High Country News - Most Recent
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The Range Blog
Towards a greater Canyonlands
It's time to boost federal protection in Utah
by Red Lodge, Mar 20, 2013 -
The GOAT Blog
The enviros' new money man
A San Francisco billionaire goes all in to fight Keystone XL
by Cally Carswell, Mar 20, 2013 -
Of cars, booze, guns and angry mothers
It's time to get MADD about gun violence.
by Richard Wandschneider, Mar 20, 2013 -
The GOAT Blog
An upside to the gun-buying frenzy
As gun sales have soared, so has wildlife restoration funding.
by Jonathan Thompson, Mar 19, 2013 -
Smug alert
None of us are without sin when it comes to using energy.
by Allen Best, Mar 19, 2013 -
The GOAT Blog
The West's best critter-cams
Like to watch? Remote cameras spy on owls, seals, bears and more.
by Jodi Peterson, Mar 19, 2013 -
The GOAT Blog
To kill or not to kill?
A bill in Congress would ban horse slaughter (again)
by Emily Guerin, Mar 18, 2013 -
Tribal casinos expand and go upscale
To attract more customers and revenue, many Western tribal casinos are adding resort hotels, golf, spas and fancy restaurants.
by Jason Begay, Mar 18, 2013 -
Field notes from a solo paddle in Alaska’s Inside Passage
A journalism professor kayaks alone for nearly 1,000 miles, dealing with difficult seas, icebergs, orcas and bears.
by Nadia White, Mar 18, 2013 -
Visitors to public lands seek different experiences than in the past
With demographic shifts, trendy activities like wildlife viewing and kayaking are increasing faster than traditional activities like hunting and backpacking.
by Sarah Jane Keller, Mar 18, 2013 -
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 -
The GOAT Blog
Uranium ban rethink?
What if a ban on extraction could be used as a bargaining chip to benefit the community?
by Jonathan Thompson, Mar 15, 2013 -
The GOAT Blog
Forests test-drive collaboration
Idaho's National Forests experiment with a new USFS planning rule
by Marshall Swearingen, Mar 14, 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 -
Heard around the West
Football players and other thugs
And more oddities from Heard Around the West.
by Betsy Marston, Mar 14, 2013 -
The GOAT Blog
Are tree-sitters felons?
An Oregon bill would up the punishment for timber protests
by Emily Guerin, Mar 13, 2013 -
For climate's sake, finish your veggies
Wasting food, wasting energy
by Tim Lydon, Mar 13, 2013
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