High Country News http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 5. The meeting of heaven and earth http://www.hcn.org/issues/305/15770 A park ranger talks about the increasing practice of mourners scattering the ashes of loved ones outdoors in national parks. No publisher Paul Zaenger Communities Human Beings And Nature Tourism And Recreation Hunter S. Thompson cremation scattering ashes memorials national parks death funerals cremains burial nature 2010-02-05T09:26:12Z News Article A mountain of books becomes a library of the land http://www.hcn.org/issues/296/15442 Jeff Lee and Ann Martin of Denver are working to turn their huge personal library into a "land-study" center and residential library, the Rocky Mountain Land Library No publisher Susan J. Tweit Communities Human Beings And Nature Jeff Lee Ann Martin Tattered Cover Rocky Mountain Land Library residential libraries bookstores book collecting Salida Denver Peter Matthiessen Ann Zwinger Stewart Udall community resources libraries 2010-02-05T09:24:22Z News Article Reawakening our wild humanity http://www.hcn.org/issues/291/15256 Human beings can learn a lot from our wild animal cousins, but we need to pay more attention to them — especially to the ones we flatten on the highways No publisher Paul Larmer Communities Human Beings And Nature Roadkill Tsunami California mudslides animal intelligence sixth sense weather earthquakes wildlife elephants Ajoy Bagchi Ken Grant Humane Society 2010-02-05T09:23:05Z News Article At home on the range with 10-year-old writers and dreamers http://www.hcn.org/issues/276/14807 A teacher at a small rural school in Colorado encourages her young students to express their feelings and describe the world they live in No publisher Kate Krautkramer Communities Human Beings And Nature English teachers Kate Krautkramer Yampa Colorado South Routt Elementary School fourth grade teaching writing creative writing school budget cuts rural education ranching life 2010-02-05T09:57:45Z News Article Throwing out the dishwater http://www.hcn.org/issues/275/14776 In order to remain aware of the amount of water she uses in her dry climate, the author collects her dishwater daily, and pours it on her compost pile No publisher Susan Tweit Communities Human Beings And Nature water drought arid climates plumbing conservation 2010-02-05T09:57:32Z News Article