High Country News - Writers on the Range
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Your trash is my treasure
If you want to find an inexpensive, entertaining way to furnish your house, try raiding the garbage in a resort town like Crested Butte, Colo.
by Dawne Belloise, Feb 02, 2012 -
Pity the Sacketts? Not much
An Idaho couple are getting a lot of sympathy because the EPA has halted construction of their planned home on a wetland, but if the agency would be more open with the facts, it would come out looking better.
by Judith Lewis Mernit, Jan 26, 2012 -
Feeding the deer
A rural Californian doesn't apologize for feeding the deer that hang out near his mountain home.
by Jaime O'Neill, Jan 25, 2012 -
Let the EPA finish its work in Pavillion, Wyoming
The gas industry and its political partners are going to great lengths to try to derail and discredit an EPA report that blames Pavillion, Wyoming’s polluted water on hydraulic fracking.
by John Fenton, Jan 23, 2012 -
Beauty and the Beast
Photographers and artists -- and scientists, too -- discover that a terrible beauty can be found in ravaged industrial regions.
by Sarah Gilman, Jan 22, 2012 -
An Obama-Huntsman ticket would get my vote
It might be a radical pairing, but if Huntsman ran as Obama's vice president, he'd get this writer's vote.
by Ray Ring, Jan 19, 2012 -
Getting a ski pass the hard way
The author wins a season pass at Aspen by "boot-packing" a steep ski slope, which helps reduce the risk of avalanche
by Nelson Harvey, Jan 19, 2012 -
How to find a 13,000 year-old mammoth
After seeing a drawing of a wooly mammoth in a Utah cave, the author ponders on the possibility they existed along with the humans who inhabited the U.S. Southwest years ago.
by Andrew Gulliford, Jan 19, 2012 -
A big win for democracy in Big Sky country – for now
The Montana Supreme Court argues that corporations are not "persons" as it reaffirms the state’s almost-century-old Corrupt Practices Act.
by Jeff Milchen, Jan 12, 2012 -
Fixing what ain't broken in Foggy Bottom
The U.S. House of Representatives is wasting its time passing unnecessary and absurd laws, but at least that’s helping to keep it out of trouble.
by Ed Quillen, Jan 11, 2012 -
Resolutions for living smarter in 2012
We could all live healthier, more fulfilling and sustainable lives if we would try to do more with less.
by Linda Hasselstrom, Jan 09, 2012 -
Go take it off the mountain
The life-size statue of Jesus on Montana's Whitefish Mountain Resort may be loved by many, but it does not belong on public land.
by Tim Lydon, Jan 05, 2012 -
Las Vegas needs to let the market decide where the water goes
The only reason Las Vegas has managed to thrive in the scorching desert is that its water is subsidized and its use is disconnected from the real cost.
by Andrew B. Wilson, Jan 03, 2012 -
A novel solution to the drug problem
A police officer suggests that all drugs should be legalized and regulated, except for meth – and that meth dealers ought to be punished unmercifully.
by Rich Wandschneider, Jan 02, 2012 -
Survival tips for 2012
With the economy, the climate and everything else collapsing, now's a good time to hone up on survival skills -- and a sense of humor.
by Patrick Hannigan, Dec 29, 2011 -
Some things deserve to stay the same
A determined coalition of outfitters, ranchers, farmers, community organizers, business owners and outdoor enthusiasts has been working for years to preserve Montana’s Rocky Mountain Front as it is.
by Gabriel Furshong, Dec 28, 2011 -
A do-it-yourself Christmas tradition
How do you make Christmas meaningful? Help someone you've never even met.
by Andrea Gelfuso Goetz, Dec 21, 2011 -
Greens need to occupy the Occupy movement
Today's activists need to get more involved in protesting the environmental profiteering that is destroying our planet.
by Tim Lydon, Dec 15, 2011 -
Tips for a bright - and efficient - Christmas
LED light bulbs will light up your life -- and reduce the need for new, polluting coal power plants.
by Russ Doty and Holly Wilde, Dec 14, 2011 -
The Forest Service discriminates against poor kids
A new Forest Service policy that requires commercial guiding licenses for groups of hikers and campers effectively excludes small nonprofits that bring inner-city kids to the wilderness for a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
by Alan Durning, Dec 07, 2011
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