As Big Ag flourishes, this massive waterway suffers.
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August 4, 2014
The Snake River is used as a sewer system for Big Ag in Idaho, temperature predictions for Western cities in 2100, women in the legislature and potential protection for wolverines in an era of climate change.
Feature
Current
What good can the Endangered Species Act do in a warming world?
Scenarios for how our cities will change with the climate.
Which states are lagging and which lead the way?
A Texas oil company looks for other ways to supply its water needs.
A landswap that will keep the oil and gas industry from Desolation Canyon.
Editor's Note
Some farms are using the river as their sewer.
Uncommon Westerners
An ecologist helps wildlife safely cross highways.
Essays
A writer takes the plunge in frigid water.
Book Reviews
National Geographic photographer follows in big footsteps.
Review of ‘The wives of Los Alamos’ by Tarashea Nesbit.
Review of ‘How to Read the American West: A Field Guide’ by William Wyckoff
Writers on the Range
The author sees wildfires differently now that she's settled down.
How this candidate for sheriff lost an election in Grand Junction.
Heard Around the West
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
Dear Friends
HCN has new editorial interns now reporting for hcn.org and the magazine.
Letters
- Militias, MAGA activists and one border town’s complicated resistance
- Utah asks for exemption from Forest Service roadless rule
- We shouldn’t celebrate the killing of a mountain lion
- The Karuk Tribe fights a growing wildfire threat and a lack of funding
- The science behind Colorado’s historic avalanches
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