The agency won’t wait for the courts to rule on monument boundaries to start planning.
BLM speeds ahead on Grand Staircase-Escalante plans
Posted inMarch 19, 2018: Desert, Divided
A corporate takeover of legal weed looms in California
Thousands of small-scale marijuana growers could be replaced by Big Ag.
Posted inMarch 19, 2018: Desert, Divided
‘Zombie trailers’ stalk a budding tourist town
A uranium town gone bust wants to rebuild, but derelict properties stand in its way.
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No one needs an AR-15
Mental illness exists everywhere in the world, of course, but mass shootings do not.
Posted inMarch 5, 2018: Drilling Chaco
A shrinking supply of abalone shells affects coastal tribes
Climate change and overfishing have pushed the prized mollusk to perilously low numbers in California.
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Elizabeth Warren’s empty platitude over Native ancestry
The senator’s claims complicate her political relationship with tribes.
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5 types of gun laws the Founding Fathers loved
Framers of the Second Amendment wanted an armed, but regulated, population.
Posted inMarch 5, 2018: Drilling Chaco
Latest: Outdoor recreation recognized as economic contributor
The Commerce Department affirms the growing clout of outdoor retailers.
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Reckoning with History: The Antiquities Act quandary
The law has created constant tension between the executive and legislative branches.
Posted inMarch 5, 2018: Drilling Chaco
Latest: Return of the giant orange-toothed rodents
Invasive nutria were eradicated from California but are coming back.
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Don’t give up on riding the rails
A writer muses on a recent loss of confidence in the West’s rail system.
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A new structure for the Interior Department takes shape
A massive shake-up would shed senior staffers and state boundaries. Could it work?
Posted inMarch 5, 2018: Drilling Chaco
In Oregon, a peculiar case for protecting the beaver
Using the Endangered Species Act, a novel strategy could protect keystone species.
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A Western town says ‘no’ to guns in schools
School shootings raise a question that once seemed settled in Mancos, Colorado.
Posted inFebruary 19, 2018: Unfrozen North
Working within the system
Perhaps if Kayla Brown (“A Separatist State of Mind,” HCN, 1/22/18) had spent the last five years working to reinvigorate “the Northstate” instead of trying to divide the state, her husband might have a job in the area she loves. She could have been working with Extension Services and community colleges to bring in educational […]
Posted inFebruary 19, 2018: Unfrozen North
Separatism will be a footnote to history
With respect to the movement to create a state of Jefferson in far Northern California, the photo on the bottom of page 17 says all that needs to be said: Those promoting separation from California are overwhelmingly old folks. One was nodding out in the photo (“A Separatist State of Mind,” HCN, 1/22/18)! I’ve lived […]
Posted inFebruary 19, 2018: Unfrozen North
Lessons of the bears
I read Christopher Solomon’s essay on his visit to the McNeil River Sanctuary with great interest (“Bear Essentials,” HCN, 12/25/17). I was especially struck by the idea of humans learning how to interact with bears by figuring out what works for the bears, what their language is, rather than trying to force the bears to […]
Posted inFebruary 19, 2018: Unfrozen North
Trespassing aliens; Garbage privacy; Brand your calves
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
Posted inFebruary 19, 2018: Unfrozen North
A celebration of equality and of the land
At a Wyoming wedding, a musician ponders the big questions of life.
Posted inFebruary 19, 2018: Unfrozen North
Our political decisions have Earth-wide implications
The facts are in. Now we have to decide what to do about them.