HCN lays out the West's 10 most critical issues and the
paths toward positive results on everything from energy development
and drought to federal agency practices and endangered
species.
Magazine
December 6, 2004
HCN lays out the West's 10 most critical issues and the paths toward positive results on everything from energy development and drought to federal agency practices and endangered species. Also in this issue: A judge rules against a plan to salvage-log old-growth forest from the Timbered Rock Fire in Oregon, and some say the ruling could affect other proposed fire sales in old-growth forests.
Feature
Editor's Note
In this issue, High Country News ventures outside its
usual box to look at 10 serious issues facing the West in the next
four years
Essays
A biologist ponders the fences that block us and the
labels that brand us, and says we are going to have to learn to
trust each other if we want to get anything done
Book Reviews
The Ambushed Jury by Wes McKinley and
Caron Balkany tells how the federal government covered up nuclear
crimes at the Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Plant outside
Denver
The National Park Service has released a new draft
management plan and environmental impact statement for the Colorado
River in the Grand Canyon
Perspective
Don’t worry so much about what President Bush will
do to the environment; worry instead about the three new justices
he might put on the Supreme Court
News
A judge rules against a plan to salvage-log old-growth
wood from the Timbered Rock Fire in Oregon, and the ruling could
affect other proposed fire sales in old-growth forests
California Gov. Schwarzenegger won’t fight for
roadless rule; California Attorney General Bill Lockyer blasts
Forest Service revision of Sierra Nevada plan; Arizona Water
Settlements Act gives water and money to tribes; Lincoln County
(Nevada) Conserva
A new California law requires all homes in the state to
use water meters by 2025
Boulder, Colo., is trying to figure out how to keep its
beloved parks and open space from being overused
Heard Around the West
Man vs. rattlesnake; corporate crime in Wyoming; nasty ads
in Colorado; "Defense of Heterosexual Breeding Coalition"; "Mesa
Mom" feeds and comforts college kids; and bear breaks into
SUV
Dear Friends
Visitors; Terry Tempest Williams speaks at Florida
university after all; correction
Letters
Uncommon Westerners
Wendy Herrett, a woman with "the heart of a warrior,"
braved discrimination to become the first female district ranger in
the Forest Service and a pioneer in ecosystem management
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