Although the Sangre de Cristo Mountains are almost synonymous with New Mexico, the range – the longest in the United States – extends about 110 miles into Colorado. Tom Wolf, a writer and one-time forestry student, explores these northern Sangres in Colorado’s Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Starting with the Anasazi and continuing through the Spanish, […]
Ed Quillen
Posted inAugust 7, 1995: Fighting fires, and indignities
Prison payrolls come with big hooks
I live in Salida: downstream from the Buena Vista Correctional Facility and its associated boot camp, and upstream from Canon City, home of Colorado’s major prison complex, and Florence, which now boasts a federal penitentiary, “the Alcatraz of the Rockies.” And so I’ve noticed, firsthand and in my backyard, that most discussions of prisons ignore […]
Posted inMarch 7, 1994: Pay as you waste, says EPA
Pay as you waste, says EPA
It’s a new world for rural trash
Posted inMarch 7, 1994: Pay as you waste, says EPA
State-by-state trash
Note: This article is a sidebar to this issue’s feature story, Pay as you waste, says EPA. Idaho had 85 landfills, according to Katie Sewell, solid waste coordinator in the state department of environmental quality; by summer, that will be down to 30, and most of the panhandle counties will ship their trash to big […]
Posted inMarch 7, 1994: Pay as you waste, says EPA
Federal land managers put up no-dumping signs
Note: This article is a sidebar to this issue’s feature story, Pay as you waste, says EPA. New EPA rules haven’t been the only federal vexation for rural counties. About 425,000 square miles of “land that nobody wanted” is administered by the federal Bureau of Land Management, and in almost 300 places in the West, […]
Posted inMarch 7, 1994: Pay as you waste, says EPA
A guide to some trashy reading matter
Note: This article is a sidebar to this issue’s feature story, Pay as you waste, says EPA. When it comes to trash, most reading matter is so boring that it belongs in the local landfill. Two informative exceptions: The Garbage Primer: A Handbook for Citizens, produced by the League of Women Voters and published in […]
Posted inMay 3, 1993: Now that Denver has abdicated ... who will coordinate and inspire the West?
In case you are not sated, here is a readinglist
Ed Quillen recommends reading on the history of the development of Denver. To read this article, download this HCN issue in PDF format. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline In case you are not sated, here is a readinglist.
Posted inMay 3, 1993: Now that Denver has abdicated ... who will coordinate and inspire the West?
Now that Denver has abdicated… Who will coordinate andinspire the West?
A history of Denver’s economic development and rise to prominence as a western city. To read this article, download this HCN issue in PDF format. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Now that Denver has abdicated… Who will coordinate andinspire the West?.
Posted inMay 3, 1993: Now that Denver has abdicated ... who will coordinate and inspire the West?
How John Evans helped build a Rocky Mountain empire centered on Denver
A history of Denver and John Evans: early investor, doctor and developer. To read this article, download this HCN issue in PDF format. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline How John Evans helped build a Rocky Mountain empire centered on Denver.
Posted inMay 3, 1993: Now that Denver has abdicated ... who will coordinate and inspire the West?
Simplot and Coors: Westerners to their cores
A comparison of three businesses in the West: Coors, Exxon and Simplot. To read this article, download this HCN issue in PDF format. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Simplot and Coors: Westerners to their cores.
Posted inMay 3, 1993: Now that Denver has abdicated ... who will coordinate and inspire the West?
How a governor tried to tame the boom-bust cycle
How Governor Dick Lamm tried to conserve Colorado’s natural resources from 1975 to 1987. To read this article, download this HCN issue in PDF format. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline How a governor tried to tame the boom-bust cycle.
Posted inMay 3, 1993: Now that Denver has abdicated ... who will coordinate and inspire the West?
Denver International Airport: A monument to the S&L scandal
A history of 19th-century entrepreneurs in Denver. To read this article, download this HCN issue in PDF format. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Denver International Airport: A monument to the S&L scandal.
Posted inMay 3, 1993: Now that Denver has abdicated ... who will coordinate and inspire the West?
How Midwesterners gobbled up Colorado’s banks
Many of Denver’s banks are owned by out-of-state chains. To read this article, download this HCN issue in PDF format. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline How Midwesterners gobbled up Colorado’s banks.
Posted inNovember 4, 1991: Mining law is no longer a sacred cow
The angrier they get you, the more they make you think
We are about 150 years into this experiment to see whether it is possible to live year-round in the Rocky Mountains. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/23.20/download-entire-issue
Posted inNovember 10, 1986: The Colorado River as plumbing
What size shoe does and acre-foot wear?
A glossary of water terms for those who wonder why water diversions are not diverting and why it is morally offensive to leave water flowing in a stream. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/18.21/download-entire-issue