On the edge with Edward Abbey, Charles Ives and the outlaws

As a longtime supporter of High Country News, I was very disappointed that you chose to publish the biased and unsubstantiated “Lost in the Woods” by Claudine LoMonaco (HCN, 9/1/14). LoMonaco uses clever buzzwords — “slick slide show and earnest manner,” “bright blue eyes,” “dysfunctional and ineffective,” “historical vendettas, personal grudges and political connections,” just to quote […]

I never understood how we have planning commissions and they let developers build in forested areas without clearing fire-safe areas around developments (“Smoke and mirrors,” HCN, 9/1/14). People that build like this should have to pay an exorbitant amount for fire insurance. Same goes for building in the river bottom and on avalanche terrain. The […]

LoMonaco’s feature article is why HCN is one of only two publications that I loyally subscribe to. LoMonaco’s in-depth reporting is an example of excellent journalism. She unsnarls a monumentally complicated issue and makes it interesting and understandable, if not fathomable, to a general reader like me. Not many journalists go to as much trouble […]