Items by Ray Ring
The agency's main Freedom of Information Act office appears incompetent or overworked.
Public-land employees are easy targets for a violent, government-hating fringe.
Excerpts from official accounts of threats against U.S. Forest Service and BLM employees.
The iconic Southwest writer brought minimal gear but loads of reading material on the trail.
The writer passed away in Las Cruces, New Mexico, on Aug. 30.
The iconic Southwest writer brought minimal gear but loads of reading material on the trail.
The writer passed away in Las Cruces, New Mexico, on Aug. 30.
Some farms are using the river as their sewer.
National security runs roughshod over the Arizona wild.
The passing of a wilderness advocate, and an HCN correspondent moves to North Dakota.
Can tourists benefit, not just exploit, tribal communities?
A conversation with outdoor entrepreneur Bill Bryan.
Mishaps and mayhem from around the West.
Happy birthday to HCN’s founder, Tom Bell.
HCN readers get a kick out of their difficult travels in the West.
A few tourists get close to amazing numbers of bears catching salmon at Alaska's McNeil River Falls.
Our pick of high-end tourism accessories includes a $600K RV and an 87-tool Swiss Army knife.
For decades, insiders have reported problems in the cleanup of our worst nuclear mess — but is anyone listening?
Gritty, ongoing reportage delivers an important message: The fundamental problem with nuclear energy — its incredibly dangerous waste products — remains unsolved.
The world’s longest ongoing salmon research reveals the astounding complexity of wild ecosystems -- and how easily it can be lost.
Update on the proposed Pebble Mine in Alaska’s Bristol Bay region -- a threat to the world’s best salmon ecosystem.
Converting an old mine to a physics lab in Lead, South Dakota, is just one example of how towns change directions due to deliberate actions as well as random chance.
We’re scanning in all of the pre-1994 issues for our website; visitors came to call; correction.
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