High Country News - Writers on the Range
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Montana puts limits on national Trout Unlimited
When national Trout Unlimited tried to get its Montana branch to stay out of state stream-access issues, the Montanans rebelled dramatically, much to Pat Munday’s delight.
by Pat Munday, Apr 16, 2007 -
The single women who homesteaded the West
The women who homesteaded the Old West defy the stereotypes we make of them.
by Marcia Hensley, Apr 02, 2007 -
Some lessons about coyotes stick in your mind
The government agencies that use M-44s to kill coyotes claim that the cyanide causes a quick and painless death, but a rancher’s experience indicates that the truth is tragically different.
by Linda M. Hasselstrom, Dec 04, 2002 -
Our public lands should reflect white, black and brown
Wayne Hare, a black park ranger, talks about the importance of diversity for the future of the West.
by Wayne Hare, Jul 17, 2007 -
Our coyote war in the West reminds me of the war in Iraq
The writer compares a new proposal to allow aerial gunning of coyotes in wilderness to the war in Iraq
by Gary Wockner, Jul 10, 2006 -
Living precariously with wolves and cattle
Bryce Andrews decides he must kill a wolf to maintain a tenuous balance in Montana
by Bryce Andrews, Aug 20, 2007 -
The need to remember Black Sunday
As western Colorado begins to dance to the tune of a brand-new energy boom, it’s good to remember that the last one ended in a total bust
by Jim Spehar, May 14, 2007 -
The challenge of climate-change denial
Skeptics, even irrational ones, probably once had a useful evolutionary role to play in human communities, but in the face of rapid climate change, they are becoming a fatal obstacle
by Auden Schendler, May 14, 2007 -
Why the West should copy Swiss transit
The contrast between a Mount Hood traffic jam and a week in a car-free Swiss resort convinces Bill Cook that the West needs to get serious about mass transit.
by Bill Cook, Apr 30, 2007 -
Run before dawn and other advice from a Native American elder
Logan Hebner talks with a Paiute elder in Utah who advises, among other things: "Run before dawn."
by Logan Hebner, Sep 22, 2003 -
Don’t send a check, send yourself
In an effort to “think globally and act locally,” the author volunteers his time for environmental causes, rather than just reaching for his checkbook.
by Rob Pudim, Mar 05, 2007 -
We’re in a land of Lincoln
For better and for worse, the West of today was created by Abraham Lincoln and the early Republican Party.
by Ed Quillen, Mar 03, 2008 -
Time to call the gas industry’s bluff
Randy Udall says Colorado needs to act now to collect severance taxes from the natural gas companies that are making a fortune from the state.
by Randy Udall, Feb 04, 2008 -
A bad idea hits the gas pumps
Dustin Heron Urban has declared war on the little black stickers at gas stations that announce the availability of ethanol.
by Dustin Heron Urban, Feb 04, 2008 -
Where do you draw the line?
Todd Wilkinson wonders what it would take to get Westerners to act against the destruction of our landscape.
by Todd Wilkinson, Jan 21, 2008 -
Era of the sage grouse is coming to an end
Tom Bell writes of his 70-year fascination with sage grouse, now on decline.
by Tom Bell, Mar 22, 2004 -
Sportsmen for Bush: Wise up!
Ted Williams says that if sportsmen bothered to read, they’d be shocked at what the Bush administration is doing to wildlife
by Ted Williams, Dec 01, 2003 -
The biggest environmental issue is staring us in the face
Tom Bell says we’d better connect the dots that reveal global warming.
by Tom Bell, Nov 17, 2003 -
The Supreme Court takes pot shots at each other over wetlands
A Nebraska law professor says the Supreme Court took potshots at each other while trying to gut wetlands protection
by Sandra Zellmer, Jun 26, 2006 -
Idaho's permissiveness leads to elk on the lam
The escape of 100 domestic elk from self-styled mountain man Rex Rammell’s Idaho game farm shows up the foolishness of the state’s permissive attitude toward the industry
by Hal Herring, Oct 30, 2006
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