http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 15. http://www.hcn.org/issues/281/14976 As we celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Wilderness Act, it’s time we got back to a realistic attitude about proposed wilderness, saving actual places, no matter how small they are, instead of holding out for mega-proposals No publisher Matt Jenkins Boulder-White Cloud wilderness wilderness Gale White River proposed wilderness proposed wilderness Ojito Wilderness Legislation wilderness areas Wilderness Alliance Bob Marshall Wilderness Wild Sky wilderness Wilderness Act Southern Utah John Muir Wilderness SUWA 2011-05-11T15:42:05Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/344/16955 In Brave New West: Morphing Moab at the Speed of Greed, Jim Stiles rips into the amenity-oriented tourist economy that has transformed his once-beloved Moab, but he offers little in the way of useful alternatives. No publisher Brian Kevin wilderness Moab Communities in transition growth Country Zephyr sprawl Utah tourists development mountain bikes Jim Stiles demographics small towns degradation New West newspaper publishers land use and planning changing communities population rural West Canyon Brave New West Ed Abbey 2010-08-06T22:43:07Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/346/17020 Rebecca Stanfel always planned to take her young son Andrew on wilderness expeditions, but the onslaught of illness has taught her that nature can also be found much closer to home. No publisher Rebecca Stanfel Human beings and nature Rebecca Stanfel hiking nature Bob Marshall Wilderness trails three-year-olds parks autumn parenting sarcoidosis marriage child-raising wilderness children camping 2010-08-06T21:11:56Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/16993 Aron Ralston, who famously lost his arm in a Utah canyon, argues for the preservation of that canyon and others like it. No publisher Aron Ralston Recreation Aron Ralston Utah wilderness canyon country wilderness America’s Red Rock Wilderness Act outdoor recreation hiking accidents wild lands slot canyons BLM 1964 Wilderness Act Utah public domain Kaiparowits Plateau Book Cliffs San Rafael Swell 2010-02-05T09:43:13Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/wilderness-and-military-use-can-coexist The U.S. Army has no reason to oppose the proposed Red Table Mountain wilderness in Colorado, because its helicopter training flights could easily be grandfathered in. No publisher Connie Harvey National Wilderness Preservation System wilderness U.S. Army helicopter training flights Colorado congressional delegation wilderness legislation Red Table proposed wilderness area Wilderness Act 2011-09-28T22:39:11Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/314/16060 A hunter and member of the National Rifle Association is angry at the way the group puts gun ownership above roadless areas, wildlife, and hunting No publisher Pat Wray Forests Roadless Hunting Hunters National Rifle Association roadless forests gun rights gun ownership Larry Craig wilderness wildlife fishing Second Amendment politics anti-environmental rhetoric hunting legislation big game trout 2010-02-05T08:56:36Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/319/16220 The writer tells of an unexpected encounter with Interior Secretary Gale Norton, and the conversation that ensued No publisher Terry Tempest Williams Energy Oil and Gas Appointed Officials Gale Norton Interior Department Terry Tempest Williams political disagreements politics environmental policy energy policy oil and gas drilling wilderness Mike Leavitt Four C’s George W. Bush 2010-02-05T09:33:25Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/war-on-the-west-the-sequel Life is going get even harder for Interior Secretary Ken Salazar as modern-day Sagebrush Rebels try to re-ignite a “War on the West.” No publisher Paul Larmer Clinton environmental policy Ken Salazar Bush energy policy Obama environmental policy Republicans Bruce Babbitt wilderness Democrats politics Sagebrush Rebellion political rhetoric 2011-01-25T21:00:20Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/369/17666 Development threatens inholdings in national parks and forests; a few wilderness bills move through Congress; oil and mining booms in the West; W.R. Grace sets up trust for its victims; Homeland Security dodges enviro laws for border barriers; coal power No publisher Sarah Gilman coal power plants border fence wilderness National park inholdings chinook fishing legislation Forest Service Mount Emmons molybdenum 2010-07-26T22:44:42Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/17318 Gary Lantz may lament that the West he roamed as a young man no longer exists – but to young people like his son, the West is still a magical place filled with the promise of adventure. No publisher Gary Lantz Gary Lantz wilderness youth and age memory nostalgia Rocky Mountains 2010-02-05T09:44:53Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/the-way-the-west-was-can-be-seen-again Watching sandhill cranes gather on the Platte River in Nebraska is like stepping into a time machine that takes you back to an unspoiled, wild West. No publisher Pepper Trail wildlife wilderness nature writing sandhill cranes birdwatchers Rowe Sanctuary Yellowstone 2011-04-19T17:11:47Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.3/Roarth.jpg Time spent alone in a cabin in the wild reminds a writer that silence is more than the absence of noise. No publisher Charles Goodrich Charles Goodrich wildlife noise wilderness elk solitude silence 2010-02-10T22:01:11Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.14/the-spirit-of-the-place In The Wild Marsh, Montana nature writer Rick Bass takes us through four seasons in his beloved Yaak Valley. No publisher Andrea Appleton The Wild Marsh wildlife wilderness nature writing Yaak Valley Rick Bass 2010-02-05T08:43:41Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/289/15184 Utah’s attempt to take over backcountry roads begins to unravel, largely because of problems stirred up by the attempt to claim the remote Weiss Highway in Juab County as an R.S. 2477 road No publisher Tim Westby R.S. 2477 Utah BLM Juab County Norton-Leavitt agreement county roads public lands Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance Heidi McIntosh wilderness General Accounting Office Olene Walker The Wilderness Society Earthjustice Maloy Dodds Mark Habb 2010-02-05T09:22:24Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.16/the-mirage-of-pristine-wilderness The old-growth forests in the Pacific Northwest may not be that old after all - but that doesn't mean they're not big and beautiful. No publisher Emma Marris wilderness paleoecology Douglas fir Schmitz Park rainforest Old growth Pacific Northwest forests 2011-10-07T15:02:18Z News Article