reform the agency.
A tale of heartbreakin' and asskickin'

Walt Gasson deeply loved a mule, but that mule tragically broke his heart – not to mention several of his bones.

More Letters

Trashing the earth, and the truth

Hal Herring relates the ugly story of how the Bush administration used its influence to try to kill a story about the impacts of energy development.
As Interior Turns

During the last eight years, Bush’s Interior Department has been embroiled in enough corruption, sex and scandal to fuel several soap operas.
The sick and tired West

The EPA under George Bush has put the health of Westerners at risk in order to make life easier for big industry.
Nonprofitable times

Many conservation groups are feeling the pinch.

Environmental Jobs & Classifieds: Fishtrap will hold it's 18th Annual Winter Fishtrap Gathering on February 20-22 at Wallowa Lake, Oregon.; The American Birding Association, in Colorado Springs, Colo., is seeking a new Chief Executive Officer.; Focus the Nation, a Portland-based nonprofit, seeks an Executive Director to lead its national efforts ...; 2-Bedroom, 2-Bath home in Green-Built Community in Lyons, CO. Foothills views, solar water, bamboo flo...

Two weeks in the West

by Sarah Gilman Jun 09, 2008 12:00 PM

On public lands throughout the West, hikers, bikers, horseback riders and off-roaders compete for trail space, while beleaguered land-managers struggle to come up with workable forest management plans.
Fed up with paying to play

by Tony Davis Nov 27, 2006 01:00 PM

Chris Wallace’s refusal to pay daily user fees on Arizona’s Mount Lemmon led to a courtroom decision that has thrown the entire future of the federal recreational fee program into doubt
Going Big

by Patrick Farrell Jul 16, 2008 03:23 PM

Mountain bikers are finally winning respect, along with increased access to trails, but a growing breed of gonzo riders with heavy, fast, high-tech bikes -- and a thirst for riding in wilderness – could threaten all that.
Learning from Moab's example

by Jodi Peterson and J.M. McCord May 30, 2005 12:00 PM

In the North Fruita Desert of western Colorado, the BLM has come up with a plan to enable motorized and non-motorized recreationists to share the outdoors