The media’s economic crisis is hitting the West particularly hard, with major daily newspapers up for sale. Also: Chicago businessman watches nature via computer.
Barack Obama is bringing Westerners to Washington, including Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano to run Homeland Security, and Cabinet picks Ken Salazar, Hilda Solis and Steven Chu.
Just how bad or good are Idaho's environmental politics? On September 18, High Country News gathered Idaho politicians and environmentalists for a lively exploration of these questions.
The Grand Old Party will either find a new life – or court self-destruction – in the West today, where moderates and hard-liners are battling over conservation issues.
BLM flip-flops on solar and expedites oil and gas; Western Governors’ Association talks about energy; more fossil fuel risks; good (and bad) salmon news.
Bush administration finally acknowledges reality of global
warming; Montana politics; Yucca Mountain 8,000-page application
turned in; J.R. Simplot dies; Telluride wins fight over open
space.
In his richly illustrated book Boy Wonder & the Big
Burns, Montana photographer Chris Peterson finds beauty in the
aftermath of fire – and in his relationship with his autistic
son.
HCN looks at the various problems of Western wildlife,
including Northern Rockies wolves, porcupines, fishers, pikas, and
more; and Rocky Mountain National Park tests elk for chronic
wasting disease and also gives out birth control.
The fiercely conservative lawyers of the Sagebrush
Rebellion continue to fight against environmental regulations, but
despite all their sound and fury, very little has changed on the
public lands.
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