http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 4. http://www.hcn.org/issues/341/16863 HCN’s Ray Ring wins the 2006 George Polk Award for Political Reporting for his story, “Taking Liberties.” No publisher John Mecklin High Country News Dear Friends Paonia Colorado Ray Ring George Polk Award political journalism reporters Long Island University Seymour Hersh Jimmy Breslin Ted Koppel Edward R. Murrow libertarians land-use and planning ballot initiatives A 2010-02-05T09:17:47Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/312/15972 Award-winning author Denise Chavez created the Border Book Festival, and founded a Cultural Center in Mesilla, N.M., to help heal the cultural wounds of the U.S.-Mexico border No publisher Susan J. Tweit Western Culture Denise Chavez Cultural Center of Mesilla Las Cruces New Mexico writers authors novelists culture education art La Frontera U.S.-Mexico border poor communities cultural interaction Emerging Voices workshops Tony Hillerman Sandra Cisneros A 2010-02-05T08:56:11Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/341/16862 The rapid spread of invasive species like quagga and zebra mussels could transform the once-isolated and ecologically unique West into just another McDonaldized patch of the planet. No publisher Paul Larmer Chinese elms A ecology Homogocene olives West Nile virus Plague of Rats and Rubbervines Russian cheatgrass Plants Biodiversity Exotics Science exotic species biotas global economy Invasive species quagga mussel biological diversity zebra mussel Invasive grasses Yvonne Baskin knapweed 2010-08-17T23:03:00Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/357/17307 Writers John N. Maclean and Mark Matthews look closely at two famous – and deadly – Western wildfires in their new books, The Thirtymile Fire and A Great Day to Fight Fire. No publisher Ray Ring A John N. Maclean Norman Maclean firefighters fires Young Men and Fire forest Mark Matthews The Thirtymile Fire Great Day to Fight Fire nonfiction 2010-07-28T20:48:02Z News Article