http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 31 to 45. http://www.hcn.org/articles/video-the-unflappable-doc-vincent In rural western Colorado, a vet tends to pets and their humans. Michelle Nijhuis reads her essay, along with slides by JT Thomas. No publisher Michelle Nijhuis, JT Thomas, Emily Steinmetz 2010-02-05T08:57:33Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/40.17/only-the-scared-survive Joel Berger’s The Better to Eat You With and William Stolzenburg’s Where the Wild Things Were examine predators and the role of fear. No publisher Michelle Nijhuis Joel Berger Wildlife The Better to Eat You With Where the Wild Things Were Predators William Stolzenburg Carnivores Prey Fear Wild animals 2010-02-05T09:58:36Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/40.15/under-the-asphalt-a-rumor-thrives In Grand Junction Colo. a team of investigators excavate a downtown parking lot in search of an old safe supposedly buried a century ago. No publisher Michelle Nijhuis Old West history Museum of Western Colorado Frontier life George Crawford Archaeologists Excavations 2010-02-05T08:58:51Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/373/17770 On the drought-stricken Navajo Nation, scientist Margaret Hiza Redsteer studies the movement of sand dunes. No publisher Michelle Nijhuis climate change Hot Times scientists Margaret Hiza Redsteer Navajo Nation Climate Change sand dunes drought women 2010-09-30T15:58:00Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/365/17556 The essays in Matt Love’s anthology Red Hot and Rollin’ take a lively and nostalgic look at Oregon in 1977, the year the Portland Trailblazers won their one and only NBA championship. No publisher Michelle Nijhuis NBA championships basketball Portland Trailblazers sports Red Hot and Rollin’ Matt Love nonfiction essays 2010-12-14T23:56:22Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/362/17465 In Chrysalis: Maria Sibylla Merian and the Secrets of Metamorphosis, Kim Todd uncovers the life and legacy of a pioneering 17th century woman No publisher Michelle Nijhuis Chrysalis Kim Todd insects Science entomology 17th century naturalists scientists Maria Sibylla Merian women 2011-02-14T23:21:07Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/360/17404 Medical historian Gregg Mitman offers a fascinating history of the national allergy boom in Breathing Space: How Our Allergies Shape Our Lives and Landscape. No publisher Michelle Nijhuis Breathing Space asthma allergies hay fever Gregg Mitman 2010-07-21T23:34:28Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/360/17396 Chad Moore and the members of the Park Service Night Sky Team keep an eye on the stars in the nation’s parks and monuments. No publisher Michelle Nijhuis light pollution national parks stargazing Park Service Night Sky Team astronomy darkness 2010-07-21T22:38:28Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/359/17368 Scientists unleash a new weapon in the fight against invasive tamarisk – a tiny exotic beetle from Kazakhstan. No publisher Michelle Nijhuis Diorhabda elongata biocontrol insects Tamarisk Tom Dudley Dan Bean invasive plants 2010-08-09T21:32:36Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/357/17313 The Western novel is not entirely dead; it has simply changed a great deal since the glory days of Zane Grey. No publisher Michelle Nijhuis anthologies Russell Davis Martin H. Greenberg Westerns Lost Trails Steve On the Wrong Track Holmes on the Range Western short stories Louis L’Amour genre fiction Hockensmith 2010-08-11T22:27:16Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/357/17311 Longtime hitchhiker Dev Carey tells Michelle Nijhuis about some of his best – and worst – adventures on Western highways. No publisher Dev Carey and Michelle Nijhuis Dev Carey hitchhiking road trips culture Western Cody Smart 2010-10-26T22:55:15Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/355/17256 Removing dams is more a complex experiment than a panacea, as Arizona’s Fossil Creek shows. No publisher Michelle Nijhuis stream water projects Water – dams and water supply projects rivers restoration native fish Fossil Creek dam removal 2010-08-25T22:34:48Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/352/17175 Botanist Sue Rutman has had surprising success just yanking up buffelgrass, but herbicides remain the first line of defense No publisher Michelle Nijhuis herbicides exotic plants Deserts Organ Pipe National Sonoran Desert Monument ecosystems invasive plants desert Buffelgrass 2010-12-13T23:05:24Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/352/17167 In Arizona’s Sonoran Desert, good intentions are responsible for the introduction of exotic buffelgrass – but all the good intentions in the world may not be enough to save the desert now that this invasive and fire-prone plant is spreading No publisher Michelle Nijhuis Sonoran wildfires Buffelgrass Deserts invasive plants desert ecosystems Desert exotic plants 2010-12-13T21:27:03Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/342/16904 Law professor Eric Freyfogle castigates the environmental movement and offers straightforward advice in Why Conservation is Failing and How It Can Regain Ground. No publisher Michelle Nijhuis wildlife activists citizenship legal scholars Eric Freyfogle Leopold conservationists law professors Why Conservation is Failing and How It Can Regain Aldo Environmental Advocacy groups preservation land health politics University of Illinois environmental movement Ground 2010-08-16T22:43:33Z News Article