For more than 100 years, the last thing the people of Victor, Colo., would think of doing is to say “no” to gold mining. Now they are saying “whoa.”


A small town fights a large mine

For more than 100 years, the last thing the people of Victor, Colo., would think of doing is to say “no” to gold mining. Now they are saying “whoa.” Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/24.9/download-entire-issue

Rural economies can reform or go the way of Detroit

Environmentalism is the vanguard of urban America, which is giving the rural West the choice of adapting to the larger society’s vision or of dying. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/24.9/download-entire-issue