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November 10, 2014

Timberland herbicide spraying sickens a community in Oregon, a look at why the current drilling boom is more sensitive to price fluctuations than its predecessors, California's sweeping new groundwater regulations, a desert-friendly cow and more.

Feature

Timberland herbicide spraying sickens a community
Timberland herbicide spraying sickens a community
Companies deposit thousands of pounds of herbicides each year on Oregon forests.
Rebecca Clarren Nov. 10, 2014 From the print edition

Editor's Note

Keep the spray out of the oatmeal
Keep the spray out of the oatmeal
Jonathan Thompson Nov. 10, 2014 From the print edition

Current

USGS launches a billion-dollar initiative to map the West in 3D
USGS launches a billion-dollar initiative to map the West in 3D
LIDAR is about to become more widespread -- helping agriculture, pilots and homeowners.
Krista Langlois Nov. 10, 2014 From the print edition
Will falling oil prices kill the shale revolution?
Will falling oil prices kill the shale revolution?
The current drilling boom is more sensitive to price fluctuations than its predecessors.
Jonathan Thompson Nov. 10, 2014 From the print edition
California’s sweeping new groundwater regulations
California’s sweeping new groundwater regulations
Will the law finally mean better aquifer management for the drought-stricken state?
Jeremy Miller Nov. 10, 2014 From the print edition
A young mule stringer helps keep a dying profession alive
A young mule stringer helps keep a dying profession alive
Mules are still needed to carry supplies in wild, roadless mountains.
Krista Langlois Nov. 10, 2014 From the print edition
The desert-friendly cow
The desert-friendly cow
A rancher and a researcher search for a better bovine — and think they’ve found one.
Cally Carswell Nov. 10, 2014 From the print edition
Rocky Mountain sawmills rebound
Rocky Mountain sawmills rebound
But the industry says it needs more timber.
Joshua Zaffos Nov. 10, 2014 From the print edition
Latest: Montana judge rules groups of wells illegal
Latest: Montana judge rules groups of wells illegal
“Exempt well” laws in most Western states allow domestic wells to be drilled without water rights.
Cally Carswell Nov. 10, 2014 From the print edition

Essays

‘Poverty with a view,’ in the rearview
‘Poverty with a view,’ in the rearview
I spent my 20s in some of the most beautiful towns in the West.
Katherine Pryor Essay Nov. 10, 2014 From the print edition

Multimedia

Photographs of the Gold Beach community
Photographs of the Gold Beach community
The people affected by this timberland herbicide cocktail.
Matt Mills McKnight Photos Nov. 10, 2014 From the print edition

Book Reviews

Review of "The Memory of Stone: Meditations on the Canyons of the West"
Review of "The Memory of Stone: Meditations on the Canyons of the West"
Photographs from Utah’s Monument Valley to the Petrified Forest.
Sarah Tory Photos Nov. 10, 2014 From the print edition
Hope and futility on the Great Plains
Hope and futility on the Great Plains
Review of ‘Wild Idea: Buffalo and Family in a Difficult Land’ by Dan O’Brien.
Carson Vaughan Nov. 10, 2014 From the print edition
Speaking art to power
Speaking art to power
Review of ‘Undermining: A Wild Ride Through Land Use, Politics, and And Art in the Changing West’ by Lucy R. Lippard
Matthew Irwin Nov. 10, 2014 From the print edition

Writers on the Range

Dear Forest Service: Today’s John Muir shoots video
Dear Forest Service: Today’s John Muir shoots video
Let people take all the images they want in wilderness areas.
Ben Long Opinion Nov. 10, 2014 From the print edition

Heard Around the West

Sage grouse found walking through Wyoming underpass
Sage grouse found walking through Wyoming underpass
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
Betsy Marston Nov. 10, 2014 From the print edition

Dear Friends

New HCN board members, Part II
New HCN board members, Part II
Welcome three new members, and farewell to naturalist Ann Zwinger.
Jodi Peterson Nov. 10, 2014 From the print edition

Letters

Stirring up the dangerous fringe
Mike Benefield Nov. 10, 2014 From the print edition
The bounds of reasonable action
Wayne Erickson Nov. 10, 2014 From the print edition
Our national denial
Phil Leatherman Nov. 10, 2014 From the print edition
Love and cynicism
Stu Williams Nov. 10, 2014 From the print edition
Fast currents
Bonnie Cohn Nov. 10, 2014 From the print edition
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