High Country News http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 15. Wild horses: Too much of a good thing http://www.hcn.org/wotr/wild-horses-too-much-of-a-good-thing Wild horses wreak environmental havoc. What kind of symbol is this for the American West? No publisher Andrew Gulliford 2013-04-26T16:19:36Z News Article Never underestimate the power of prejudice http://www.hcn.org/wotr/never-underestimate-the-power-of-prejudice Prejudice 100 years ago delayed the admission of New Mexico and Arizona to the union. No publisher Andrew Gulliford New Mexico history Arizona history majority-minority population prejudice racism 2013-02-05T17:23:21Z News Article How, 150 years ago, the Homestead Act transformed the West http://www.hcn.org/wotr/how-150-years-ago-the-homestead-act-transformed-the-west Jefferson's dream changed the landscape and settled this region. No publisher Andrew Gulliford homesteaders Homestead Act Thomas Jefferson 2012-12-13T15:52:22Z News Article Black Sunday, 30 years later http://www.hcn.org/wotr/black-sunday-30-years-later The author attends a peculiar reunion, a meeting with the former Exxon executives who pulled the plug on oil shale three decades ago. No publisher Andrew Gulliford Rifle, Colorado Energy industry Oil shale Western Colorado oil shale bust Battlement Mesa, Colorado Energy executives ExxonMobil Grand Junction, Colorado 2012-07-17T15:03:45Z News Article Life among the Bluffoons http://www.hcn.org/wotr/life-among-the-bluffoons There may be only 200 people living in Bluff, Utah, today, but they cherish a history that goes back for centuries, along with the dramatic red-rock No publisher Andrew Gulliford petroglyphs night sky parks land Native American archaeology rural life Indian rock art southeastern Utah pictographs Bluff, Utah small towns preservation Puebloan Indian cultures San Juan County National Park Service Natural Bridges Natural Monument Anasazi Basketmaker culture 2012-06-07T15:28:05Z News Article How to find a 13,000 year-old mammoth http://www.hcn.org/wotr/how-to-find-a-13-000-year-old-mammoth After seeing a drawing of a wooly mammoth in a Utah cave, the author ponders on the possibility they existed along with the humans who inhabited the U.S. Southwest years ago. No publisher Andrew Gulliford petroglyphs pictographs Utah Ancestral Puebloans San Juan County Mammoth woolly mammoth Anasazi Paleolithic animals 2012-01-19T15:58:07Z News Article Fancy a drink? http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.12/fancy-a-drink No publisher Andrew Gulliford 2011-07-21T22:13:34Z Letter to the Editor A prodigal son is honored by his hometown http://www.hcn.org/wotr/a-prodigal-son-is-honored-by-his-hometown Controversial writer Dalton Trumbo returns to his hometown of Grand Junction, Colo. -- in a bronze bathtub. No publisher Andrew Gulliford Johnny Got His Gun sculpture Lonely Are the Brave Western writers public art McCarthyism 1950s blacklist Dalton Trumbo Ed Abbey 2011-03-08T22:42:57Z News Article Slobs at Lake Powell foment a revolt http://www.hcn.org/wotr/slobs-at-lake-powell-foment-a-revolt Rather than rail against Lake Powell's mere existence, conservationists should try to restore and protect the landscape that is still there. No publisher Andrew Gulliford Earthfirst! houseboats Ed Abbey Glen Canyon Dam motorized recreation canoes trash cleanup Lake Powell rafting 2010-08-19T14:48:55Z News Article Up in the air, a living memorial http://www.hcn.org/wotr/up-in-the-air-a-living-memorial California condors are back, and they're more impressive than manmade marvels. No publisher Andrew Gulliford 2010-06-04T15:47:15Z News Article Black Sunday won't ever happen again http://www.hcn.org/wotr/black-sunday-wont-ever-happen-again Twenty-eight years ago, the oil shale industry abruptly pulled out of western Colorado, leaving the local economy in shambles and teaching a painful lesson. No publisher Andrew Gulliford 2010-05-11T15:22:35Z News Article Great Old Broads celebrate 20 years of hiking and advocacy http://www.hcn.org/wotr/great-old-broads-celebrate-20-years-of-hiking-and Describing themselves as "the junkyard dogs of the environmental movement," the women of Great Old Broads for Wilderness have spent 20 looking out for the wild lands they love. No publisher Andrew Gulliford hiking wilderness Ronni Egan outdoor recreation Great Old Broads for Wilderness Orrin Hatch 2010-02-05T09:27:27Z News Article How one "girl ranger" helped save the Southwest http://www.hcn.org/wotr/how-one-girl-ranger-helped-save Lynell Schalk broke through the BLM’s “sagebrush ceiling” in the 1960s to become the first female special agent in the Western U.S. authorized to carry a gun. No publisher Andrew Gulliford BLM law enforcement Southwest archaeology pothunters women’s history Lynell Schalk Park Service employees 2010-02-05T09:26:48Z News Article Winter camping can be hazardous to your health http://www.hcn.org/wotr/winter-camping-can-be-hazardous-to-your-health One hundred and thirty-five years ago, Alferd E. Packer survived winter starvation in the Colorado mountains with the help of his friends -- or at least of the meat on their bones. No publisher Andrew Gulliford Cannibalism Museum of Western Colorado Alferd E. Packer San Juan Mountains Famous trials Wilderness survival Colorado history 2010-02-05T09:36:30Z News Article Conscientious objectors 65 years ago http://www.hcn.org/wotr/the-way-it-was-for-conscientious-objectors-65 Paying homage to those imprisoned at Mancos Camp, Colo., during World War II. No publisher Andrew Gulliford Nonviolence World War II Tom Vaughan Western history Pacifists Political activists Camp Mancos Conscientious objectors 2010-02-05T09:36:25Z News Article