The Southern Utes overcame poverty and oppression to become a wealthy and powerful tribe with nationwide energy holdings.
Magazine
July 19, 2010
The Southern Utes overcame poverty and oppression to become a wealthy and powerful tribe with nationwide energy holdings.
Feature
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Maps reveal the amount of land the tribe lost over the years -- and show how huge its current business empire had become.
Leonard Burch, Sam Maynes, Bob Zahradnik and John Jurrius have all helped the Southern Utes build their energy empire.
Current
During the Western Governors' Association meeting in Whitefish, Mont., journalists and dignitaries flew over the threatened landscape around Glacier National Park.
The BLM has put up signs warning tourists to avoid the area south of Interstate 8, where drug smugglers roam.
Although most Nevadans seemed in favor of a hardrock mining tax increase, an initiative that proposed to do just that never made it to the ballot.
Archaeologist Bonnie Pitblado uses a program modeled on Antiques Roadshow to introduce scientists to the artifacts collected by Westerners.
The BLM offers advice for those who decide to return pilfered artifacts.
The increasing clouds of dust in the West are affecting the region’s health, snow cover, rainfall and even climate.
Editor's Note
High Country News will continue to cover important Western issues, and yet make room for lighter pieces about the region's culture and communities.
Uncommon Westerners
Paleontologist Kirk Johnson works with artist Jan Vriesen to create vividly realized landscapes of what Colorado looked like millions of years ago.
Essays
A volunteer naturalist describes the unique beauty -- and fragility -- of California's Elkhorn Slough Reserve.
Book Reviews
In The Light in High Places, naturalist Joe Hutto considers Wyoming wilderness, bighorn sheep, cowboys and other rare Western species.
In Imagination in Place, his new collection of essays, writer/farmer/poet Wendell Berry shares some of his honest wisdom and sharp-eyed observations.
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