High Country News http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 5. Make my state gun a popgun http://www.hcn.org/wotr/make-my-state-gun-a-popgun Now that Utah's aiming to designate an Official State Gun, what firearms will the other Western states decide to honor? No publisher Ed Quillen Western history Western states violence Utah state gun firearms Utah state Legislature 2011-02-15T17:49:02Z News Article Politics as a winner-takes-all game is a loser http://www.hcn.org/issues/287/15131 It would be a grave mistake for President Bush to assume that his recent victory gives license for a winner-take-all power grab in the West No publisher Paul Larmer Elections George W. Bush John Kerry. 2004 election Republicans Democrats Western states environmental issues Ed Quillen 2010-02-05T09:22:01Z News Article Feds pass roadless headache to states http://www.hcn.org/issues/280/14926 The Bush administration gives governors 18 months to ask the Forest Service to protect roadless areas in their states, but the states will have to pay for the costly and complex petition process No publisher Laura Paskus Roads and Roadless Areas Roadless areas national forests Forest Service Ann Veneman Bush administration Heritage Forests Campaign Rob Vandermark Ted Kulongoski Dirk Kempthorne Western states governors Clinton roadless rule Mike Domeck Chris Wood Campaign for America 2010-02-05T09:20:39Z News Article The wild, wild weather http://www.hcn.org/issues/325/16388 Whatever the cause, the weather in the West this last year has been wild and wacky No publisher Stephanie Paige Ogburn Weather Climate Change Western states climate change floods drought global warming NOAA precipitation dust storms haboob Phoenix Arizona Washington mudslides Oregon windstorms California moisture Nevada dryness Colorado snowpack ski resorts Montan Science 2011-11-12T23:32:19Z News Article D.C. and the West: Worlds apart http://www.hcn.org/issues/302/15649 Washington, D.C., seems like another planet when seen from the West, as the political stories in this issue of the paper suggest No publisher Greg Hanscom Politics Washington D.C. environmental issues Congress Western states state legislatures Richard Pombo House Resources Committee Endangered Species Act oil and gas industry cyanide-leach gold mining energy efficiency renewable energy private 2012-04-17T21:35:06Z News Article