High Country News http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 15. Snow, no longer so white http://www.hcn.org/wotr/snow-no-longer-so-white Dust and soot harm snowpacks--and downstream water users No publisher Tim Lydon 2013-04-26T16:18:28Z News Article For climate's sake, finish your veggies http://www.hcn.org/wotr/for-climates-sake-finish-your-veggies Wasting food, wasting energy No publisher Tim Lydon 2013-04-26T16:34:08Z News Article Dead whales do tell tales http://www.hcn.org/wotr/dead-whales-tell-no-tales Our problems disposing of a beached whale point to how basic ecological links are broken. No publisher Tim Lydon 2013-01-15T21:38:58Z News Article Here come the Super Storms http://www.hcn.org/wotr/here-come-the-super-storms A storm on the Alaskan coast last year eerily resembled the recent and devastating Sandy. No publisher Tim Lydon Super storm Sandy climate change Alaska 2012-12-04T17:18:17Z News Article Don't look for the frontier in Alaska http://www.hcn.org/wotr/dont-look-for-the-frontier-in-alaska Tourism, sprawl and energy development have made Alaska less wild; now climate change is also altering the North No publisher Tim Lydon climate change Alaska tourism Alaska Alaska cruises Alaska development Hot Times 2012-10-16T23:29:17Z News Article The teenagers we're not helping http://www.hcn.org/wotr/the-teenagers-were-not-helping The West's gay teenagers are too often ignored -- abandoned by their families to live on the streets or in overcrowded homeless shelters. No publisher Tim Lydon bisexual youth abused children Gay and Lesbian Taskforce dysfunctional families Denver Urban Peak Youth Shelter at-risk youth drug abuse Gay marriage transgender youth gay youth homosexuality poverty lesbian youth homelessness homeless shelters rape 2012-05-10T19:46:18Z News Article A young wolf wanders the West http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.2/a-young-wolf-wanders-the-west OR-7, a young Oregon wolf, has logged some 1,000 miles in his journey through the West, becoming the first wild wolf seen in California since 1924. No publisher Tim Lydon OR-7 Western culture and history wilderness Wallowa Mountains Great Basin Imnaha Pack West Cascades wolves animal migration 2012-02-10T15:14:07Z News Article Go take it off the mountain http://www.hcn.org/wotr/go-take-it-off-the-mountain The life-size statue of Jesus on Montana's Whitefish Mountain Resort may be loved by many, but it does not belong on public land. No publisher Tim Lydon religious statues Denny Rehberg defacing religious images Catholic statues separation of church and state government endorsement of religion Whitefish Mountain Resort Christian symbols Montana Jesus statue religious tolerance First Amendment Establishment Clause Flathead Valley public land religious displays U.S. Forest Service religious displays Knights of Columbus U.S. Constitution 2012-01-03T20:43:45Z News Article Greens need to occupy the Occupy movement http://www.hcn.org/wotr/greens-need-to-occupy-the-occupy-movement Today's activists need to get more involved in protesting the environmental profiteering that is destroying our planet. No publisher Tim Lydon Powder River Basin environmental activists protest movements corporate power air pollution climate change Bristol Bay salmon Exxon Valdez clear-cuts global warming timber companies Arch Coal Pebble Mine Alaska fisheries water pollution Peabody Coal Company Occupy Wall Street coal power plants oil spills 2011-12-20T18:26:22Z News Article Ice matters http://www.hcn.org/wotr/ice-matters We're not just losing our glaciers; we're unraveling the systems that sustain all life on earth. No publisher Tim Lydon wilderness Climate change Hot Times Alaskan wilderness water supply Sumdum Glacier glaciers climate change 2011-10-10T18:43:42Z News Article This Earth Day, it's all about the air http://www.hcn.org/wotr/this-earth-day-its-all-about-the-air If you can take a nice deep breath and enjoy a clear blue sky, thank the Clean Air Act. No publisher Tim Lydon Clean Air Act Republicans air pollution climate change Earth Day greenhouse gases Democrats environmental movement EPA 2011-04-19T18:10:13Z News Article Finding place http://www.hcn.org/wotr/finding-place A wilderness ranger has spent the last 14 years coming to intimately know -- and love -- a remarkable corner of Alaska. No publisher Tim Lydon Alaska Legislature brown bears Alaska glaciers wilderness hiking inholding development Climate change forest rangers wolves 2011-03-08T22:40:23Z News Article Religious leaders shouldn't duck their responsibility http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.2/religious-leaders-shouldnt-duck-their-responsibility Western religious leaders need to speak out more strongly on the dangers of climate change. No publisher Tim Lydon Climate change Hot Times global warming religion American religious leaders Yup'ik Indians blessing of the waves 2011-10-10T18:39:35Z News Article Celebrating the 30th anniversary of protecting huge swaths of land http://www.hcn.org/wotr/celebrating-the-30th-anniversary-of-protecting-huge-swaths-of-land A landmark law passed 30 years ago settled Native land claims in Alaska in ingenious and still-controversial ways. No publisher Tim Lydon 2010-12-28T18:20:04Z News Article Living with wolves takes some practice http://www.hcn.org/wotr/living-with-wolves-takes-some-practice An Alaskan wilderness ranger believes humans can co-exist with wolves, despite anti-wolf hysteria in the Northern Rockies. No publisher Tim Lydon Denny Rehberg ranchers wild animal attacks hunters deer and elk populations predator-human coexistence Endangered Species Act Northern Rockies wolf reintroduction wolves 2010-12-01T23:10:19Z News Article