Memoirs of a gopher choker

A former predator control agent with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service describes life on the job. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/13.18/download-entire-issue

Favoring bigger trains, Burlington Northern will discontinue rail service to small agricultural communities like Rapelje, Montana. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/13.17/download-entire-issue

Low-interest loan programs will likely benefit large, already successful farmers and investors, while doing little to aid small or beginning farmers. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/13.17/download-entire-issue

An overview of Wyoming’s endangered plant species, including Penstemon acaulis, Laramie false sagebrush and Ross bentgrass. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/13.16/download-entire-issue

HCN editor Dan Whipple follows a cattle drive in Utah’s Uinta Mountains. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/13.16/download-entire-issue

Trying to lure economic growth to Colorado’s Western Slope, Club 20 has promised everyone from winemakers to oil shale developers that they can have room to grow with minimal governmental interference. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/13.15/download-entire-issue

The focus of Colorado River controversy is a federal plan to meet increased electrical power needs by expanding generation at Glen Canyon Dam, just upstream of Grand Canyon National Park. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/13.15/download-entire-issue

Thousands of plans to create new hydroelectric, solar, geothermal or industry-cogenerated power under the 1978 Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act are being fought by electric utilities. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/13.14/download-entire-issue

When the Anaconda Copper Co. closed its Anaconda, Mont., smelter in October, the community appealed to the state for help in keeping the town alive. But the state’s response has been disappointing. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/13.14/download-entire-issue

A legal battle on Montana’s Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation illustrates the quandary many tribal governments have as they face energy development decisions. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/13.13/download-entire-issue

A natural gas boom around Evanston, Wyoming, has brought a rise in violent crime, traffic and disintegration of rural culture, but funds set aside to mitigate the impacts haven’t been properly applied. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/13.13/download-entire-issue

A proposal to retrofit a high-mountain dam near Aspen, Colorado is one of dozens of potential hydropower projects in the Rocky Mountain Region. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/13.12/download-entire-issue

The U.S. Department of Energy makes so many secret shipments of nuclear weapons components each year that there are a likely a dozen or more convoys on the road on some days. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/13.11/download-entire-issue