Will an unprecedented collaborative effort and lots of tax dollars be enough to finally save sage grouse?
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August 17, 2015
How the greater sage grouse became the center of the largest experiment in the history of the Endangered Species Act, sea lions eating salmon, apiaries of non-native bees on federal lands, and more. Cover photo by Doug Dance Nature Photography
Feature
Current
Should apiarists be allowed to place hives of non-native honeybees on public lands?
Fishermen, tribes and environmentalists flummoxed as predator numbers swell below Bonneville Dam.
Local officials want Pueblo County, Colorado, to be the best place to grow, but not everyone’s high on the idea.
Congress gives the highest protection to the area — to avoid an even-larger national monument.
Resolution Copper company engineered a land swap with the feds, but locals oppose it.
Hcn.org news in brief.
Editor's Note
Essays
An Indian writer becomes an American citizen — and finds herself.
Book Reviews
Review of ‘Water to the Angels’ by Les Standiford.
Review of ‘Epitaph: A Novel of the O.K. Corral’ by Mary Doria Russell.
Review of ‘Sage Spirit: The American West at a Crossroads’ by Dave Showalter.
Heard Around the West
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
Dear Friends
Reporter Doug Fox wins a big award for his HCN story, ‘Dust Detectives.’
Letters
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