Magazine
High Tension

March 7, 2011

Republicans, Tea Partiers and environmentalists unite against power transmission lines planned for Montana.

Feature

Montana transmission lines draw opposition from all sides
Montana transmission lines draw opposition from all sides
Republicans battle Republicans, environmentalists battle environmentalists, over power lines for wind and solar energy.
Brad Tyer March 18, 2011 From the print edition
An Unusual Miss Navajo
An Unusual Miss Navajo
Radmilla Cody, who made history as the first biracial Miss Navajo and later served time in prison, now uses her singing to fight racism and domestic violence.
Leo W. Banks March 7, 2011 From the print edition

Current

New national forest rule lacks rigor
New national forest rule lacks rigor
Environmentalists like the tone of the Forest Service's new draft planning rule, but worry about how - and if - it will be enforced on the ground.
Judith Lewis Mernit March 11, 2011 From the print edition
Forestry + genetics = a blister rust solution?
Forestry + genetics = a blister rust solution?
Genetic sequencing may hold the key to stopping blister rust, a disease that's ravaging Western whitebark pines.
Stephanie Paige Ogburn March 9, 2011 From the print edition
Oregon sculptor turns beach trash into meaningful art
Oregon sculptor turns beach trash into meaningful art
Angela Haseltine Pozzi makes thought-provoking art from the trash that washes up on Oregon's beaches.
Eliza Murphy March 25, 2011 From the print edition
Mount St. Helens: A world apart?
Mount St. Helens: A world apart?
Washington's Mount St. Helens is protected as a living volcanic-recovery laboratory, but a completely "natural" environment has never been possible.
Lisa Song March 14, 2011 From the print edition
Crowdsourcing helps tackle environmental injustice in California's Imperial Valley
Crowdsourcing helps tackle environmental injustice in California's Imperial Valley
The Imperial Visions Action Network is an interactive website that involves locals in reporting - and helping solve - environmental problems.
Sierra Crane-Murdoch March 7, 2011 From the print edition

Book Reviews

Regaining identity through restoration
Regaining identity through restoration
Charles Wilkinson’s new book describes how a tribe “terminated” by the federal government fought to regain its identity.
Chérie Newman March 7, 2011 From the print edition
Thirteen ways of looking at a mushroom cloud
Thirteen ways of looking at a mushroom cloud
Ann Ronald's Friendly Fallout 1953 is an experiment in literary fission that describes 11 actual nuclear detonations through the eyes of mostly fictional characters.
Molly Beer March 7, 2011 From the print edition

Dear Friends

Grant received, grant given
Grant received, grant given
High Country News Contributing Editor Matt Jenkins gets grant; Betsy Marston helps obtain grant for Delta County schools; Ana Maria Spagna's new book about community; clarifications.
Jodi Peterson March 7, 2011 From the print edition

Letters

More hunters, more dollars
Michael Downey Feb. 28, 2011 From the print edition
Predator control's unsustainable roots
Wade Willis Feb. 28, 2011 From the print edition
A rose by any other name ...
Bruce Green Feb. 28, 2011 From the print edition
Bigger isn't always better
Gregory Reis March 7, 2011 From the print edition
Petroleum High: good or evil?
R. Roberts March 7, 2011 From the print edition
Educate on!
Brooke Rahn Feb. 28, 2011 From the print edition
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