The timber industry is a way of life

The romantic appeal of the logging industry surely adds to the community spirit seen at Horseshoe Bend’s Loggers’ Day in Idaho. But there is another reason logging and millwork have maintained a definite sense of worth: the pay. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/17.17/download-entire-issue

The small-mill local-market industry has proliferated during this century, in the wake of the tree-mining industry that logged-out the old-growth and moved on. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/17.17/download-entire-issue

The author recounts his time at a sawmill at Crystal Creek, Colo., a juncture of two worlds: between logs and boards, between trees and what becomes of them. (To read the full text, click on the “View a PDF from the original” link below, or download a PDF of the entire issue: http://www.hcn.org/issues/17.17/download-entire-issue.) This article appeared […]

At one time, all Western states had a similar approach to water. But Colorado now lags in terms of building the public interest into water matters. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/17.16/download-entire-issue

There are simple pleasures in being a fire lookout in Idaho. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/17.16/download-entire-issue

Most former staff from the Wilderness Society are still doing grassroots wilderness work in the West. They just aren’t working for the Wilderness Society. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/17.15/download-entire-issue

Heavy runoff has overflowed the Cochiti Reservoir, threatening the Anasazi ruins and wildlife of Bandelier National Monument. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/17.14/download-entire-issue

Fruitgrowers in the North Fork Valley in Delta County, Colo., wake up to the dangerous health effects of pesticides. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/17.13/download-entire-issue

If a court ruling holds up, federal bureaucrats may have to re-think how they write Environmental Impact Statements. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/17.12/download-entire-issue

In an area stressed by groundwater depletion, farmers and politicians watch as the first trickle of Central Arizona Project water flows. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/17.12/download-entire-issue

Everyone agrees the bear should be saved. The question has been and continues to be: how? Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/17.11/download-entire-issue

The Endangered Species Act runs into Western water law as the tiny Colorado squawfish, humpback chub and the ponytail chub thwart dams in the Colorado River basin. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/17.11/download-entire-issue

Although a black-footed ferret recovery effort in Wyoming has scored successes, progress toward captive breeding has been rocky and slow. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/17.11/download-entire-issue