Items by Ed Marston

Dear friends
A very good year for HCN; January HCN board meeting in St. George, Utah.
Ed Marston Feb. 15, 1999 From the print edition
Dear friends
"Colorado Central" magazine's fifth birthday; Denzel Ferguson died; Y2K in Paonia, Colo.; how to combat junk mail.
Ed Marston Feb. 1, 1999 From the print edition
Dear Friends
Tony Davis and Mo Udall; HCN's a real Western newspaper; Gary Vinyard's death a great loss; water for life; circulation is up; Salida fire; winter interns Rebecca Clarren and Juniper Davis.
Ed Marston Jan. 18, 1999 From the print edition
A paradise resettled and a community lost
"Old Fences, New Neighbors" by Peter R. Decker, looks at the author's home of Ridgway, Colo., as a community in rapid transition.
Ed Marston Dec. 7, 1998 From the print edition
Dear Friends
Research fund; sweeps month for print media; the Pueblo potluck and board meeting; new intern Gabriel Ross; fall visitors.
Ed Marston Oct. 12, 1998 From the print edition
Musings on the Big Sky
"Montana Ghost Dance: Essays on Land and Life," by John B. Wright, is reviewed.
Ed Marston Aug. 31, 1998 From the print edition
How the Canyon Became Grand
Stephen J. Pyne's book, "How the Canyon Became Grand," is reviewed.
Ed Marston Aug. 31, 1998 From the print edition
Not boring, not befuddling
Earthlaw, a public interest law firm in Denver, works for the environment with a sense of humor and even writes literate press releases.
Ed Marston Aug. 3, 1998 From the print edition
Dear Friends
Radio High Country News; new director of marketing Steve Mandell; "Adirondack Explorer"; visitors, volunteers.
Ed Marston Aug. 3, 1998 From the print edition
Dear Friends
Skipped issue; Paonia's Fourth of July; odds and ends; visitors.
Ed Marston July 6, 1998 From the print edition
A lively memoir out of the National Park Service
Bill Everhart's "Take Down Flag & Feed Horses" offers a refreshing view of life with the National Park Service, especially in Yellowstone National Park.
Ed Marston June 22, 1998 From the print edition
Dear Friends
Bill McDonald wins MacArthur grant; lively times in Salt Lake City, and the HCN board meeting there; Richard Ingebretsen; wilderness rally in Grand Junction.
Ed Marston June 22, 1998 From the print edition
Dear Friends
Telluride Mountain Film Festival; visitors; intern Jennifer Chergo; CU professors visit; apricots; Deborah Ham obituary.
Ed Marston June 8, 1998 From the print edition
Dear Friends
Upcoming Salt Lake City potluck; visitors; HCN needs volunteers; new office sign; books by HCN readers; correction; summer intern Taffeta Elliott
Ed Marston May 25, 1998 From the print edition
Dear Friends
Rearranging a crowded office; springtime visitors; Michelle Nijhuis stays, Peter Chilson leaves; working assets grant applied for.
Ed And Betsy Marston May 11, 1998 From the print edition
A fiery Wyoming newspaper pursues the state's fat cats
John Jolley's "Grassroots Advocate," published in Casper, Wyo., serves as a determined gadfly to the state and the federal government.
Ed Marston May 11, 1998 From the print edition
The working West: grassroots groups and their newsletters
The many newsletters put out by small environmental grassroots groups reveal a West that is complex, quirky and deeply committed.
Ed Marston May 11, 1998 From the print edition
The old West is going under
An introduction to HCN's special issue says that the old extractive West is on its deathbed.
Ed Marston April 27, 1998 From the print edition
Dear Friends
Questions and visitors; an evening with Stewart Udall; HCN in Awake!
Ed Marston April 13, 1998 From the print edition
Dear Friends
Postal stuff; Lynda Taylor leaves HCN board; Dustin Solberg returns; visitors; Great Basin magazine ends.
Ed Marston March 30, 1998 From the print edition
Show me the science
Club 20's report on "The Decline of the Aspen" fails to convince that the only way to save western Colorado's aspen groves is to log them.
Ed Marston Essay March 16, 1998 From the print edition
Dear Friends
Congratulations to Greg Hanscom and Tara Thomas and others; newsletters galore; mailing list policy.
Betsy Marston And Ed Marston March 16, 1998 From the print edition
Olympic onslaught: Salt Lake City braces for the winter games
An introduction to the issue points out that Salt Lake City's intense and seemingly uncontrolled growth actually stems from deliberately planning - both to develop the city and to prepare for the Olympics.
Ed Marston March 16, 1998 From the print edition
Dear Friends
Old and older Aspen (Sam Caudill); other news and visitors; junkyard dogs (Marlene Zanetell); Selcraig's correct e-mail address.
Ed Marston March 2, 1998 From the print edition
Quincy comes up short
University of California Professor Timothy P. Duane compares the Quincy Library Group with another California consensus group on the Yuba River watershed, and finds fault with the Quincy Group.
Ed Marston Feb. 16, 1998 From the print edition
Dear Friends
Tucson potluck; 18,500 readers; Malpai Borderlands Group; calling all newsletters; freelancer doings; Big Velvet corrections.
Ed Marston Feb. 16, 1998 From the print edition
Dear friends
Kevin Markey visits; more visitors; congratulations, Skip Edwards and Margaret Murie; winter intern J.T. Thomas.
Ed Marston Feb. 2, 1998 From the print edition
Use this book to get under the West's skin
"Atlas of the New West" explores a rapidly changing place with maps and thoughtful essays, and it can also direct you to a rodeo, or to the nearest copy of The New York Times.
Ed Marston Feb. 2, 1998 From the print edition
Dear friends
El Nino 1, Denver 0; writers and visitors; for youth; corrections on Reisner story.
Ed Marston Nov. 10, 1997 From the print edition
Drain Lake Powell? Democracy and science finally come West
The proposal to drain Lake Powell is exhilarating because of the debate it will inspire.
Ed Marston Nov. 10, 1997 From the print edition
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