The Red Desert is quiet now, but the marks remain from a period of oil, gas and uranium exploration and extraction.


Access versus salmon in central Idaho

Environmentalists battle residents of the backcountry town of Yellow Pine over a 33-mile route that boarders the South Fork of the Salmon River. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/19.11/download-entire-issue

The destructive death throes of Oregon I

The old “Oregon I” was built upon the seemingly endless supply of never-cut timber called old-growth. After 40 years of accelerated logging of these towering forests after World War II, less than 10 percent now remain. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/19.11/download-entire-issue

Wyoming’s vast, scarred Red Desert

The Red Desert is quiet now, but the marks remain from a period of oil, gas and uranium exploration and extraction. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/19.11/download-entire-issue