High Country News http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 15. Alaska’s populist, Sarah Palin-era oil tax gets the ax http://www.hcn.org/issues/45.9/alaska2019s-populist-sarah-palin-era-oil-tax-gets-the-ax The Alaska Legislature cut the industry’s taxes to boost declining production in the North Slope. But the rollbacks don’t seem likely to have the desired effect. No publisher Judith Lewis Mernit oil Sean Parnell severance tax Sarah Palin Alaska North Slope Alaska’s Clear and Equitable Share 2013-05-27T15:15:44Z News Article How the amount of fish you eat impacts water quality http://www.hcn.org/issues/45.6/how-the-amount-of-fish-you-eat-impacts-water-quality Idaho is updating its standards for water pollutants based on how much fish residents eat. No publisher Sarah Jane Keller methylmercury consumption fish Dioxin Washington Alaska Oregon DDT PCB water contamination Idaho EPA 2013-04-16T20:11:36Z News Article Field notes from a solo paddle in Alaska’s Inside Passage http://www.hcn.org/issues/45.5/field-notes-from-a-solo-paddle-in-alaskas-inside-passage A journalism professor kayaks alone for nearly 1,000 miles, dealing with difficult seas, icebergs, orcas and bears. No publisher Nadia White British Columbia Inside Passage sea kayaking Alaska paddle solo travel 2013-03-19T19:24:48Z News Article 'We Don’t Give a Damn How They Do It Outside' http://www.hcn.org/issues/45.4/we-don2019t-give-a-damn-how-they-do-it-outside An Alaska native struggles to "blend in" in the Lower 48. No publisher Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock Carnation, Washington Lower 48 Alaska 2013-03-13T04:39:35Z News Article BLM plans for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.22/blm-plans-for-the-national-petroleum-reserve-alaska A controversial proposal for the nation’s biggest chunk of public land aims to allow energy development -- and protect wildlife. No publisher Jodi Peterson Arctic National Wildlife Refuge oil and gas Alaska Bureau of Land Management caribou National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska 2013-01-07T15:39:39Z News Article Here come the Super Storms http://www.hcn.org/wotr/here-come-the-super-storms A storm on the Alaskan coast last year eerily resembled the recent and devastating Sandy. No publisher Tim Lydon Super storm Sandy climate change Alaska 2012-12-04T17:18:17Z News Article Don't look for the frontier in Alaska http://www.hcn.org/wotr/dont-look-for-the-frontier-in-alaska Tourism, sprawl and energy development have made Alaska less wild; now climate change is also altering the North No publisher Tim Lydon climate change Alaska tourism Alaska Alaska cruises Alaska development Hot Times 2012-10-16T23:29:17Z News Article Living close to the bone in modern Alaska: A review of Bear Down, Bear North http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.16/living-close-to-the-bone-in-modern-alaska-a-review-of-bear-down-bear-north The short stories in Melinda Moustakis' book plunge the reader into the challenging world of contemporary Alaskans. No publisher Alexa Mergen families rural life Alaska fiction Melinda Moustakis short stories Bear North Bear Down 2011-09-16T19:34:23Z News Article Craig Medred on predator-prey science http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.3/how-my-thoughts-on-wolves-have-changed/craig-medred-on-predator-prey-science Both proponents and opponents of predator control claim to have science on their side. But the actual science -- and all of its complexities -- is often lost in the debate. No publisher Cally Carswell predator control bears High Country Views Alaska wolves podcast 2011-02-19T00:17:44Z Audio What was and what is http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.16/what-was-and-what-is In Anchorage, Alaska, Inupiaq poet Joan Kane dreams of the uninhabited island where her ancestors lived. No publisher Michelle Theriault Boots poets King Island The Cormorant Hunter's Wife Inupiaq Eskimos Alaska Whiting Award Joan Kane 2010-09-23T15:23:43Z News Article The wild home of hope http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.20/the-wild-home-of-hope Rock Water Wild: An Alaskan Life is Alaska writer Nancy Lord's celebration of her state. No publisher Michael Engelhard nonfiction, essays Alaskan landscape salmon fishing Alaska Rock Water Wild Nancy Lord 2010-02-05T08:55:29Z News Article When reverence isn't enough http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.16/when-reverence-isnt-enough Writer and philosopher Kathleen Dean Moore talks about water, family and the sacredness of landscapes. No publisher John Calderazzo Riverwalking Alaska rivers philosophers Kathleen Dean Moore Holdfast authors Wild Comfort essayists 2010-02-05T09:31:44Z News Article The Most Cooked-Up Catch http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.13/the-most-cooked-up-catch Saving fisheries -- and taking the edge off the dangerous derby of the sea. No publisher Matt Jenkins Bering Sea Catch Shares Commercial Fishing Alaska Deadliest Catch Crab Fishery Management 2010-02-05T09:04:05Z News Article Pushed to the wall, we can power down http://www.hcn.org/wotr/pushed-to-the-wall-we-can-power-down Tim Lydon tells how Juneau, Alaska, cut its energy consumption by over 40 percent when its electricity supply was interrupted by avalanches. No publisher Tim Lydon Energy conservation Port Snettisham avalanches Alaska Global warming Tim Lydon Electricity supply Juneau 2010-02-05T10:05:07Z News Article A wolf tale that’s all too true http://www.hcn.org/wotr/17367 Brian Connelly tells the harrowing story of a family of wolves killed by aerial gunners in Alaska. No publisher Brian Connelly Brian Connelly wolves Alaska wildlife hunters aerial gunners 2010-02-05T09:28:46Z News Article