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Travel, HCN-style
Editor’s note for HCN’s second annual special issue on travel in the West describes some quirky personal trips.
by Ray Ring, Mar 18, 2013 -
HCN takes a break
The next issue of HCN will be out April 15; reprint of corrected mountain lion deaths chart
by Jodi Peterson, Mar 18, 2013 -
Westerners love erotic landscapes
The Western landscape is full of arousing features.
by Stephen Lyons, Mar 18, 2013 -
Kids in the backcountry: The earlier, the better
A father understands what’s gained by taking his kids deep into the backcountry again and again as they’re growing up.
by Alan Kesselheim, Mar 18, 2013 -
Local food, even in winter
A vegetable farmer tells how collaboration in Bozeman, Mont., helps growers and consumers eat high on the hog.
by Dean Williamson, Mar 14, 2013 -
For climate's sake, finish your veggies
Wasting food, wasting energy
by Tim Lydon, Mar 13, 2013 -
No more gold giveaways on our public lands
It's time to get a fair price for the public's hardrock minerals
by Raúl M. Grijalva and Tom Udall , Mar 12, 2013 -
Mammoth Hot Springs and the question of density
Yellowstone National Park's hot springs have become an industrial recreation site.
by Brian Horejsi, Mar 07, 2013 -
Enough already!
A BLM ranger who used to love illegal bike trails now says there's too many.
by Wayne Hare, Mar 05, 2013 -
Climate change turns an already troubled ski industry on its head
California's Mammoth Mountain provides a case study on the uncertainty of the ski business, and how global warming threatens to make it even more unpredictable.
by Greg Hanscom, Mar 04, 2013 -
(Manmade) snow is for fighting over
In an increasingly arid West, snow-making becomes a more important component of a ski area’s operating plan. But they need water to make snow, and getting it isn’t always easy.
by J.R. Logan, Mar 04, 2013 -
'We Don’t Give a Damn How They Do It Outside'
An Alaska native struggles to "blend in" in the Lower 48.
by Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock , Mar 04, 2013 -
Lake Mead's retreat leaves Nevada ghost town high and dry
The residents of St. Thomas were forced to leave their homes behind when Lake Mead submerged their town. But after decades under water, drought has brought it back to the surface.
by Kate Shaw, Mar 04, 2013 -
Global warming's reluctant poster child
The ski industry, for whom bad press means all the difference between a banner year and a bust, tries to manage public perception of climate change's impact on snowfall and resort conditions.
by Greg Hanscom, Mar 04, 2013 -
Can Sally Jewell interest a new generation in public lands?
The chief of Recreation Equipment Inc. has worked hard to support conservation and get people of all ages and colors outside. Can she do the same at the Department of Interior?
by Greg Hanscom, Mar 04, 2013 -
An unlikely penitent: A review of On Top of Spoon Mountain
John Nichols’ latest novel tells the story of an aging writer who wants to climb one last peak to redeem his mistakes and restore his relationship with his children.
by Traci J. Macnamara, Mar 04, 2013 -
Ski industry supports cloud seeding but downplays climate change
Getting skiers on the slopes is less about actual snow and more about getting skiers to believe there is snow.
by Jonathan Thompson, Mar 04, 2013 -
Girl in the woods: A review of The Snow Child
The debut novel from Eowyn Ivey, now in paperback, describes a homesteading couple in Alaska who adopt a mysterious girl living in the woods.
by Jenny Shank, Mar 04, 2013 -
Students take over HCN Facebook page
Marketing students try their hand at managing HCN’s Facebook page; new books from Julianne Couch and Mike Medberry; corrections and clarification.
by Jodi Peterson, Mar 04, 2013 -
Technology eases access to ancient ruins, for better or worse
A writer uses the Internet and GPS to find secret Ancestral Puebloan dwellings and other wonders on Utah’s Cedar Mesa, home of the country’s highest concentration of archaeological sites.
by Neil LaRubbio, Mar 04, 2013
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