By lowering tariffs and regulatory hurdles, the deal could make it easier to sell natural gas to Japan.
The Trans-Pacific Partnership could pipe in new business for the Western gas industry
The local-federal tug-of-war
A live High Country News panel event, readers get ready to vote in our public lands May Madness, and more.
Tesla powerplay, Sacramento Delta protections, Recapture Canyon protesters found guilty and more.
Hcn.org news in brief.
Survival = Anger x Imagination
A review of ‘Crazy Horse’s Girlfriend’ by Erika T. Wurth.
Politics of the possible
Bruce Babbitt loves to tell this story: At a White House social function in the late 1990s, Babbitt, who was Bill Clinton’s secretary of the Interior, finally got a brief moment alone with his boss. He used it to pass him a note that read: “TR: 230 million acres, WJC: ??” It was a shorthand […]
On New Mexico’s Gila River, a contentious diversion gets the go-ahead
Questions remain of how much water it will yield and whether local farmers can afford to buy it.
Making a monument from scratch
A writer wonders if this piece of Northern California federal land is worth the new designation.
A timeline of the Antiquities Act
The presidential power tool for land conservation since Teddy Roosevelt.
Controversy lingers at Missouri Breaks in Montana
Ranchers, landowners, environmentalists still disagree over the designation.
Still quiet at Canyons of the Ancients
Modest increases in visitation and infrastructure since this Colorado monument designation in 2000.
John Podesta: Legacy maker
This Washington insider’s ‘hidden hand’ has guided the environmental achievements of presidents for two decades.
The urban coyote watcher
Janet Kessler has spent the last decade tracking, studying, documenting, and generally enjoying the heck out of her favorite neighbor.
Changing baseline
Without using these exact words, editor Sarah Gilman refers to the changing baseline (“Knowledge, a wrecking ball,” HCN, 4/27/15). Each generation thinks that life began when its awareness began. The children of the generation before Sarah roved an empty mesa near Boulder and perhaps mourned its loss. As a young adult, I roamed the side canyons of Lake Powell and […]
Bundy and the law
“Checking in on Cliven Bundy” (HCN, 4/27/15)? Are you kidding me? The only checking in we need with him is from his cell, when he’s finally brought to justice for making a mockery of federal law. Mark De GregorioMasonville, Colorado This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Bundy and […]
Borrowed land
Thanks for doing an article on the Bisti Wilderness (“Strangers in a familiar land,” HCN, 4/13/15). It was a good one, and I like the quote, “We are all just visitors here.” An old Navajo lady, a member of a grazing committee not too far from Bisti, used to say, “We are all here on borrowed […]
A trapper’s tale
Review of ‘Into the Savage Country’ by Shannon Burke.
A prom request painted on BLM land, a Nevada brothel, and more.
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
A film documents two friends on the Sierra trek
Review of “Only the Essential: A Hike from Mexico to Canada on the Pacific Crest Trail” by Colin Arisman.
American Indian students in Utah face harsh discipline
Research finds they are referred to law enforcement and arrested more than any other group.
The Latest: Lake Mead hits a record low of 1,078 feet
Water cutbacks would start if the reservoir reaches 1,075.
