High Country News February 17, 2014
Feature
Can a grazing buyout program ease life for wolves and ranchers?
A fledgling effort in New Mexico's 'Yellowstone of the South.'
Ranchers, enviros and officials seek a middle path on public-land grazing
Moving beyond stalemate to meaningful reform in Utah.
Current
How political extremism and primary reforms limit choices for Western voters
'Top-two' primary systems banish third parties from the ballot.
The great electric road trip
One of Utah's poorest counties gets the state's first Tesla Supercharger station.
Postcard from a livestock sperm bank
Your one-stop shop for bison semen, oyster embryos and testicular turkey tissue.
The first comic book with an all-Native American superhero team returns
Conversation with Jon Proudstar about the return of his comic book series, 'Tribal Force.'
Crisis biology: Can bacteria save bats and frogs from deadly diseases?
As populations plummet, biologists race for a solution.
The Latest: Ecoterrorist in Vail fire is sentenced
Members of Earth Liberation Front set fire to a ski lodge in 1998 for the plight of the Canada lynx.
The Latest: Nevada charges renewable energy companies for eco mitigation
A pilot project tries to prevent large-scale degradation.
Editor's Note
Older and wiser
Two public lands and grazing stories as much about process and potential as on-the-ground changes.
Dear Friends
New HCN employees and several visitors at the office.
New employees and visitors arrive at HCN.
Book Reviews
Pacific Crest Trail: A Journey in Photographs by Chris Alexander
A hiker documents the entire trail on his five-month journey.
Tracking America's ice-age pioneers
A review of 'In the Shadow of the Sabertooth' by Doug Peacock.
Montana escape
A review of 'High and Inside' by Russell Rowland
Essays
The Sacramento-San Joaquin deltas of 1772 and today
Remembering explorers past of this California water source.
Heard Around the West
Terrorized by coyotes, denied a school lunch, and a controversial superbowl ad
Mishaps and mayhem from around the West.
