In regards to your article about the organization Sportsmen for Fish and Wildlife, I would just like to let people know that most “hunter conservation” groups out there, unlike SFW, do not support unlimited predator killing and the elimination of large carnivores like wolves and grizzlies. For instance, the group Backcountry Hunters and Anglers (www.backcountryhunters.org) […]
Real hunters support predators
Posted inJuly 23, 2007: Hydrogen Highway Revisited
It’s the habitat, stupid
Habitat, habitat, habitat; repeat over and over, and if the hunting and fishing gods are with us, it will become the mantra of every hunting and angling group in America. Every group, from Sportsmen for Fish and Wildlife to the Vegetarians for Huntable Wildlife (OK, I made that one up), knows in its heart of […]
Posted inJuly 23, 2007: Hydrogen Highway Revisited
The ultimate predator
So Hal Herring agrees with the dimwit teen who thinks it would be fun to machine-gun coyotes… also a great description of a snot-nosed kid jumping back and forth over a line of frozen, bloody coyote carcasses. And you wonder why some people think hunters are bloodthirsty freaks? I certainly am not opposed to responsible […]
Posted inJuly 23, 2007: Hydrogen Highway Revisited
The destruction of perfection
This is in response to Hal Herring’s well-written and informative article. Your cover was devastating. That something so beautiful can no longer roam free but ends up in the arms of one small human with blood on his hands and a smirk on his face – I simply fail to understand what would give one […]
Posted inJuly 23, 2007: Hydrogen Highway Revisited
Eat what you kill
How can you devote nine grisly pages to a rant on killing animals, by a guy who discredits himself – and all reportorial objectivity – by telling us he’d love to machine-gun coyotes? Shame on you. Your cover is sickening: a fool who kills a big beautiful lion so he can mount its head in […]
Posted inJuly 23, 2007: Hydrogen Highway Revisited
We’ll send a photographer right out
On the cover of your next issue, would you try very hard to get a picture of a mountain lion eating Kevin Smith. It would be more uplifting and less depressing than this one. Jim Sage Alpine, Texas This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline We’ll send a photographer […]
Posted inJuly 23, 2007: Hydrogen Highway Revisited
Every picture tells a story
Thank you for the cover of the June 25 issue. The picture is worth far more than a thousand words. Here are four that sum it up: blood on his hands. The expression (what there is of an expression) on Kevin Smith’s face is the reason I don’t trust myself to own a gun. Mary […]
Posted inJuly 23, 2007: Hydrogen Highway Revisited
Natural diversity
As a black park ranger, I’m often asked why more minorities don’t visit national parks or participate more in outdoor activities. That’s a short question with a long answer, and one part of it involves the perpetuation of historical inaccuracy, since the victors get to write what passes for history as portrayed in movies and […]
Posted inJuly 23, 2007: Hydrogen Highway Revisited
Throwing raptors into flight
NAME: Rob Domenech VOCATION: founder and lead biologist for Raptor View Research Institute HOME BASE: Missoula, Montana KNOWN FOR: banding more golden eagles in the U.S. than all other banding stations combined SPARE-TIME SPORT: grappling jujitsu On an exposed ridge in Montana’s Helena National Forest, high on the blustery Rocky Mountain Front, Rob Domenech recoils […]
Posted inJuly 23, 2007: Hydrogen Highway Revisited
When the Joneses go solar
As photovoltaic panels pop up on rooftops, planners feel the pain
Posted inJuly 23, 2007: Hydrogen Highway Revisited
Fear in the Valley
Immigrants in southern Colorado live in the shadows of anxiety following a high-profile raid
Posted inJuly 23, 2007: Hydrogen Highway Revisited
Two weeks in the West
This summer, the West is as crispy as that chicken you left on the grill for too long during the Fourth of July. Mercury topped the 100-degree mark everywhere from Boise to Tucson in late June and early July. During the first week in July, records fell in every Western state except New Mexico. Although […]
Posted inJuly 23, 2007: Hydrogen Highway Revisited
Global charming
In England to meet with erstwhile British Prime Minister Tony Blair last month, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger spoke optimistically about solutions to global warming. Business opportunities, he said, could make clean technology the “new gold rush,” according to the Sunday Telegraph of London. “Technology in the end is going to save the day. Technology is […]
Posted inJuly 23, 2007: Hydrogen Highway Revisited
Hydrogen Highway Revisited
Is Arnold Schwarzenegger’s plan to fill California highways with hydrogen-fueled cars visionary — or just hot air?
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Getting fresh with the West’s groundwater
That shot of hot air coming from the bottom of the refrigerator may soon serve a greater purpose than just warming your feet. A new saltwater distillation technique that uses solar energy and waste heat from appliances could provide remote Southwestern communities with clean drinking water. Researchers Nirmala Khandan and Veera Gude of New Mexico […]
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The memory of a mountain
A long time ago, I climbed a mountain with my mother. It was back in the early ’80s, when she was only slightly older than I am now — hard for me to believe, even though I’ve done the math and know it’s true. The mountain was Pikes Peak in Colorado. We climbed it from […]
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Yes, we are all tourons
“How far is it to Harts Pass?” a tourist couple once asked me. I told them it was about 20 miles. “How far is it back?” they asked. That natural selection has not rendered tourists extinct seems a mystery that defies evolution. And if you believe God created tourists, you’ve probably wondered, “What was He […]
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Our public lands should reflect white, black and brown
As a black park ranger, I’m often asked why more minorities don’t visit national parks or participate more in outdoor activities. That’s a short question with a long answer, and one part of it involves the perpetuation of historical inaccuracy, since the victors get to write what passes for history as portrayed in movies and […]
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The backyard cat whisperer
I am on all fours in a gravel path in my yard, tapping the ground with one hand, holding a leash with the other.I am whispering insistently.The summer sun burns my neck.Seen from the road, through stalks of dead cheatgrass, my butt would appear to hover, a blue-jeans moon at noon. “Shack-le-ton.Shack-le-ton!SHACK-le-ton.” Is anyone watching? […]