The world’s longest ongoing salmon research reveals the astounding complexity of wild ecosystems -- and how easily it can be lost.
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November 25, 2013
Research reveals the complexity of the Bristol Bay ecosystem and of Alaska’s mighty salmon runs. Plus, Montana tribes will be the first to own a hydroelectric dam, an Oklahoma senator offers a financial fix for our national treasures, and more.
Feature
Editor's Note
Alaska’s Bristol Bay can teach us how to preserve what we still have and to restore what we’ve lost.
Current
An Oklahoma senator’s financial fix for our national treasures.
Despite a few high-profile wildfires, 2013 was a fairly quiet fire season after all.
Are we all headed to “megapolitan” areas like the Wasatch Front and Sun Corridor?
The three tribes of the Flathead Reservation may see significant economic and cultural benefits.
Can an agrarian insurrection revitalize this High Plains town?
The plan failed to adequately protect archaeological sites or control off-road vehicles.
The animals are using state-built bridges to cross deadly Highway 191.
Essays
A writer wonders what it would be like to study the coati, a Southwestern cousin of the raccoon.
Book Reviews
A review of Utah’s Canyon Country Place Names, Volume 1 & 2 by Steve Allen
Heard Around the West
Mishaps and mayhem from around the West.
Dear Friends
Former HCN editor takes the reins of a California journal, and friends come to visit the office from near and far.
Letters
- A viral coyote-badger video demonstrates the incredible complexity of nature
- Billionaires are changing communities and the wild in Wyoming
- Interior finalizes plans to welcome industry into Utah monuments
- One woman took a stand against tribal disenrollment and paid for it
- The Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe reintroduces bighorn sheep on tribal lands
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