High Country News - Writers on the Range
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An Earth Day poster contest has been co-opted by oil and gas producers
by Colby Poulson, Mar 28, 2013 -
Maybe we should pay something for that open space
Conservation finance helps private landowners get paid for the open space they provide for free
by Emilene Ostlind, Mar 27, 2013 -
What do you do when you meet a predator?
On encountering lions and grizzlies--and their families--in the wild
by Christina Nealson, Mar 26, 2013 -
When a dog is part wolf
Northeastern Oregon is a hard place to have a dog like the author's.
by Mary Emerick, Mar 21, 2013 -
Of cars, booze, guns and angry mothers
It's time to get MADD about gun violence.
by Richard Wandschneider, Mar 20, 2013 -
Smug alert
None of us are without sin when it comes to using energy.
by Allen Best, Mar 19, 2013 -
Local food, even in winter
A vegetable farmer tells how collaboration in Bozeman, Mont., helps growers and consumers eat high on the hog.
by Dean Williamson, Mar 14, 2013 -
For climate's sake, finish your veggies
by Tim Lydon, Mar 13, 2013 -
No more gold giveaways on our public lands
It's time to get a fair price for the public's hardrock minerals
by Raúl M. Grijalva and Tom Udall , Mar 12, 2013 -
Mammoth Hot Springs and the question of density
Yellowstone National Park's hot springs have become an industrial recreation site.
by Brian Horejsi, Mar 07, 2013 -
Enough already!
A BLM ranger who used to love illegal bike trails now says there's too many.
by Wayne Hare, Mar 05, 2013 -
Two legs good, eight legs fascinating
The author learned to love the spiders she used to kill.
by Marian Lyman Kirst, Feb 28, 2013 -
The education of Dr. Jane Lubchenco
The author reviews the career of outgoing NOAA director Jane Lubchenco and sees a glimmer of hope for salmon, thanks to a new stakeholder process.
by Paul VanDevelder, Feb 26, 2013 -
Water is life for the Navajo Nation
The Navajos need clean renewable-energy projects, not polluting coal-fired power plants.
by Nicole Horseherder, Feb 22, 2013 -
The more we drill, the more vulnerable we become
Exporting energy increases the pressure to drill here at home.
by Jon Kovash, Feb 20, 2013 -
Thoughts on Presidents’ Day
The author reflects on the courage of Abe Lincoln and James Garfield.
by Jaime O'Neill, Feb 14, 2013 -
When frontier socialism thrived in Wyoming
Collective politics thrived more than a century ago in a frontier town.
by Paul Krza, Feb 12, 2013 -
Living in a caboose, supporting the railroad
A man who lives in a train urges us to advocate for a robust regional rail network.
by Forrest Whitman, Feb 08, 2013 -
Never underestimate the power of prejudice
Prejudice 100 years ago delayed the admission of New Mexico and Arizona to the union.
by Andrew Gulliford, Feb 07, 2013 -
Killing wolves is part of the bargain
We ought not to react so emotionally to the death of a Yellowstone wolf, killed by a Wyoming hunter.
by Michael J. Dax, Feb 05, 2013






