About Writers on the Range

Starting Conversations All Around the West

Writers on the Range is High Country News' syndicated column service, featuring the voices of Westerners speaking on the issues that most affect our region. Each week, three of the most thoughtful writers and thinkers in the West give you their clear-eyed opinions about everything from public land management, growth and politics to more personal essays about life in the West. A total of 77 papers -- ranging from the Denver Post to the Wood River Journal, subscribe to Writers on the Range, and the number is growing. We hope you'll join us.

"Week by week our pages have been enlivened by the diverse, wry and smart voices of Writers on the Range. In an era of one-note punditry and homogenized wire feeds, Writers on the Range has offered us a breath of fresh western air."

Jim Kiser,
editorial page editor
ARIZONA DAILY STAR