http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 211 to 225. http://www.hcn.org/articles/17591 Our policies are schizophrenic. No publisher Jonathan Thompson primer border immigration 2010-02-05T09:27:38Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/373/17764 In most of the West’s complicated environmental problems, so-called “unlikely alliances” between greens and their opposite numbers are really not that unlikely after all. No publisher Jonathan Thompson Water High Country News environmental movement Klamath River Matt Jenkins collaborative solutions consensus 2010-02-05T08:39:55Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/372/17748 Garry and Diann Fulks have been recycling large metal objects for 35 years at their scrap yard in Montrose, Colo. No publisher Jonathan Thompson copper Recla Metals aluminum Garry and Diann Fulks Metals recycling Waste scrap yards 2010-07-22T22:06:11Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/371/17709 Westerners in towns like Durango, Colo., and Monticello, Utah, have been exposed to mine tailings for years, unaware that uranium might be even more dangerous than scientists used to believe. No publisher Jonathan Thompson Navajo Reservation Uranium tailings uranium mining hazardous waste Health Communities breast cancer causes Florence downwinders Williams 2010-07-23T23:07:55Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/370/17694 The West’s weather is full of surprises this spring, with snowstorms, windstorms, rain and wildfires all happening at the same time. No publisher Jonathan Thompson wildfires avalanches Climate change snowpack Weather forecasts global warming drought Western climate 2010-07-26T22:08:52Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/370/17688 Just as western Colorado towns like Rifle have begun a new life as thriving “amenity” economies, an energy boom of unprecedented proportions has taken over the landscape. No publisher Jonathan Thompson Western Colorado energy industry Francisco Tharp oil and gas drilling Communities Boom and bust economy 2010-07-26T22:23:31Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/369/17664 Archaeology is, or at least ought to be, about more than just picking up artifacts to gather dust on the shelves of crowded museum storerooms. No publisher Jonathan Thompson Craig Childs pothunters potsherds artifact collectors cliff dwellings Indian ruins Anasazi Archaeology 2010-07-26T22:46:27Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/367/17601 It may seem like a considerable departure for High Country News to write about mental illness and suicide, but as Ray Ring’s deeply personal lead story shows, both tragedies are rooted in the West. No publisher Jonathan Thompson suicide Western history Mental illness schizophrenia Western culture John Ring Ray Ring 2010-08-11T22:54:24Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/366/17574 Indian tribes were left out of the negotiations that divvied up the Colorado River in 1922, but it’s no longer possible to ignore them – particularly in the case of the Navajo Nation. No publisher Jonathan Thompson Colorado River Compact Native Americans water rights Navajo Nation Matt Jenkins Western water law 2010-10-27T19:43:27Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/365/17545 Quagga mussels hit the jackpot in Nevada; Lakes Mead and Powell are in trouble; lots and lots and lots of snow – and a few ambitious ski resorts; and Colorado is building a vegetated overpass for wildlife on I-70. No publisher Jonathan Thompson wildlife overpasses 2008 snowpack Quagga mussels Lake Powell ski resort expansions invasive species drought Lake Mead 2010-10-28T23:17:08Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/articles/17559 Fiction: A child's road trip to the Salton Sea No publisher Jonathan Thompson Salton Sea 2010-02-05T09:27:32Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/364/17514 The transformation of once-scrappy mining towns like Silverton, Colo., and Superior, Ariz., into trendy tourist havens is bound to leave the locals with mixed feelings and some nostalgia. No publisher Jonathan Thompson Mining Colorado gentrification Silverton Jonathan Thompson small towns miners mountain towns Hardrock mining 2010-12-17T20:15:11Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/364/17513 A copper-mining company is courting Superior, Ariz., but the former mining town – now re-inventing itself as a modest tourist haven – is unsure whether it really wants a new marriage with extractive industry. No publisher Jonathan Thompson Superior Arizona tourist gentrification Copper mines mining towns small town economy Communities towns 2010-12-17T20:27:41Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/articles/17472 Something deeper than party lines is at work in Western politics. No publisher Jonathan Thompson politics primer 2010-02-05T08:40:05Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/362/17452 The Interior West’s growing political voice – and its status as the nation’s energy supplier – mean presidential candidates need to see the region as more than campaign flyover country. No publisher Jonathan Thompson Election 2008 energy supply Harry Truman Western political issues presidential candidates 2011-02-14T23:07:28Z News Article