High Country News - Writers on the Range
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A grisly death in Alaska
Richard White’s was the first death by a grizzly in Denali National Park’s 90-year history -- a tragedy for both humans and wildlife.
by Shannon Huffman Polson, Oct 24, 2012 -
Singing about a land where free rivers flow on
Woody Guthrie's long history of writing about dams and hydropower.
by Pat Ford, Oct 18, 2012 -
Arizona voters face an IQ test on public lands
Two propositions on Arizona’s ballot offer stark choices about managing public lands.
by Luther Propst, Oct 17, 2012 -
Living with autism
The author struggles to write about his son's condition
by Hal Walter, Oct 11, 2012 -
Budget cuts to natural resource programs hurt more than they help
We need to cut the fat, but the West can’t stand any more budget cuts for natural resource management.
by Paul W Hansen, Oct 10, 2012 -
Keystone XL is still a questionable pipeline
As the pipeline route is decided, ranchers worry about impacts to water quality in the case of spills
by Allen Best, Oct 07, 2012 -
As the housing market improves, have we learned to live more modestly?
The trouble with dream houses is that dreams tend to change over time.
by Rich Wandschneider, Oct 04, 2012 -
Don't lock us out of our land
The author is unhappy when he finds a favorite Forest Service camping area closed and locked.
by David Feela, Oct 04, 2012 -
Hanford's nuclear history is messy, but worth preserving
We should create a new national historic park dedicated to our bomb-making heritage.
by Alex Ernst Roth, Oct 01, 2012 -
Our survival depends on fighting climate change
Stopping global climate change requires an effort that’s the moral equivalent of war.
by Tom Bell, Sep 28, 2012 -
The "truth" about organic food
Organic food is better for us than food grown on farms using pesticides, hormones or antibiotics. Here's why.
by Ari LeVaux, Sep 27, 2012 -
Childhood's end
A writer watches his kids grow up into a world he can never protect them from.
by Auden Schendler, Sep 20, 2012 -
Harness the wind, create a job
The federal government should continue to support wind power with the Production Tax Credit, which provides stability in the industry.
by Kristina Curtis and Matt Patsky, Sep 19, 2012 -
Pondering change in the Great Basin
Paleontology and geology at Summer Lake, an ancient lake bed in Oregon, have shown the Great Basin's history of dramatic change
by Pepper Trail, Sep 17, 2012 -
Does taking our kids into the wild make us dangerous parents?
The author contends there are more dangers at home.
by Alan Kesselheim, Sep 13, 2012 -
Don't look for the frontier in Alaska
Tourism, sprawl and energy development have made Alaska less wild; now climate change is also altering the North
by Tim Lydon, Sep 13, 2012 -
Giving names to smoke and fire
Why do we name fires?
by Jaime O'Neill , Sep 06, 2012 -
Taking my chances in grizzly country
Meeting wilderness on its own terms, without bear spray
by Charles Finn, Sep 05, 2012 -
Don't ever forget Cecil Garland
Remembering the quiet activist who fought hard to preserve Montana's 240,000-acre Scapegoat wilderness
by Gabriel Furshong, Sep 04, 2012 -
A once-proud conservation group has lost its way
The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation is waging war against wolves -- and alienating its supporters.
by Dave Stalling, Aug 30, 2012
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