High Country News

Results for keyword: off-road vehicles

ORV riding needs on-the-ground enforcement

Reckless, illegal off-road vehicle riding is a serious problem, but better law enforcement -- rather than road closures -- is the way to solve it.

by Shannon Raborn, Jun 23, 2011
A dark moment, a glimmer of light

Despite the recent tragedy in Tucson, a sense of community blooms in the West, often in unlikely soil.

by Ray Ring, Jan 24, 2011
Confessions of an off-road outlaw

A hunter who once tore through the woods on his ORV rethinks his ways after he realizes that he’s scaring off wildlife

by Garrett VeneKlasen, Nov 06, 2009
Green gearheads? Rev it up!

The Wilderness Society should sponsor off-road driving teams to reach out to that culture.

by Ray Ring, Jul 23, 2009
States rev up ORV rules

While federal public-land agencies dither, some Western states are cracking down on off-road vehicle problems.

by April Reese, Jun 03, 2009
The loneliness of the redneck environmentalist

Drew Pogge is caught between two cultures: the redneck good ol’ boy gearheads of his youth, and the holier-than-thou environmentalists of his present.

by Drew Pogge, Mar 31, 2008
The loneliness of the redneck environmentalist

Drew Pogge is caught between two cultures: the redneck good ol’ boy gearheads of his youth, and the holier-than-thou environmentalists of his present.

by Drew Pogge, Mar 31, 2008
Where the rubber leaves the road

Colorado's new off-road vehicle bill expands enforcement

by Evelyn Schlatter, Mar 31, 2008
What’s worse than an unethical hunter?

Pat Wray loves hunting and agrees that off-road vehicles have their place, but, he says, hunting and ORVs do not go together.

by Pat Wray, Oct 15, 2007
Have bee, will travel

This issue of High Country News features Hannah Nordhaus on the challenges facing a Western migratory beekeeper and his hives of pollinating bees.

by John Mecklin, Mar 19, 2007