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Waiting with bated breath http://www.hcn.org/issues/45.6/waiting-with-bated-breath HCN is nominated for an Utne Independent Media award; some of the magazine's contributors are nominated for other honors; correctionsNo publisherJodi PetersonBrad TyerMichelle NijhuisUtneCraig Childs2013-04-11T20:54:02ZNews ArticleVagabond writer Craig Childs on 20,000 years of wanderlust http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.17/vagabond-writer-craig-childs-on-20-000-years-of-wanderlust The author traces the paths of peoples that have wandered the earth for centuries, from Alaska to the Southwest.No publisherCraig ChildsGambellAthabaskan migrationNavajoCraig ChildsSavoonga2012-11-08T22:36:28ZNews ArticleUnderworld http://www.hcn.org/issues/329/16530 In a dark, narrow storm drain below the border town of
Douglas, Ariz., eight illegal immigrants drowned in the summer of
1997No publisherCraig ChildsWaterFloodsImmigrantsIllegal immigrantsflash floodsborder townsborder
crossingCraig Childsimmigrant deathsAgua PrietaMexicoHotel Yolandastorm drainstunnelsundocumented workerscoyotesmaquiladoraseconomic issuesdrowningdeportationagricultural w2011-11-30T19:39:30ZNews ArticleThe West’s dams share a dirty secret http://www.hcn.org/wotr/the-west2019s-dams-share-a-dirty-secret The reservoirs of the West are a far cry from Eastern lakes, especially when it comes to the silt they carry.No publisherPaul LarmersiltCraig ChildscanoeingsedimentationLake PowellboatingPaonia ReservoirWestern reservoirs2011-04-26T21:41:01ZNews ArticleThe power of the lowly dirt particle http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.6/the-power-of-the-lowly-dirt-particle The reservoirs of the West are a far cry from Eastern lakes, especially when it comes to the silt they carry.No publisherPaul LarmersiltCraig ChildscanoeingboatingLake PowellsedimentationPaonia ReservoirWestern reservoirs2011-04-12T21:44:17ZNews ArticleThe place where you are http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.17/the-place-where-you-are These days, most Westerners aren't born. We're made.No publisherJodi PetersonWesternerSarah GilmanLocalCraig ChildsHannah Nordhaus2012-10-11T22:31:41ZNews ArticleRemembering our wildness http://www.hcn.org/issues/366/17586 In The Animal Dialogues, Colorado author Craig Childs
writes of chance encounters with wild animals.No publisherSarah Gilmanhuman-animalwildlifeCraig ChildsThe Animal Dialoguesinteractionsnaturecamping andhikingpredators2010-10-27T19:59:04ZNews ArticlePrey at the waterhole http://www.hcn.org/issues/326/16437 The experience of watching a mountain lion is utterly
transformed when the watcher realizes he is the one being
watchedNo publisherCraig ChildsWildlifeHuman Beings and NatureCraig Childsmountain lionscougarsbig catspredatorswildlifenatural historytracking animalspredator-prey relationshipswaterholesoutdoor experiencesnature writingautobiographyadventurepersonal historyessays2011-11-21T22:53:32ZNews ArticlePlanning for uncertainty http://www.hcn.org/issues/363/17482 A Phoenix symposium on dealing with drought and global
warming echoes the larger uncertainties facing public-land and
national park managers throughout the West.No publisherPaul LarmerArizonaCraig ChildsPhoenixclimate changepopulation growthwater supplyGlobal warmingdrought2011-02-14T22:27:37ZNews ArticlePhoenix Falling? http://www.hcn.org/issues/344/16939 Craig Childs lifts the rug of modern-day Phoenix, Ariz.,
to examine the remnants of the civilization that preceded it
– the Hohokam people, who also built a great city in the
middle of the desert, and flourished until the day they ran out of
water.No publisherCraig ChildsHohokamRiver ProjectSalt RiverCommunities in transitiongrowthGoodyearChandlerDams and water supplyArizonaCraig ChildsPhoenixRuinsSouthwestern citiesWaterpre-Columbian IndiansCommunitiesMesawater supply systemsdevelopmentsprawlcanalsSaltprojectsTempeNeolithic civilizationdesert civilizations2010-08-06T22:17:59ZNews ArticleMay your holidays be bright http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.22/may-your-holidays-be-bright High Country News takes Christmas break; visitors on wheels, recent books by HCN writers; corrections.No publisherJodi PetersonCraig ChildsJeremy N. SmithFinders KeepersPaonia, ColoradoTim SullivanGrowing a Garden CityNo Communication with the SeaHigh Country News2010-12-15T00:07:35ZNews ArticleLove and loss on a Wyoming ranch: A review of Lime Creek http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.22/love-and-loss-on-a-wyoming-ranch-a-review-of-lime-creek Lime Creek, Joe Henry's ravishing first work of fiction, is filled with exquisite snapshots of life on a Wyoming ranch.No publisherJenny Shank Old West vs. New WestATV usersCraig Childshikingrural lifeSmall townsold-timers versus newcomersprejudiceout-of-towners2011-12-21T18:40:53ZNews ArticleLeave it alone 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 publisherJonathan ThompsonCraig Childspothunterspotsherdsartifact collectorscliff dwellingsIndian ruinsAnasaziArchaeology2010-07-26T22:46:27ZNews ArticleImpressions of Pueblo prehistory http://www.hcn.org/issues/348/17067 Craig Childs’ new book House of Rain is less an in-depth look at Southwestern archaeology than one person’s attempt to appreciate a part of the worldNo publisherDave PhillipsnonfictionHouse of RainPueblo IndiansCraig ChildsSouthwestern archaeology2010-07-30T18:43:03ZNews ArticleHead games in the hot, hot desert http://www.hcn.org/issues/302/15668 In The Way Out, Craig Childs tells the
true story of how he and a friend explored a Utah desert and, at
the same time, journeyed through their own memoriesNo publisherLee RossDesertsHuman Beings And NatureCraig ChildsDirk VaughnNavajo Reservationdesertadventure storieshikingbackpackingcampingsurvivalmemoirschildhood memoriescopspolicemendysfunctional familiesAnasaziexplorers2010-02-05T09:25:41ZNews Article