How the outdoors got into the West’s schools

In 1970, when Earth Day was born and Rudy Schafer was working for the California Department of Education, he managed the state’s environmental education program but wasn’t content to leave it at that. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/22.8/download-entire-issue

Scientists have discovered that old-growth forests, far from being biological deserts, are among the most complex ecosystems on earth, habitat for dozens of animals that might not be able to survive anywhere else. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/22.7/download-entire-issue

As the effects of last year’s congressional compromise trickle down to the ground and the ancient forests of the Northwest continue to fall as fast as ever, conservationists and politicians have been wrestling to draft new legislation that would save the remaining trees. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/22.7/download-entire-issue

The tranquil snowscape of Yellowstone has become a symbol of efforts to expand commercial development in the national parks. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/22.6/download-entire-issue

Livestock have obliterated almost all of the West’s original grasslands. But here and there, a few patches of native range survive. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/22.5/download-entire-issue

It has taken more than a century for livestock grazing on public lands in the West to reach maximum pain and minimum profit. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/22.5/download-entire-issue

Ranchers in Nevada stand guard against vandalism from radical environmentalists. Has the confrontation    hurt or helped the push for better land stewardship? Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/22.5/download-entire-issue

Do we need a nationwide policy to fight the war against noxious weeds? Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/22.5/download-entire-issue

A former timber sale planner says “it’s all talk.” To read this article, click the “View a PDF from the original” link below, or download the entire issue: http://www.hcn.org/issues/22.4/download-entire-issue This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Is the Forest Service changing?.

If the U.S. military has its way, 3.5 million acres in the West — a vast playground for hikers, sportsmen, arrowhead-collectors, river rats and wildlife — would be converted into a make-believe war zone. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/22.3/download-entire-issue