Both critics and advocates are weighing in on the U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s drive to improve deteriorating range conditions on public lands in the West through a grazing system known as rest-rotation.


DeVoto, the writer most Utahns can’t forgive

If depression followed Bernard DeVoto as he left the West, it was a mood he eventually harnessed to drive his creativity and become one of the most controversial writers — and one of the most effective conservationists — of the mid-20th century. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/9.1/download-entire-issue

Rest-rotation range plan — panacea of problem?

Both critics and advocates are weighing in on the U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s drive to improve deteriorating range conditions on public lands in the West through a grazing system known as rest-rotation. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/9.1/download-entire-issue

Without subsidies, synfuel interest in West waning

The concept of producing synthetic fuel from coal in the West isn’t dead yet, but it seems at least to be in a coma. Companies promoting the technology are increasingly pessimistic about the possibility or realizing their plans. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/9.1/download-entire-issue