Is the West ripening for a Right wing comeback?
Items by Sarah Gilman
When a land trust dissolves, its conservation easements need to be taken on by another group, but that’s not as easy as it sounds.
New York City fights drilling in its watershed, and even some energy executives say the industry needs to be more transparent about the chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing.
Feds reject a controversial Colorado ski area expansion
The Bureau of Land Management used a large number of "categorical exclusions" to streamline permitting for oil and gas development.
High Country News editor Jonathan Thompson talks pipelines with KUNC's Kirk Siegler
Sixteen Westerners are among the 50 richest members of Congress today.
HCN joins other journalists for a live discussion of energy, politics and wilderness in the West.
Feds may finally begin contacting landowners when they lease mineral rights under their property.
Search and rescue operations in Western national parks are often provoked by the mishaps of young men unprepared for their adventures.
What's it like looking out for hundreds of firefighters in Interior Alaska? Hopefully ho-hum enough to snuggle up with a good book.
Visitors; editor's note on Gary Paul Nabhan's piece about Jon Jarvis.
A comprehensive list of dairy accidents and deaths in the West
HCN staffer Tammy York talks about basement living and close encounters of the wild kind
Fatal black bear attack is only third on record in Colorado.
Assistant Editor Sarah Gilman chats about HCN's summer special issue
Colorado's reintroduced lynx finally start having babies again
The Sierra Club's Carl Zichella discusses the balancing act involved in finding the best -- and least environmentally sensitive -- places to put big renewable energy projects
Spelunkers visit High Country News; correction; obituaries for N.W. Grosse-Rhode and Ramon Mena Owens.
Is it possible to help resolve a huge problem like climate change by cobbling together small, locally generated solutions?
Federal agency and author disagree on High Country News story
Is it possible to develop large-scale solar projects and transmission lines without sacrificing the West’s wide-open landscapes and deserts?
Feds may extend protections to most adorable animal ever
Obama administration makes new moves for endangered fish
Is it possible to develop large-scale solar projects and transmission lines without sacrificing the West’s wide-open landscapes and deserts?
Westerners have a knack for new and innovative thinking, such as: Redefining rancher politics, A rediscovered renewable, Creating public nooks and crannies and more.
Westerners have a knack for new and innovative thinking, as this special issue of HCN shows.
Idaho proposal to cull Lolo-area wolves is back before the feds.
The Department of the Interior hints at plans to buoy the economy
Ungulates rebound (just a little) in Wyoming's Pinedale Anticline gas field
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