http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 15. http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.16/storm-on-lava-creek-a-season-in-yellowstone The power of a thunderstorm thrills a newcomer to Yellowstone National Park. No publisher Lauren Koshere Rocky Mountains Lauren Koshere Summer memories Xanterra Yellowstone National Park memoir 2012-09-28T16:12:12Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.15/gathering-strength-from-the-continental-divide A summer in the Rocky Mountains helps a child learn to stand up against the bullies in her life. No publisher Jane Koerner Summer cabins Hiking Rocky Mountains Jane Koerner life Bullying Childhood memories Memoir 2012-09-14T13:57:10Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.13/solo-adventures-on-colorados-big-peaks A woman finds solace and delight in climbing Colorado's highest and most challenging mountains. No publisher Jane Koerner camping mountain-climbing nature writing divorce Rocky Mountains Colorado Fourteeners Jane Koerner women hikers 2011-08-19T17:04:42Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/the-gift-of-runoff-in-a-wet-season After too many recent dry years, residents of the Rocky Mountains are relishing the music of running water. No publisher Allen Best Rocky Mountains climate change snowpack rain rivers Water drought 2011-07-20T14:59:51Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.18/a-house-like-a-buffalo A lover of old Western architecture spends his days dismantling and recycling tumbledown buildings. No publisher Charles Finn building Grand Tetons Rocky Mountains Western architecture houses Western landscape Montana Yaak river country 2011-04-06T15:26:37Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/springtime-is-whine-time Spring is the cruelest month in the Rocky Mountain West. No publisher Dennis Hinkamp Rocky Mountains spring cleaning small towns yard work spring weather 2010-05-11T23:15:29Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/17318 Gary Lantz may lament that the West he roamed as a young man no longer exists – but to young people like his son, the West is still a magical place filled with the promise of adventure. No publisher Gary Lantz Gary Lantz wilderness youth and age memory nostalgia Rocky Mountains 2010-02-05T09:44:53Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/321/16263 California has a lot to teach the Interior West – particularly about clean energy and water conservation No publisher Paul Larmer Energy Coal Communities in Transition California Rocky Mountains changing communities demographics Californication water use water supply clean energy coal-fired power plants conservation environmental movement pollution air quality Ray Ring Magic Valley Idaho Denver Salt Lak 2010-02-05T09:33:38Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/317/16162 Exploring High Mountain Lakes in the Rockies by biologist Fred W. Rabe takes a detailed look at mountain lakes, describing their formation, geology and aquatic plants and animals No publisher Staff Riparian Areas and Wetlands Fred W. Rabe Exploring High Mountain Lakes in the Rockies Rocky Mountains lake formation bodies of water aquatic animals aquatic plants biology biodiversity geology science guides field guides 2010-02-05T08:57:16Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/314/16061 In Requiem for the West, Roger Brown laments the loss of soul and solitude in the small mountain towns of the Colorado Rockies No publisher Paul Anderson Roger Brown Requiem for the West Dick Lamm small towns Rocky Mountains memoir personal history Roan Plateau elk development subdivisions wildlife change sprawl mountain living book reviews self-published books Communities in Transition 2010-02-05T08:56:37Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/313/16023 Gary Ferguson explores the history and culture of the backbone of the West in The Great Divide: The Rocky Mountains in the American Mind No publisher Stephen J. Lyons Western Culture Gary Ferguson The Great Divide Rocky Mountains Western history American West Kit Carson Crested Butte American Indians Native Americans trappers hunters pioneers baby boomers hippies bioregionalism Manifest Destiny mountain towns ski reso 2010-02-05T08:56:28Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/310/15930 As mountain towns get more accessible and lively, even in midwinter, the author relishes the way his tiny, remote town slows to a stop once the mountain pass highway is closed for the season No publisher Steve Voynick Human Beings And Nature Small town life mountain towns Rocky Mountains ski resorts winter highways personal history memoir economics winter snow Independence Pass Twin Lakes Aspen Colorado Department of Transportation highway closures 2010-02-05T08:31:51Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/291/15280 In Mountain Harmonies, Howard Smith muses on environmental philosophy as he takes readers from Glacier National Park to New Mexico’s Gila Wilderness No publisher Staff Hiking Nature writing hiking environmental philosophy memoirs outdoors recreation Glacier National Park Gila Wilderness Rocky Mountains 2010-02-05T09:23:19Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/291/15277 In Visible Bones: Journeys Across Time in the Columbia River Country, Northwestern writer Jack Nisbet follows the Columbia River and its inhabitants across time No publisher Steve Rumsey Science Paleontology Rivers Columbia River Rocky Mountains paleontology Native Americans fossils trilobites mammoths bones wildlife Indian history 2010-02-05T09:23:16Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/323/16326 In Colorado’s San Juan Mountains, Tom Painter and other scientists study the dust in the snow and ponder its implications for future drought and weather conditions, especially in the era of global warming No publisher Michelle Nijhuis Climate Change Tom Painter scientists climate geographers National Snow and Ice Data Center Boulder Colorado Rocky Mountains Maroon Bells Red Mountain Pass hydrologists snow scientists chemistry skiers University of Colorado Maureen Cassidy Senator Beck Science 2011-12-06T00:00:13Z News Article