In southern Arizona, the Forest Service is debating whether to defy the 1872 Mining Law and stop a controversial copper mine.
Magazine
November 22, 2010
In southern Arizona, the Forest Service is debating whether to defy the 1872 Mining Law and stop a controversial copper mine.
Feature
The Earth Liberation Front claims responsibility for toppling radio towers north of Seattle, but no one really knows who the culprit is.
Sidebar
Maps and graphics chart the relation of campaign spending to Western election results, among other things.
Editor's Note
A 138-year-old law blocks serious hardrock mining reform, despite the untiring work of activists.
Essays
A writer wanders the mountains north of McCall, Idaho, with Peruvian shepherds, their dogs and sheep.
Book Reviews
Both fans and critics contemplate the life and legacy of Edward Abbey in a special issue of the Western literary and arts journal Matter.
Blair Oliver and Peter Soliunas collaborate on The Long Slide, a hard-boiled thriller set in the Rocky Mountains.
Writers on the Range
In many Western tourist towns, locals can't afford to buy houses, even as trailers and other affordable dwellings are evicted or banned outright.
Dear Friends
High Country News wants to hear from readers; Stephanie Paige Ogburn joins to HCN as multimedia editor; falling leaves and fall visitors; corrections.
Letters
Current
Idaho's Payette National Forest is trying to keep wild bighorn sheep separated from domestic sheep, which can spread disease.
High Country News examines the results of what everyone agrees was a "very weird election."
Sudden aspen decline appears to be slowing in Colorado, but the trees' glory days may be past.
Uncommon Westerners
In Bozeman, Mont., 78-year-old Vern Bandy says he finds water using the legendary art of dowsing.
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