At first it looked like simply another battle over trees, but this particular environmental war in Montana has a political twist.
Nation’s duck factories are drained away
Prairie potholes of Montana, the Dakotas, Minnesota and Iowa are the most productive ecosystems in the U.S., says a Department of Interior study. They are also the most threatened. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/21.6/download-entire-issue
The West mourns Abbey’s death
Writer Edward Abbey’s sudden death on March 14th left the nation’s environmental movement and lovers of wild and untrammeled land everywhere stunned and grieving. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/21.6/download-entire-issue
Edward Abbey: druid of the arches
The sudden death last week of Edward Abbey recalled to us this superb profile of the writer by Bruce Hamilton, who was HCN managing editor in 1976, when this story appeared. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/21.6/download-entire-issue
In Montana: Grass-roots group may be Astroturf
At first it looked like simply another battle over trees, but this particular environmental war in Montana has a political twist. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/21.6/download-entire-issue