High Country News - Writers on the Range
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When choosing a house, think past a lifetime
Alan Kesselheim says Westerners should not be shocked when a house built in a floodplain eventually falls victim to a flood.
by Alan Kesselheim, Jun 23, 2008 -
PRO: The Tejon agreement is a true conservation victory
Graham Chisholm believes that an agreement involving open space, a large housing development and condor habitat on California’s Tejon Ranch is a “true conservation victory.”
by Graham Chisholm, Jun 23, 2008 -
Don’t trash Joshua Tree National Park
Seth Shteir is appalled at the prospect of a gigantic landfill planned for the fragile desert landscape next to Joshua Tree National Park.
by Seth Shteir, Jun 16, 2008 -
A little regulation can be a very good thing
Jim Spehar says proposed new regulations won’t harm western Colorado’s oil and gas industry and may do a lot to help the rest of the region’s economy survive the current boom.
by Jim Spehar, Jun 16, 2008 -
CON: A housing development that’s a tragedy for condors
The Tejon Ranch agreement, which will allow a housing development to be build in the midst of rare condor critical habitat, is a disaster for the endangered birds, according to Noel Snyder and David Clendenen.
by Noel Snyder and David Clendenen, Jun 23, 2008 -
Colorado needs to break its cigarette habit
Allen Best confesses his addiction and wishes Colorado would ‘fess up, too
by Allen Best, Dec 08, 2003 -
A new rural West is being born in Idaho
Jerry Brady sees a new rural West emerging in Idaho
by Jerry Brady, Dec 08, 2003 -
Our lungs, ourselves: Smoking in Wyoming bars
The writer doesn't want a smoking ban affecting the homey bars that dot rural and remote Wyoming
by Julianne Couch, Aug 21, 2006 -
Montana Sen. Conrad Burns spotlights a bad burn policy
The writer says Montana Sen. Conrad Burns may have been guilty of insulting fire fighters, but at least he focused us on fire policy
by Gina Knudson, Aug 21, 2006 -
We need to talk about why some minorities lag behind
The writer says he's not being racist when he insists on talking about minority cultures and why they lag behind
by Richard D. Lamm, Aug 21, 2006 -
Relishing those idiosyncratic Western triumphs
The writer likes standing out in rural Montana in the most innocuous ways
by John Clayton, Aug 14, 2006 -
Is the great federal land debate over?
The writer, a public policy professor in Idaho, warns that the impulse to sell off or trade public lands is only temporarily blocked
by John Freemuth, Aug 14, 2006 -
My Wonderful Heart Attack
The writer counts the ways he has changed since suffering a major heart attack in Colorado
by Rob Pudim, Aug 14, 2006 -
A love letter to a sewage lagoon
Andrea Jones recalls falling in love with the desert by visiting Lake Powell as a child
by Andrea M. Jones, Dec 01, 2003 -
Does Wal-Mart really need our tax dollars?
Stacy Mitchell urges Western towns need to defend their downtowns; not subsdize Wal-Mart
by Stacy Mitchell, Dec 01, 2003 -
Getting ready to wreck the vote
Laura Paskus used to love election day even more than Thanksgiving; these days she's having doubts
by Laura Paskus, Nov 24, 2003 -
Thanksgiving as a holiday of the imagination
Tim Giago, editor of the Lakota Journal, dispels some myths about Thanksgiving and finds something to be thankful for
by Tim Giago, Nov 24, 2003 -
Scooter blues: When you're environmentally correct and get no respect
The writer drives an efficient scooter — taking a ride on the mild side
by David Feela, Nov 27, 2006 -
Cooking up a whopper on federal land in Oregon
The writer says logging companies and the Forest Service have targeted the last of the big old trees
by Pepper Trail, Jun 26, 2006 -
Waypoints of the heart
The writer loves geocache hunts — and wishes everything in life were that simple
by Julianne Couch, Jun 26, 2006
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