A very good year for HCN; January HCN board meeting in St.
George, Utah.
Items by Ed Marston
"Colorado Central" magazine's fifth birthday; Denzel
Ferguson died; Y2K in Paonia, Colo.; how to combat junk
mail.
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.
"Old Fences, New Neighbors" by Peter R. Decker, looks at
the author's home of Ridgway, Colo., as a community in rapid
transition.
Research fund; sweeps month for print media; the Pueblo
potluck and board meeting; new intern Gabriel Ross; fall
visitors.
"Montana Ghost Dance: Essays on Land and Life," by John B.
Wright, is reviewed.
Stephen J. Pyne's book, "How the Canyon Became Grand," is
reviewed.
Earthlaw, a public interest law firm in Denver, works for
the environment with a sense of humor and even writes literate
press releases.
Radio High Country News; new director of marketing Steve
Mandell; "Adirondack Explorer"; visitors, volunteers.
Skipped issue; Paonia's Fourth of July; odds and ends;
visitors.
Bill Everhart's "Take Down Flag & Feed Horses" offers
a refreshing view of life with the National Park Service,
especially in Yellowstone National Park.
Bill McDonald wins MacArthur grant; lively times in Salt
Lake City, and the HCN board meeting there; Richard Ingebretsen;
wilderness rally in Grand Junction.
Telluride Mountain Film Festival; visitors; intern
Jennifer Chergo; CU professors visit; apricots; Deborah Ham
obituary.
Upcoming Salt Lake City potluck; visitors; HCN needs
volunteers; new office sign; books by HCN readers; correction;
summer intern Taffeta Elliott
Rearranging a crowded office; springtime visitors;
Michelle Nijhuis stays, Peter Chilson leaves; working assets grant
applied for.
John Jolley's "Grassroots Advocate," published in Casper,
Wyo., serves as a determined gadfly to the state and the federal
government.
The many newsletters put out by small environmental
grassroots groups reveal a West that is complex, quirky and deeply
committed.
An introduction to HCN's special issue says that the old
extractive West is on its deathbed.
Questions and visitors; an evening with Stewart Udall; HCN
in Awake!
Postal stuff; Lynda Taylor leaves HCN board; Dustin
Solberg returns; visitors; Great Basin magazine ends.
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.
Congratulations to Greg Hanscom and Tara Thomas and
others; newsletters galore; mailing list policy.
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.
Old and older Aspen (Sam Caudill); other news and
visitors; junkyard dogs (Marlene Zanetell); Selcraig's correct
e-mail address.
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.
Tucson potluck; 18,500 readers; Malpai Borderlands Group;
calling all newsletters; freelancer doings; Big Velvet
corrections.
Kevin Markey visits; more visitors; congratulations, Skip
Edwards and Margaret Murie; winter intern J.T. Thomas.
"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.
El Nino 1, Denver 0; writers and visitors; for youth;
corrections on Reisner story.
The proposal to drain Lake Powell is exhilarating because
of the debate it will inspire.
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