Public lands belong to everyone. But private landowners can make it hard to get to them.
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February 2, 2015
Public land access problems frustrate hikers and hunters; why greens are mad at the California governor; how balanced rocks can help us predict earthquake risk; explorations in an urban wilderness.
Feature
Editor's Note
Current
The California governor has made bold moves on climate — but greens are disgruntled.
Program could help immigrant families stay in the U.S.
Seismologists study precarious boulders to determine how hard the ground might shake.
The refuge system finally has a strategy for expansion.
A shortfall in water deliveries may lead to more fighting.
The surprising diversity of the 49th state, through Brian Adams’ lens.
Essays
Explorations in an urban wilderness.
Book Reviews
Review of art exhibit “William Matthews: Trespassing” at DAM
Review of “Far As the Eye Can See” by Robert Bausch.
Review of “California” by Edan Lepucki.
Writers on the Range
Heard Around the West
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
Dear Friends
HCN needs a D.C. correspondent; visitors came to call.
Letters
- Wyoming’s ‘Bird Lady’ offers a haven for injured birds
- Unraveling the mystery of a stolen ceremonial shield
- As a plague sweeps the land, zealots see a gift from heaven
- A Washington town isolated from the U.S. is now cut off from Canada, too
- New bill would permanently protect 130,000 acres of Montana’s Badger-Two Medicine
Featured stories
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