http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 8. http://www.hcn.org/articles/the-natural-west Readers offer up their images of The Natural West in this first in a series of contests that help kick off High Country News' 40th anniversary celebration. No publisher Cindy Wehling Nature images West photo contest Nature photos 2010-04-02T15:26:14Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/277/14835 The sight of a beaver swimming past a barbecue leads to speculation on the role the animal played in the settling of the West, and the current conflicted views New Westerners have about living with wildlife No publisher Bill Croke fur trappers Hunting/Trapping wildlife West Lewis and Clark fur trade Beavers Western history settling of live trapping humane traps mountain men Jim Bridger John Colter Western Culture Communities problem 2010-02-05T09:57:57Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/272/14694 DS? cows are getting smarter about breaking out of the ranch; Bison in Yellowstone were felled by toxic gases; Coloradans have had an early spring thaw which in Crested Butte has revealed copious dog poop; Yale prof tells a capacity crowd at Univer No publisher Betsy Marston Idaho cows bison Yellowstone toxic gas Crested Butte Colorado Yale sprawl Aliso Viejo Orange County biodegradable polystyrene Joe Thompson drunk driving West 2010-02-05T09:56:59Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/272/14675 Our theory that newcomers would, over time, change the political landscape to one more progressive in outlook, needs revision No publisher Paul Larmer Elections Western politics political Democrat Republican Kemmis West 2010-02-05T09:56:53Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/272/14674 With the Interior West almost exclusively Republican territory, "Democrats for the West," a coalition of leaders, have issued a challenge to fellow Democrats to create sustainable Democratic majorities No publisher Daniel Kemmis Elections Democrat Republican politics elections coalition Kemmis West 2010-02-05T09:56:53Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/345/16984 Michael Blake’s new nonfiction book, Indian Yell, fails to live up to its ambitious subtitle, “The Heart of an American Insurgency,” with its quick tour of 12 battles between the U.S. Cavalry and American Indians. No publisher Jared Blackley Indian Yell Old Michael Blake novels West Indian Wars Crazy Horse Indian Culture battles war Native Americans 19th Century West nonfiction tribes Native American Indians American history Dances With Wolves 2010-08-06T21:56:23Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/343/16922 The powerful short stories in Thomas McGuane’s Gallatin Canyon prove him to be the New West’s answer to Flannery O’Connor. No publisher Annie Dawid anthologies friendship suicide recovery Cuba difficult lives West loneliness fiction Communities in transition Ernest Hemingway alcoholics Thomas McGuane New book reviews Flannery O’Connor Key West short stories redemption 2011-09-01T19:41:51Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/331/16588 A 38-year-old female deckhand who calls herself Moe Bowstern created the zine called Xtra Tuf to explore the turbulent culture of the fishing industry No publisher Rebecca Clarren Moe Bowstern Media Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s artists herring Associations Coast fisheries media deckhands writers crab West independent Fishing Industry Zeke Grader zines independent journalism fi Art commercial fishing musicians Xtra Tuf Alaska salmon 2010-10-14T22:49:42Z News Article