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The artist and his patron: A review of "The Inventor and the Tycoon"
Edward Ball unravels the strange partnership between railroad tycoon Leland Stanford and photographer Eadweard Muybridge
by Brittany Shoot, May 13, 2013 -
BLM teams with researchers to protect midget faded rattlesnake
Biologists and federal officials hope to direct booming oil, gas and wind development away from the rare reptile in southwest Wyoming and northwest Colorado
by Marian Lyman Kirst, May 13, 2013 -
How technology detected a huge mine landslide before it happened
Employees at a Kennecott copper mine outside Salt Lake City knew an April 10 landslide was coming
by Marshall Swearingen, May 13, 2013 -
A hard right in Idaho
An HCN editor reflects on the many changes around Coeur d'Alene.
by Ray Ring, May 13, 2013 -
The GOAT Blog
Grizzlies back from the brink?
Now there’s a plan in case they are delisted
by Sarah Jane Keller, May 10, 2013 -
The gray area: a conversation with artist Renee Couture
An Oregon artist reinterprets the region's timber wars.
by Sierra Crane-Murdoch, May 10, 2013 -
Heard around the West
The coming Hairpocalypse
And other oddities from Heard Around the West.
by Betsy Marston, May 09, 2013 -
Winter: an encore edition
The author celebrates the (temporary) return of winter in Montana
by Charles Finn, May 09, 2013 -
The GOAT Blog
Drones are not just for killing
An excuse to watch some cool videos, filmed from unmanned aircraft.
by Jonathan Thompson, May 08, 2013 -
A new collaboration has Idaho ranchers and the BLM fighting fire together
Conflicts began after the BLM banned ranchers from fighting fire on public land. But a surprising solution has emerged.
by Emily Guerin, May 08, 2013 -
A fine day in the classroom
On helping rural third-graders examine the remains of a mastodon
by Sharman Apt Russell, May 08, 2013 -
The GOAT Blog
Big Data colonizes the West
How Internet data centers are reshaping Western communities
by Marshall Swearingen, May 08, 2013 -
The GOAT Blog
Colorado likely to adopt tough new rural renewable energy requirements
Astronomical rate increases unlikely to follow
by Sarah Gilman, May 07, 2013 -
Frontier anxiety for the 21st century
The West has outgrown its early focus on extraction; its identity now is the legacy of public lands.
by Michael Dax, May 07, 2013 -
Seeking balance in Oregon's timber country
Can logging towns and old-growth forests both thrive in the Northwest?
by Nathan Rice, May 06, 2013 -
The GOAT Blog
Navajos double-down on coal
Urban utilities want out of the coal business. The nation’s biggest tribe wants in.
by Emily Guerin, May 06, 2013 -
The Range Blog
Rants from the hill: Trapping the bees
What to do when 50,000 honeybees hive up inside the walls of your house
by Michael Branch, May 06, 2013 -
Seeking Ben Kennedy: a quest to find a mysterious Montana philanthropist
The writer goes in search of a mysterious Montana philanthropist
by J. Malcolm Garcia, May 03, 2013 -
The GOAT Blog
Arizona's impending solar war
Battle lines are drawn as AZ's biggest utility threatens to axe net metering
by Jonathan Thompson, May 03, 2013 -
The GOAT Blog
(Still) getting the lead out
When will hunters stop poisoning condors with ammunition?
by Sarah Jane Keller, May 02, 2013






