High Country News - Writers on the Range
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Five windshield visions
A Western road trip is full of the unexpected
by Peter Shelton, Jun 19, 2013 -
Clinging to coal on the reservation is looking backward
Buying a 50-year old coal mine is a bad idea for the Navajo.
by Sarah Jane White, Jun 18, 2013 -
Hard choices for an uncertain future
After seeing a talk by climate activist Tim DeChristopher, the author wonders: which energy source is the lesser of many evils?
by Allen Best, Jun 13, 2013 -
Wild, free and out of control
Calling out an NBC-TV program for romanticizing wild horses on our public lands
by Ted Williams, Jun 12, 2013 -
It’s too soon to end Arizona’s solar incentives
Net metering is under attack in one of the nation's sunniest states
by Jonathan Thompson, Jun 11, 2013 -
Made in the American West, consumed in China
Chinese consumers craving status symbols increasing look to North American poachers
by Jodi Peterson, Jun 07, 2013 -
Two blocks from the Mexican border
The author watches migrants run across the border from her home in Naco, Ariz.
by Christina Nealson, Jun 04, 2013 -
Elwha, a story of today's West
Cheering the return of salmon to the Elwha River after the dam came down
by Pat Ford, May 30, 2013 -
Bighorn needn’t lose out to oil and gas trucks
North Dakota's Fish and Game Department needs to stand up and protect wildlife
by Brian Horejsi, May 29, 2013 -
No thanks, Estonia
Estonia can keep its Stone Age, oil-shale technology, along with its air pollution.
by Randy Udall, May 28, 2013 -
All it takes is somebody with conviction
Praising a Montana politician for backing a bill that would help prepare communities for some of the worst social impacts of oil and gas drilling.
by Brian Kahn, May 23, 2013 -
Once there was an effective governor and a middle ground
Remembering former Oregon Gov. Tom McCall, a centrist who got good things done.
by Paul VanDevelder, May 22, 2013 -
Hispanics flex some environmental muscle
How New Mexico's Hispanics helped create a new national monument-- Río Grande del Norte.
by Ernie Atencio, May 21, 2013 -
A lesson from a pig called Eddie
The author learns to eat meat responsibly
by Lori Bell, May 16, 2013 -
It's time to see exactly how the sausage gets made
"Ag-gag" farm protection laws are the wrong way to go for the meat industry
by Ari LeVaux, May 14, 2013 -
Winter: an encore edition
The author celebrates the (temporary) return of winter in Montana
by Charles Finn, May 09, 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 -
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 -
The public-land legacy of Max Baucus
The soon-to-be-retired Montana senator is a staunch protector of public lands
by Gabriel Furshong, May 02, 2013 -
Don't mess with the Forest Service
How a determined and feisty Forest Service held off re-branding by its boss, the USDA
by Char Miller, Apr 30, 2013






