Betsy Marston retires from High Country News after 39 years with the magazine.
Items by Florence Williams
How a group of veterans found solace on the River of No Return.
Iraq war veterans find a new life in Colorado, this time fighting for the environment with the help of Veterans Green Jobs.
The women in Stefanie Raymond-Whish’s family have a
history of breast cancer, and the young Navajo biologist wants to
know whether the uranium on the reservation might have something to
do with it.
Nellie Sandoval, the mother of scientist Stefanie
Raymond-Whish, has become an outspoken activist as a result of her
own struggle with breast cancer.
Glenda Rangel and her family grew up drinking from and
swimming in water tanks dangerously polluted with
uranium.
Kathleen Tsosie, who has devoted her life to helping
others, now faces the frightening possibility that her breast
cancer has returned.
Stewart and Mo Udall were Western conservation giants. Now
the West looks to their sons to bridge today’s social and
political divides and create a conservation legacy of their
own
Mo Udall’s six children, and Stewart Udall’s
six – not to mention many of their cousins – have
tended to find work in some form of public service
The sales pitch for the Silver Bow Club, a gated ranch
community proposed for Montana's Big Hole River, weighs 12 pounds
and encourages vivid lifestyle fantasies.
The Stock Farm outside of Hamilton, Mont., is one of many
new exclusive gated housing developments in the West, and some fear
that these fortified palaces, which cater to a wealthy elite, will
further divide communities and adversely impact the land.
Ten years after Frank and Deborah Popper first proposed
turning depopulated Great Plains counties into a 'Buffalo Commons,'
their once-controversial ideas are getting more respect in the
region as the population continues to decline.
In the Great Plains, some buffalo ranchers are trying to
make the animals pay without turning them into beef cattle
clones.
On the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota, an
innovative Dept. of Education is determined to break the cycle of
poverty, poor school performance and lack of economic opportunity
that afflicts the Lakota youth.
One in six Westerners now lives in a trailer, but this
traditionally affordable housing can become an expensive trap, as
tougher zoning pushes trailers into crowded parks with
ever-increasing rents and regulations.
Architect and developer Michael Reynolds runs into trouble
with Taos County, N.M., over his belief that the "Earthships" he
builds don't require building permits or fall under local land-use
regulations.
Montana State University's new manufacturing extension
center helps entrepreneurs such as backpack designer Dana Gleason
of Dana Design.
Montana State University turns to "electronic extension"
to meet the information needs of the state's widely scattered
population.
Extension agent Barb Andreozzi offers creative ideas and
practical assistance to help Anaconda, Mont., prosper
again.
Experts give advice about what to do when land-use
opposition gets ugly.
A proposed land-use plan for Montana's Flathead County
faces violent opposition.
Outdoor schools fight Canyonlands use-limits
proposal.
North American Free Trade Agreement doesn't include
environmental protections.
Sonoran communities open to mining by foreign
companies.
United States, Mexico and Tohono O'odham Indians work to
preserve the Sonoran Desert.
Butte wants to transform its Superfund mine cleanup into a
tourist attraction.
Metanetix, Mycotech and other companies see opportunity in
cleaning up Butte's Superfund site.
Small towns are an important part of the ecosysytem,
according to community consultant Luther Propst.
Montanans plan to preserve their small-town atmosphere in
Livingston.
Grand County will elect a seven-member commission to
replace the old county council.
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