With Congress stalled on immigration reform, Western
states such as Colorado are tackling the issue with tough new
laws
Items by Alex Pasquariello
Federal agencies say they’re largely powerless to
stop a massive and unpopular ski resort village planned for an
inholding in Colorado’s Wolf Creek Ski Area.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security wants to give the
Border Patrol regular motorized access to more than 330,000 acres
of wilderness along the Mexican border
Texas billionaire Billy Joe "Red" McCombs wants to build
"The Village at Wolf Creek" – Colorado’s largest resort
village – in the heart of one of the state’s most
environmentally conscious small ski areas
Interior Secretary Gale Norton talks to High Country News
about her "Four C’s" credo: "Communication, consultation and
cooperation, all in the service of conservation"
The complete HCN interview with Interior Secretary Gale Norton
The Valle Imperial Project in Science at J.F. Kennedy
Middle School in California’s Imperial Valley near the Mexico
border raises scores for fourth- and sixth-graders and delights
their curious minds, but with Bush’s "one-size-fits-all"
approach, and his
In their new book, An Air That Kills, reporters Andrew
Schneider and David McCumber tell the shocking story of how
asbestos poisoned Libby, Mont., and continues to harm the
nation
Colorado’s lynx reintroduction program has so far
been a success, but a new Forest Service management proposal would
put energy development, forest thinning, and snowmobile trails
ahead of the threatened animal’s habitat
The Lower Owens River in Inyo County, Calif., may finally
get its water back from Los Angeles, thanks to a last-minute
lawsuit by the state’s attorney general
New Colorado interns Jodi Peterson and Alex Pasquariello;
anatomical accuracy of Maryann Webster’s HCN cover
painting
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