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Back in the '70s, Montana led the way in progressive
environmental legislation, but now with its economy faltering,
those laws are being eviscerated, and environmentalists need to
find a new strategy.
by Ray Ring,
Dec 17, 2001
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Without a college degree, work on the oil and gas fields
is the best job you can get in the rural West – unless, of
course, it kills you
by Ray Ring,
Apr 02, 2007
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At least 89 people died in the energy fields of Colorado,
Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Utah and Wyoming during the last
six years
by Ray Ring,
Apr 02, 2007
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The fiercely conservative lawyers of the Sagebrush
Rebellion continue to fight against environmental regulations, but
despite all their sound and fury, very little has changed on the
public lands.
by Ray Ring,
Dec 10, 2007
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Ray Ring takes a personal, painful look at the
West’s suicidal tendencies, as shown in the life and death of
his brother, John.
by Ray Ring,
Mar 31, 2008
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The largest wetland restoration project on the West Coast
tackles the tidal marshes of San Francisco Bay.
by Jennifer Weeks,
Feb 04, 2008
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National pundits say the nation’s political parties
are moving toward the extremes, but in the West, Republicans
– unhappy with some far-right politicians – seem to be
heading back to the middle.
by Ray Ring,
Sep 18, 2006
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Among other tasks, research entomologist Justin Schmidt
counts bee stings in dead animals at the Carl Hayden Bee Research
Center in Tucson, Ariz.
by Ray Ring,
Jun 24, 2002
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The problem of controlling Africanized bees is now
widespread, and some are taking advantage of the frightening
invasion to earn a good living.
by Ray Ring,
Jun 24, 2002
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Predator control may have a small place in saving
endangered species, but it makes a lot more sense to bring back an
ecosystem’s keystone species – as can be seen in
Yellowstone, since wolves have returned
by Thomas McNamee,
Mar 31, 2003
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Lisa Upson and Wendy Keefover-Ring believe that Wildlife
Services’ predator control program is ugly, ineffective,
inhumane and indiscriminate.
by Lisa Upson and Wendy Keefover-Ring,
May 05, 2008
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High Country News talks to Dennis McFarland, the Montana
rancher who also leads the state’s Democratic
Party.
by Ray Ring,
Nov 12, 2007
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Air pollution from oil and gas drilling is on the increase
in the Rocky Mountain West, and environmentalists and energy
companies are trying to prevent it from getting any worse
by Ray Ring,
Oct 31, 2005
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Elaborate marijuana gardens, created and managed by
Mexican drug lords, are turning California’s public lands
into a dangerous, illegal, industrial-style landscape
by Adam Burke,
Oct 31, 2005
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Conservation easements are often a closed book if you're
not one deal makers. Here are a few tips on how to examine a
conservation easement in your area.
by Ray Ring,
May 30, 2005
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The deaths of two hikers in Utah raise legal and ethical
questions about risk and responsibility.
by Christopher Smith And Ray Ring,
Aug 22, 1994
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Wamsutter, Wyo., is a boomtown these days, but the town is
struggling to be a real community, instead of just a barracks for
the natural gas industry
by Ray Ring,
Sep 13, 2004
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Twenty years after its longtime mainstay, the Climax
Molybdenum Mine, closed, Leadville, Colo., is still groping for a
secure economy and a new identity.
by Steve Voynick, with Ray Ring and Hal Clifford,
Dec 23, 2002
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Musing on the gravestones in Anaconda, Mont., a writer
theorizes that one can tell whether a town is Old West or New West
by the ratio of the buried to the currently alive
inhabitants.
by Ray Ring,
Aug 18, 1997
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The Sunnyside Mine near Silverton, Colo., is an unusual
example of a community working together with miners and
environmentalists to find a strategy to heal the damage.
by Ray Ring,
Jan 19, 1998
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The old mining town of Anaconda, Mont., has turned a mine
dump into a designer golf course.
by Ray Ring,
Jan 19, 1998
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Alberta, Canada, ranchers are frustrated by the
government's lack of oversight of the proliferating sour-gas plants
that some say harm health and livestock.
by Ray Ring,
Oct 08, 2001
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Activist Ray Wheeler sets an intense pace as he personally
lobbies in D.C. for wilderness preservation in Utah.
by Ray Ring,
Dec 25, 1995
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Western ranchers rejoice when a federal court jury finds
that the nation’s largest meatpacker, Tyson/IBP, has
illegally squeezed $1.28 billion from independent cattle
producers
by Ray Ring,
Mar 15, 2004
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The National Wildlife Federation negotiates two important
land deals with ranchers in the Yellowstone area, ending grazing on
Horse Butte and protecting local bison
by Ray Ring,
Dec 22, 2003
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We need to revise or toss out some of our fire vocabulary,
especially "wildland-urban interface," "pre-settlement condition"
and Smokey’s slogan "only you"
by Ray Ring,
May 26, 2003
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A.L. "Butch" Alford of the Lewiston, Idaho, Morning
Tribune is a good example of a publisher who truly believes in
independent journalism
by Ray Ring,
Oct 13, 2003
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The Mormon Church would like to buy all of Martin's Cove,
Wyo., where Mormon pioneers died 146 years ago, but the writer
believes the historical site should stay in the hands of the
public, so the full story can be told.
by Ray Ring,
Sep 30, 2002
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Restoring Mexican wolves to the Southwest has met more
resistance than the restoration of wolves in the Northern
Rockies.
by Ray Ring and Tim Vanderpool,
May 27, 2002
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Wolves have been restored in the Northern Rockies, but
their conflict with civilization now prompts wildlife managers to
face some agonizing decisions about the animal's future.
by Ray Ring,
May 27, 2002
