Writers on the Range
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Like Butte, Montana, an old dog hangs on
A mysterious, mostly wild dog, fed by local miners, has somehow survived for 16 years in the desolate moonscape of a Superfund site -- the Berkeley Pit in Butte, Mont.
by Matt Vincent, Dec 09, 2002 -
What Dick Cheney might have learned in Rock Springs, Wyoming
Dick Cheney once lived in the boom-and-bust community of Rock Springs, Wyo., but didn’t learn there the lessons that he might have learned to help him deal with unintended consequences in a war against Iraq.
by Paul Krza, Dec 09, 2002 -
The view from ground zero at Oregon’s biggest fire in 100 years
The Biscuit Fire, Oregon’s largest in 100 years, was said to have devastated most of the Kalmiopsis Wilderness, but a backpacking trip leads the author to believe that the land is more resilient than people think.
by William L. Sullivan, Dec 04, 2002 -
Ranchers in the West should call it quits
The writer says books like Ranching West of the 100th Meridian promote the false idea that Westerners must choose between condos and cows in a landscape never meant for cattle grazing.
by John Horning, Dec 04, 2002 -
Some lessons about coyotes stick in your mind
The government agencies that use M-44s to kill coyotes claim that the cyanide causes a quick and painless death, but a rancher’s experience indicates that the truth is tragically different.
by Linda M. Hasselstrom, Dec 04, 2002 -
Eco-farmers seek to grow habitat as well as crops
Tim Holt wants "eco-farmers" to get federal bucks.
by Tim Holt, Nov 30, 2002 -
It’s good to be impassioned!
Jim Stiles confesses he’s mad as hell and wishes more people would feel the same.
by Jim Stiles, Nov 30, 2002 -
Why one Nevada town is the last, smartest boomtown
Steve Voynick praises Elko, Nevada, for getting ready for the inevitable gold-mining bust.
by Steve Voynick, Nov 30, 2002 -
Wherever you go, sprawl isn't far behind
A lifetime spent in California demonstrates how our flight from sprawl and development leads to more sprawl and development wherever we go
by Autumn Bernstein, Nov 25, 2002 -
Why I'm thankful this Thanksgiving
The things I am thankful for this week are still there: family, health, work, life in the rural West. But I have to scratch beneath world events to find them. I can no longer live as if my well-being depended only on me.
by Ed Marston, Nov 19, 2002
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