Writers on the Range
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Two legs good in wilderness, two wheels bad
A mountain biker says allowing bikes like his in wilderness areas would violate the letter and the spirit of the Wilderness Act.
by Michael Carroll, Jan 07, 2003 -
There’s a wilderness niche for mountain biking
If mountain biking were allowed in designated wilderness areas, wilderness would gain a large number of new and committed advocates.
by Jim Hasenauer, Jan 07, 2003 -
When whiteouts in winter seem like forever
On the road in a snowstorm, time seems to stop, and you sometimes wonder if you will ever get home again.
by David Feela, Dec 31, 2002 -
A dispatch from the New West battleground
The auction and sub-dividing of a neighboring ranch leads the author to fear for the future of her ranching community.
by Linda M. Hasselstrom, Dec 31, 2002 -
An eco-wacko figures a few things out
It’s about time the anti-environmentalists turned down the rhetoric and took a break from their rude and silly diatribes.
by Alan Kesselheim, Dec 31, 2002 -
Real men head for Alaska
A visit to Alaska’s Kodiak Island leads the author to feel meek and mild in comparison to the manly men he meets, who battle wolverines in the wildest place in the country.
by Stephen J. Lyons, Dec 24, 2002 -
Snowmobiles are the people’s choice for Yellowstone
The author defends Yellowstone’s snowmobiles as a boon to local economies and the recreational choice of ordinary Americans.
by Dave Skinner, Dec 24, 2002 -
Yellowstone should keep out polluting and intrusive snowmobiles
Teddy Roosevelt, who dedicated Yellowstone’s stone entrance archway 100 years ago, would be horrified at the prospect of the park he loved opening its arms to snowmobile traffic.
by Hope Sieck, Dec 24, 2002 -
Life on the border, where education gets lost
A young teacher’s first months at an impoverished, "under-performing" school on Arizona’s Tohomo O’odham Reservation are a difficult lesson in what it is like to try to survive in a war zone.
by Natalie Peeterse, Dec 17, 2002 -
A Christmas tradition pueblo-style
The writer treasures a lifetime of Christmas visits with silversmith Vidal Aragon and his family at Santo Domingo Pueblo in New Mexico.
by Frank Carroll, Dec 17, 2002
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