Greg Hanscom tells unmotorized recreationists to stop the
infighting and join outdoor retailers in the fight for
wilderness.
Items by Greg
We’re back from vacation; visitors; Amy Alanko to
leave HCN, Ann Ulrich Miller to return; just kidding about
Elvis
We need a vacation! Paonia board meeting; visitors; Karen
Mockler’s first novel
Outdoor recreationists need to follow the lead of the
Outdoor Industry Association, which is fighting the Utah wilderness
rollbacks, in caring about the fate of their natural
playgrounds
HCN in the spotlight; buy books through BookSense and help
HCN; visitors
More than ever, we need whistleblowers to give us true
‘sound science’
Mountainsmith supports HCN; visitors from La Mision;
corrections; our new look
HCN’s new look!; summer interns Rosemary Winters and
Stephanie Tidwell; HCN potluck and board meeting in
Paonia
Two weeks to redesign launch; HCN’s April
Fool’s succeeds in fooling Dubois; corrections: national
monuments have been overturned
BLM announces new policy for approving oil and gas
permits; black bear hunt still on in New Mexico; court says water
from coalbed methane wells is "industrial waste," Colorado gets
rights to water from Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park;
Interior
Probably no other Western state is as deeply fractured as
New Mexico, with its complex mix of Indian, Hispanic and Anglo
cultures and their long, turbulent history
Scratch the metamorphosis bit; Team HCN at Race to Stop
Global Warming; and spring visitors
Your chance to weigh in on the redesign; Deb French is new
outreach director; and Betsy and Ed Marston are still
here
The memory of an encounter with a grizzly in Glacier
National Park leads to thoughts about the place large predators
have in the West
Greg Gordon visits captured bison that face death after
leaving Yellowstone National Park
Fear and loathing in HCNland: Readers react to HCN’s
planned redesign
February board meeting in wintry Fort Collins, Colo.;
thanks for helping our Spreading the News Campaign; we can’t
get away with anything (corrections & emendations)
Melting ice reveals archaeological treasures; postcards
from the edge; congratulations; Farley Shelden dies; visitors; tune
in to Radio HCN; and stimulate minds & bodies with HCN in your
coffeeshop
Survey results are in; HCN gets a makeover; new interns
Sierra Standish and Jess Toubman
A blizzard of mail; keeping us on our toes; more
corrections
A town reborn; the HCN torch is passed; whoops! And see
you next year.
An unsuccessful run for the Montana state Legislature
turns into an educational experience for the Green Party
candidate.
Kiss a super idea (Superfund) goodbye; more election
reflection; visitors; correction and apology; and hello to Utah,
radio station KUER.
Gated communities; HCN calls readers; visitors; gripes
& gun-totin' Democrats
Whitman College students ask HCN hard questions; more
visitors; congratulations to Don Sampson, Rebecca Clarren, Gretchen
Nicholoff and Rita Murphy.
Tim Egan speaks at HCN Seattle board meeting; Ed Marston
steps aside; correction; Betsy Offermann obituary
California's balancing act, part 2; fall interns Jamie
McEvoy and Joshua Zaffos; Visitors; correction and credit due; and
a message to Iraq.
California's balancing act; new staffers JoAnn Kalenak,
Denise Massart-Isaacson April Reese & Laura Paskus; staffers
Robyn Morrison and Gretchen Aston-Puckett change jobs;
congratulations - and thanks.
Breaking all the rules, HCN writes about local coalbed
methane story; Visitors; interesting mail about enviro
"psychohistory"; no Centennial Hotel in Elko; HCN goes to Seattle
for board meeting, potluck
- Botanists find one of ‘the world’s worst weeds’ spreading in the Boise foothills
- Wildfire kills Klamath fish: ‘Everything that’s in there is dead.’
- A new investigation reveals depth of skewed policing in Siskiyou County
- Record rainfall, bears and French toast at Anchorage’s new city-sanctioned homeless encampment
- Scientists unravel the origins of the Southwest’s monsoon
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