Wildlife managers clamp down on antlergatherers to protect deer and sage grouse
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Posted inJune 23, 2008: Peace on the Klamath
Wilderness, schmilderness
In Nevada, wilderness-wary locals derail
lands bills that could help their communities
Posted inJune 23, 2008: Peace on the Klamath
Shifting sands in Navajoland
TEESTO, ARIZONA In the dry heart of the Navajo Reservation, at the end of a solitary, sand-choked dirt road, geologist Margaret Hiza Redsteer climbs out of her dark blue government Jeep, taps lightly on a door, and waits. And waits. When Mary Biggambler finally pokes her head around the door, it’s with a hearty […]
Posted inJune 9, 2008: Why the West needs Mythic Cowboys
Life, liberty and the pursuit of … game?
Right-to-hunt amendments coming to a state near you
Posted inJune 9, 2008: Why the West needs Mythic Cowboys
Easing into development
A backdoor agreement between the Forest Service and a timber company cuts out counties
Posted inJune 9, 2008: Why the West needs Mythic Cowboys
The latest trend in name-calling
The Cold War was actually rather heated when I was growing up in the 1950s and ’60s. America was more or less “at war” with the Communists as a matter of foreign policy. It affected our domestic discourse because politicians so often sought to discredit their opponents as “Communist sympathizers” or “comsymps” — “soft on […]
Posted inJune 9, 2008: Why the West needs Mythic Cowboys
Walking on a Wire
Los Angeles needs green power. Does it have to tear up the desert to get it?
Posted inMay 26, 2008: On Cancer’s Trail
Climate cash-in
Western farmers and ranchers use crops – and cows – to tap into the carbon market
Posted inMay 26, 2008: On Cancer’s Trail
Fields of overkill
Conservation, farmers scorched by food safety concerns
Posted inMay 26, 2008: On Cancer’s Trail
Rural West going to the dogs
Feral and free-roaming canines wreak havoc on wildlife and livestock
Posted inMay 12, 2008: Boom! Boom!
The gospel according to Ron Gillett
Fiery advocate against wolves connects with a small farm town
Posted inMay 12, 2008: Boom! Boom!
The West’s wacky weather
In December of last year, High Country News ran a news report about the severe drought then plaguing the West. Ski slopes were brown, wildfires were still burning in California and New Mexico, and weather forecasters were calling for an ultra-dry Western winter. By the time the issue hit the streets, those streets and everything […]
Posted inApril 28, 2008: Pillaging the Past
Nuclear crossroads
Feds gear up for new nukes while cleanup lags
Posted inApril 14, 2008: Taking to the Trees
Cougars in chaos
How a state hunting policy pushed Washington’s big cats to the brink
Posted inMarch 31, 2008: My Crazy Brother
Conservation easement conundrums
Colorado and other Western states crack down on abusers
Posted inMarch 31, 2008: My Crazy Brother
3:10 to Baghdad
To prepare for combat halfway around the world, the military looks to Yuma’s desert laboratory
Posted inMarch 17, 2008: Seeking the Water Jackpot
Bush brings more green into the green movement
“Bush has been good to us,” says Kevin Lind, director of the Powder River Basin Resource Council, a small Wyoming environmental group that pressures coalbed-methane drillers to behave responsibly. Lind doesn’t mean that President George W. Bush has suddenly become benevolent or relaxed his hard-line anti-green stance. Rather, he means that during Bush’s reign in […]
Posted inMarch 3, 2008: The People of the Sea
CSI: Critter Crime
An Oregon laboratory thwarts wildlife crime around the world