In the McNeil River Sanctuary, bears and humans have learned to share the landscape.
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December 25, 2017
In this issue's feature story, writer Christopher Solomon visits a rare sort of place: a bear sanctuary where humans are subordinate — assuming a role we must have played long ago. Casting aside the notion that humans are somehow above and beyond nature, this issue touches on how still-wild places can be a healing force and how we might rethink our relationship with the natural world.
Feature
Editor's Note
Where wildness reigns, humans give up their dominant roles.
Current
As the West warms, some songbirds in California are raising their young earlier.
In seven years, pipeline incidents have killed nearly 100 people nationwide.
The Bunkerville standoff case portends a trial over federal authority in the region.
The proposed increase in entrance fees reignites old questions about who should fund the West’s open spaces.
Neil Gorsuch’s background in Indian law and Western issues could be useful to tribal litigants.
Obama-era plan required mining companies to prove they can pay for remediation.
Feds intend to fix inbreeding but enviro groups call plan inadequate
HCN.org news in brief.
Essays
In Grand Staircase-Escalante, coal and fossils lie side by side.
Book Reviews
A new book shows the life cycle of sage grouse in their natural habitat.
Two books examine the relationship people have with painful family histories.
Perspective
Secretary Ryan Zinke will be known better for cynicism than conservationism.
Writers on the Range
A new Air Force base expands, without the input of locals.
Heard Around the West
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
Dear Friends
Still no snow, but good times and a bittersweet farewell.
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