American railroads -- especially passenger trains -- seem to be at last on the brink of a revival.
Magazine
February 2, 2009
An obscure legal ruling muddied U.S. water-protection standards, leaving Western intermittent streams and rivers unprotected.
Feature
An obscure legal ruling muddied U.S. water-protection standards, leaving Western intermittent streams and rivers unprotected.
Editor's Note
More business travelers would choose Amtrak if the trains were faster – or if people could get work done during long journeys.
Essays
Sharon Levy’s friends, Kerby and Irene, lived off the grid in Northern California and taught her a lot about life.
Book Reviews
In The Runner, David Samuels profiles a con man named James Hogue, who duped Princeton University with his invented Western biography.
In Uranium: War, Energy, and the Rock That Shaped the World, Tom Zoellner tells the story of the radioactive element.
Writers on the Range
Jaime O’Neill hadn’t planned on vacuuming during Inauguration Day, but housecleaning is a good metaphor for the job facing our new president.
Dear Friends
HCN’s readers pitch in financially; new interns Terray Sylvester, Emily Underwood and Jeff Chen arrive.
Focus
Every winter, Yellowstone park rangers risk their lives dynamiting avalanches so snowmobile tourists can get across Sylvan Pass.
Two Weeks in the West
The media’s economic crisis is hitting the West particularly hard, with major daily newspapers up for sale. Also: Chicago businessman watches nature via computer.
Uncommon Places
The western Colorado town of Uravan no longer exists, but its history of radium and uranium mining lives on.
Letters
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