Items by Nathan Rice
Can logging towns and old-growth forests both thrive in the Northwest?
A few of the proposals to stop the bleeding in rural timber-dependent counties.
A brief history of the Northwest Forest Plan
Dynamic forests require flexible management
Can a new approach to conservation help landowners and endangered species coexist?
In Lake City, Colo., the state's oldest ski lift is still hauling skiers up modest slopes at even more modest prices.
A lawsuit raises questions about how far environmentalists should go to keep wilderness 'untrammeled.'
"Lightbulb" Winders recounts his experiences as the last lookout on Green Mountain.
After a hard-fought political campaign the town of Boulder passed a ballot initiative allowing it to create its own municipal utility in order to help reach its ambitious environmental goals.
It could become the first export facility on the U.S. West Coast
A former Grand Canyon National Park superintendent believes that corporate pressure may have undermined a proposed ban on disposable water bottles in the park.
Outdated plastic pipes create a silent menace
As grizzly bear populations in the Rockies rebound, the great bruins face extirpation in the North Cascades. Can they hang on until the feds fund recovery?
House bills to delay air pollution standards move on to the Senate.
Colorado's progressive hub wants to create its own electric utility
Four bills would gut health, environmental regulations
Wild fish advocates threaten lawsuit over hatchery restoration plan
New studies show the expense of sea level rise and look at the human side of a warming North
Greater protection considered for Arctic coastal plain
HCN heads to the hills with biologists in search of rare carnivores
A wolf pack and a grizzly emerge from the shadows of the Cascades
California places tough restrictions on the pesticide methyl iodide, but opponents believe that's not enough to protect workers and the environment.
Urban sprawl helps spur new efforts at compromise in managing state trust lands.
The West's state trust lands form a complex patchwork, and each state manages them differently.
Mayor of Bellingham, Wash., unites with local opposition
When it's in a creek in Canyonlands National Park, rules federal judge
The first confirmed evidence of wolverines in Oregon since 1992 shows up in surprising photographs.
Feds don't require it, but states are considering stricter regulations
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