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How low will it go?

March 2, 2009

If Eric Kuhn is right about the Colorado River, then the state faces a dry and difficult future of fighting for water.

Feature

How low will it go?
How low will it go?
If Eric Kuhn is right about the Colorado River, then the state faces a dry and difficult future of fighting for water.
Matt Jenkins Feb. 23, 2009 From the print edition

Current

Security vs. sovereignty
Security vs. sovereignty
American Indians who use tribal I.D. cards face harassment when they try to cross the border between the U.S. and Canada.
Krista J. Kapralos Feb. 27, 2009 From the print edition
Closing in
Closing in
One of the greatest challenges facing Western military bases comes from the growth of urban sprawl.
Marc V. Schanz March 4, 2009 From the print edition

Editor's Note

Welcome to the era of scarcity
Welcome to the era of scarcity
Arguing about water is a beloved Western pastime, but as the snowpack shrinks, Coloradoans are going to find themselves seriously fighting over what’s left in the Colorado River.
Paul Larmer Opinion March 2, 2009 From the print edition

Uncommon Westerners

A desert poet takes his work inside
A desert poet takes his work inside
Poet Richard Shelton has run writing workshops in Arizona prisons for more than 30 years.
Ray Ring March 6, 2009 From the print edition
Lessons of habitat
Lessons of habitat
Nancy Eastman created her own "habitat sculptures" modeled after fake cholla built as nesting habitat for endangered birds.
Terray Sylvester Feb. 26, 2009 From the print edition

Essays

Crown of horns
Crown of horns
Unexpected encounters with an injured bull elk and a couple of teenage boys lead a writer to consider the meaning of fatherhood.
Craig Childs Essay March 2, 2009 From the print edition

Perspective

The little island that could
The little island that could
The small Danish island of Samso runs entirely on renewable energy. The West could do the same.
Randy Udall Opinion Essay March 2, 2009 From the print edition

Book Reviews

An underground uprising
An underground uprising
In his new book, Killing for Coal, Thomas G. Andrews looks at the Colorado labor wars that erupted into violence at the 1914 Ludlow Massacre.
Andrea Appleton March 2, 2009 From the print edition
Of flotsam and jetsam
Of flotsam and jetsam
In Strand: An Odyssey of Pacific Island Debris, naturalist Bonnie Henderson traces the origins of the strange things she finds on the Oregon seashore.
Melissa Hart March 2, 2009 From the print edition

Dear Friends

HCN board meeting – in cyberspace
High Country News holds its first-ever board meeting via telephone and Internet; Marty Durlin becomes new culture editor.
Paul Larmer March 2, 2009 From the print edition

Two Weeks in the West

True tests of 'Stay and Defend'
True tests of 'Stay and Defend'
Australia’s recent fires may have scorched “Stay and Defend,” a firefighting strategy American Westerners had thought of emulating. Also: Birds are shifting their winter range.
Ray Ring Feb. 25, 2009 From the print edition

Letters

Long day's journey
Betsy Kepes March 2, 2009 From the print edition
Stewardship, not politics
Alexis Worlock March 2, 2009 From the print edition
Political Sabotage
James C. Whiteside March 2, 2009 From the print edition
Remembering Rocky Flats
Bill Petersen March 2, 2009 From the print edition
Train in vain
Carol Dayton March 2, 2009 From the print edition
Let Cody pay
Chuck Lawson March 2, 2009 From the print edition
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