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Charles Bowden's Fury
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October 13, 2014

A profile of the late Charles Bowden, the Southwest's strongest voice. Plus, utilities experiment with real-time response in the Pacific Northwest, and an obsessive flash flood chaser improves forecasting in Utah.

Feature

Charles Bowden’s Fury
Charles Bowden’s Fury
The Southwest loses its strongest voice.
Scott Carrier Oct. 13, 2014 From the print edition

Current

Has the Obama administration hobbled the Endangered Species Act?
Has the Obama administration hobbled the Endangered Species Act?
A new policy may set the law back half a century.
Judith Lewis Mernit Oct. 13, 2014 From the print edition
Utilities experiment on the rural Northwest
Utilities experiment on the rural Northwest
Real-time response to demand could radically shift how the grid operates.
Marshall Swearingen Oct. 20, 2014 From the print edition
Flash flood chaser
Flash flood chaser
One man’s obsession improves forecasting in southern Utah.
Tay Wiles Oct. 13, 2014 From the print edition
The Latest: Wyoming’s wolf delisting thrown out
The Latest: Wyoming’s wolf delisting thrown out
A U.S. District Court hands management back to the feds.
Wyatt Orme Oct. 13, 2014 From the print edition
The Latest: Feds pay final installments of $3.4 million settlement to Native Americans
The Latest: Feds pay final installments of $3.4 million settlement to Native Americans
The Cobell case paid mineral royalties long due to tribal members.
Sarah Tory Oct. 13, 2014 From the print edition

Editor's Note

Bowden the half-mad hiker
Bowden the half-mad hiker
The iconic Southwest writer brought minimal gear but loads of reading material on the trail.
Ray Ring Oct. 13, 2014 From the print edition

Essays

Adiós Charles Bowden
Adiós Charles Bowden
The writer passed away in Las Cruces, New Mexico, on Aug. 30.
Ray Ring Essay Oct. 13, 2014 From the print edition
On the edge with Edward Abbey, Charles Ives and the outlaws
On the edge with Edward Abbey, Charles Ives and the outlaws
One of Charles Bowden’s last essays.
Charles Bowden Essay Oct. 13, 2014 From the print edition

Multimedia

Winners of the HCN reader photography contest
Winners of the HCN reader photography contest
Readers’ and editors picks in people, landscape and wildlife.
High Country News Photos Oct. 13, 2014 From the print edition
Depression era photos from your hometown
Depression era photos from your hometown
A new Yale project allows viewers to explore 175,000 images by county.
Sarah Tory Oct. 22, 2014 From the print edition

Book Reviews

"If there’s squash bugs in heaven, I ain’t staying" by Stacia Spragg-Braude
"If there’s squash bugs in heaven, I ain’t staying" by Stacia Spragg-Braude
Staff Photos Oct. 13, 2014 From the print edition
Writing the unthinkable
Writing the unthinkable
Review of Daniel Olivas’s “Things We Do Not Talk About.”
Kathleen Alcala Oct. 13, 2014 From the print edition

Heard Around the West

When a hunter chases his quarry through a Lexus dealership
When a hunter chases his quarry through a Lexus dealership
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
Betsy Marston Oct. 13, 2014 From the print edition

Dear Friends

An urban experience
An urban experience
Fall board meeting, a new employee, and another science writing award for HCN.
Jodi Peterson Oct. 13, 2014 From the print edition

Letters

Lost impartiality
Dick Mangan Oct. 13, 2014 From the print edition
Fathomable journalism
Linda Paul Oct. 13, 2014 From the print edition
Fires, grazing and logging
Joe Oglesby Oct. 13, 2014 From the print edition
Snake River quibbles
Boyd Earl Oct. 13, 2014 From the print edition
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