Magazine
December 21, 2009
When wind turbines threaten his ranch in the Laramie Range, Wyoming oilman Diemer True becomes a born-again conservationist.
Feature
Wyoming is one of the best places in the world to generate power from wind. But the wind rush is running into opposition from greens, and the fossil fuel industry.
Current
No one knows how wind energy will impact sage grouse. But many greens aren't ready to take any chances.
Editor's Note
We all become NIMBYs when development threatens our favorite landscapes – even conservative oilmen like Wyoming’s Diemer True.
Conversation
Longtime activist Kieran Suckling talks about the Center for Biological Diversity.
Dear Friends
Skipped issue; HCN interns and friends find jobs, get creative; Thomas J. Graff dies; corrections.
Book Reviews
Jon Raymond's short-story collection, Livability, is compassionate and quietly devastating.
In Naseem Rakha's novel, The Crying Tree, a woman tries to forgive her son's murderer.
Letters
Perspective
The economy is stuck in a ditch, but on climate change the U.S. is finally moving in the right direction.
Evidence
With the economy lagging, Westerners are using food stamps to fill up pantries for Christmas.
Visualizing the Landscape
Kasia Broussalian spent two sweltering months photographing the people who live along the Colorado River.
Focus
When a land trust dissolves, its conservation easements need to be taken on by another group, but that’s not as easy as it sounds.
Two Weeks in the West
Oil and gas companies are furious with Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, but environmentalists wonder if he’ll go far enough in restraining the industry.
Sidebar
Wyoming's sage grouse protection strategy gives fossil fuel elbow room while leaving wind energy out in the breeze.
- Mark York on Tribes win one fight, lose another in pipeline protest
- Greg Arnold on New allegations of sexual harassment in Yosemite, Yellowstone
- Sophia Bogner on Tribes win one fight, lose another in pipeline protest
- Carolyn Poissant on Top 10 reasons not to move to Bozeman
- G M Ferguson on An electric-power giant is poised to fail
