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Palin, politics, and predator control

February 21, 2011

Alaska's politicians and scientists wrestle over how to manage big game and the predators that prey on it.

Feature

Palin, politics, and Alaska predator control
Palin, politics, and Alaska predator control
Alaska's politicians and scientists wrestle over how to manage big game and the predators that prey on it.
Tracy Ross Feb. 21, 2011 From the print edition
How my thoughts on wolves have changed
How my thoughts on wolves have changed
An Alaskan who loves wolves has come to believe that aggressive predator control is often necessary.
Craig Medred Essay Feb. 23, 2011 From the print edition

Current

Western wildlife commissions on the chopping block
Western wildlife commissions on the chopping block
In Washington and New Mexico, state wildlife commissions could become a thing of the past.
Jodi Peterson March 4, 2011 From the print edition
Arizona's Fossil Creek gets restored -- and loved to death
Arizona's Fossil Creek gets restored -- and loved to death
Arizona's Fossil Creek, dramatically brought back to life, is now endangered by the hordes of people who love it.
Jay Canode Feb. 25, 2011 From the print edition
In Navajoland, a contentious water deal divides the tribe
In Navajoland, a contentious water deal divides the tribe
The Navajos are on the brink of getting water they've long been entitled to, but not everybody on the reservation is pleased.
Matt Jenkins March 2, 2011 From the print edition
Unpacking health hazards in fracking's chemical cocktail
A look at the ingredients used in hydraulic fracturing fluid in Wyoming.
Sierra Crane-Murdoch Feb. 21, 2011 From the print edition

Editor's Note

Alaska ho!
Alaska ho!
High Country News ventures into the rocky terrain of Alaska's wildlife politics.
Ray Ring Opinion Feb. 21, 2011 From the print edition

Uncommon Westerners

Jeff Rice collects nature's noises
Jeff Rice collects nature's noises
Jeff Rice records the natural sounds of the West.
Michael Engelhard Feb. 28, 2011 From the print edition

Essays

Craig Childs walks with desert ghosts on the Navajo Nation
Craig Childs walks with desert ghosts on the Navajo Nation
The author tries to walk like a ghost through a wild and haunted landscape.
Craig Childs Essay Feb. 21, 2011 From the print edition

Writers on the Range

Poisonous language on both sides of the fence
Poisonous language on both sides of the fence
It's time we took responsibility for the hateful rhetoric now commonplace on both sides of every issue.
Jim Stiles Opinion Essay Feb. 21, 2011 From the print edition

Book Reviews

Collateral damage
Collateral damage
T.C. Boyle's new novel, When the Killing's Done, examines the awkward way humans interact with nature and with one another.
Michael Engelhard Feb. 21, 2011 From the print edition

Dear Friends

Cy-board meeting
Cy-board meeting
High Country News board meets via Web and phone; Gretchen Aston-Puckettt to leave HCN; new website, new cleaners, new job for Ariana Brocious; map clarification
Paul Larmer and Jodi Peterson Feb. 21, 2011 From the print edition

Letters

Putting the 'cow' back in 'cow-town'
Paula VanDusen Feb. 15, 2011 From the print edition
Evolution not revolution
Dave Hays Feb. 15, 2011 From the print edition
Salmon got your tongue?
Bob Rees Feb. 15, 2011 From the print edition
Political animals
John Goodell Feb. 15, 2011 From the print edition
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