The species became the first fish to recover enough to be delisted.
Latest: Oregon chub is no longer endangered
Latest: A Washington county puts the brakes on a new oil-train facility
In the wake of recent oil-train derailments, Skagit County wants Shell to do a full environmental review.
Garden gnomes stolen; shipping container homes for sale
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
Hollywood horse havoc
Review of “Falling from Horses” by Molly Gloss.
Health impacts of wood smoke
A look at which stoves and furnaces emit the most particles damaging to your health, plus which states burn the most wood.
Governor Kitzhaber’s fall from grace
The peculiar and spectacular undoing of Oregon’s top official.
Cosmologies of stewardship
Scott Carrier’s article “Chainsaw Diplomacy” (HCN, 2/16/15) missed an excellent opportunity to educate his readers on important restoration efforts currently underway in the Escalante River Basin of Utah. Instead of focusing on what these efforts are accomplishing in restoring native habitat to a critical region, he seemed intent on pushing an agenda –– creating a […]
A giant resort overshadows a tiny Colorado town
A teacher’s perspective of big changes to a small town.
Sportsmen’s bill aims to open inaccessible public lands
The bill’s prospects appear bright despite congressional gridlock.
States give Senate an earful on EPA greenhouse gas plan
Wyoming critiques federal coal plant cleanup at Senate hearing.
Jewell, Murkowski square off
The Interior Secretary and Alaskan Senator spar over money and the environment.
American boondockers
Surprising photographs of people who live in their vehicles, from the Cascades to the Rockies.
The art – and science – of forecasting wildfires
This model could eliminate guesswork and predict fire according to geography.
An international street artist goes tagging in Joshua Tree
The latest in a string of graffiti incidents in national parks.
A small community at a crossroads
As I write, Custer County School in southern Colorado is under the watch of armed sheriff’s deputies. This follows the suicide of a 15-year-old boy last week — the second such tragedy in about a year’s time — and a bizarre rumor that somebody was planning a shooting at the school. This rumor apparently had […]
Keystone isn’t the only pipeline proposal out there
As XL languishes in political controversy, new pipeline projects gain ground in Canada and Alaska.
The EPA gets it
Not so long ago, a visit from the Environmental Protection Agency to a ski area meant bad news. In 2000, Aspen was the first resort inspected in what became a raid on the ski industry that seemed to have started alphabetically — we were first, Breckenridge was second, and so on. Humorless agents in suits […]
Ranch Diaries: Purchasing cattle, writing the business plan
How and when we expect to see returns on our investment.
Fish and Wildlife whistleblower retaliation case raises questions
A top Texas official reported political interference and scientific misconduct.
Don’t expect oil prices to rebound anytime soon
Global forces conspire to keep energy prices low, for better and worse.
