The tribal push for a Bears Ears monument raises thorny questions of homeland and sovereignty.
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October 31, 2016
In the fight over a Bears Ears national monument, complicated questions arise about who has a claim on the land. Also in this issue, logging battles in Canada and Alaska and climate change's threat to a beloved berry.
Feature
Sidebar
More protection for these lands would mean more regulation and less freedom.
Regina Lopez-Whiteskunk, Ute Mountain Ute member, takes the monument debate to Washington.
See photos of the proposed national monument, ranging from meadows to cliffs.
Editor's Note
Current
A wildlife biologist turns her sights on climate science and the elusive huckleberry.
Does a Forest Service plan to end clear-cuts of old stands go far enough?
The 2014 disaster killed 43 people in one of Washington’s most active slide zones.
A court order requires that the agency toss out its 22-year-old environmental impact assessment.
A decade of conservation efforts has done little to stop the decline of the endangered ungulates or their rainforest home.
HCN.org news in brief.
Essays
On the satisfaction of back-breaking labor.
Multimedia
A pair of artists take on our consumption habits, with Froot Loop hills.
Book Reviews
A new book makes a case for optimism in the basin, but the threat of water battles will always be around.
Writers on the Range
Silt and erosion threaten to clog up the enduring structure.
Maintenance issues abound, a new Civilian Conservation Corps could lend a hand.
Heard Around the West
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
Dear Friends
Letters
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