When I moved to Teton County, Wyo., two decades ago, I lived in a sagging, second-hand pup tent for the summer. The tipi I moved into that winter felt palatial by comparison. Almost everyone I knew then lived in wall tents, tipis, yurts, or cabins with no plumbing. Even when the temperature fell past 30 […]
Outlaws on an upscale road
Posted inNovember 6, 2000: 'Re-inhabitation' revisited
Heard around the West
Is this a tale for Ripley’s Believe It or Not? A moose in Whitefish, Mont., threw itself at a car driven by a woman who loves moose so much her license plates read moosie1 and moosie2. The suicidal moose, probably a victim of raging hormones during the rutting season, “really shook up the driver,” reports […]
Posted inNovember 6, 2000: 'Re-inhabitation' revisited
Colorado’s Coal Basin starts a new life
Students and the state help recover aformer miningtract
Posted inNovember 6, 2000: 'Re-inhabitation' revisited
Idaho resorts near ‘wild’ river must go
Judge says the Forest Servicemisinterpreted thelaw
Posted inNovember 6, 2000: 'Re-inhabitation' revisited
CARA’s not quite the girl she used to be
WASHINGTON, D.C. – When we last left Cara, our maiden in perpetual distress, she had escaped from the railroad tracks to which she had been tied by evil members of the House of Representatives, who hoped that an onrushing freight train or mass indifference would do her in. Not Cara, a game kid if ever […]
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Will a watched refuge ever revive?
Buenos Aires managers see slow progress, but ranchers are champing at the bit
Posted inNovember 6, 2000: 'Re-inhabitation' revisited
Congress moves on local proposals
Babbitt’s ‘monument tour’ led to some legislative solutions
Posted inNovember 6, 2000: 'Re-inhabitation' revisited
Dear Friends
A forest history award On March 29, 1999, High Country News published Lynne Bama‘s story about public-land exchanges and the turn-of-the-century politics that led to checkerboarded lands in the West. Her story vividly outlined how private land came to dot public lands, and how attempts by federal agencies to consolidate their holdings led to controversy […]
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‘Re-inhabitation’ revisited
The new invasion of the rural Northwest
Posted inOctober 23, 2000: Stalking Slade
Learning from John Sawhill
Dear HCN, Fine piece on the late John Sawhill by Jon Margolis (HCN, 9/11/00: Remembering an establishment revolutionary). Lest anyone forget, he was one helluva public servant, and that rare breed, a GOP conservationist. As a Newsweek Washington correspondent, I covered him in the Nixon and Ford administrations during which he put the first ax […]
Posted inOctober 23, 2000: Stalking Slade
Meth story a wake-up call
Dear HCN, Thanks for that excellent article and wake-up call about the “meth invasion” by Stephen Lyons. As a retired detective (NYPD), I know the value of informing the public about the drug perils in their midst, even in the most, so-called, unlikely places. An alerted public could well be a major factor in dealing […]
Posted inOctober 23, 2000: Stalking Slade
Thanks for the methane issue
Dear HCN, Thanks for your recent issue on coalbed methane. It was wonderful to see you treat an issue that is widespread, complex, and far from environmentally benign, despite methane being labeled a “green” fuel. I have to admit to being a little disappointed that you didn’t say anything about the Raton Basin here in […]
Posted inOctober 23, 2000: Stalking Slade
Churches greening none too soon
Dear HCN, Thanks to HCN and Jim Robbins for the fine piece on the Columbia River Pastoral Letter Project (“Holy Water,” HCN, 9/11/00: Holy Water). The pastoral letter is a good example of what some have called the “greening” of the Christian Church. Other efforts to make Christianity more “earth friendly” are under way among […]
Posted inOctober 23, 2000: Stalking Slade
A cheer for the Church
Dear HCN, Concerning Jim Robbins’ “Holy Water”: It is very good to see the Catholic Church taking some more specific steps (in the Columbia River basin pastoral letter) toward applying the ideas in Renewing the Earth (HCN, 9/11/00: Excerpts from the pastoral letter draft). I would like to set the record straight, however (or at […]
Posted inOctober 23, 2000: Stalking Slade
Environmentalists for Bush
Dear HCN, As the nation prepares for the upcoming presidential election, it is so sad to read about the formation of the group “Environmentalists Against Gore” (HCN, 8/28/00: The Latest Bounce). If this group succeeds in what must be its goal, we will get George W. Bush as our next president. If this is what […]
Posted inOctober 23, 2000: Stalking Slade
America’s Parks – America’s People: A Mosaic in Motion II
America’s national parks are usually associated with their diverse wildlife. But the Park Service and the National Parks Conservation Association think human diversity is important as well. The two groups will sponsor an event called America’s Parks – America’s People: A Mosaic in Motion II, from Nov. 8-12 in Santa Fe, N.M. The event will […]
Posted inOctober 23, 2000: Stalking Slade
Carnivores 2000
Scientists, land managers, educators and advocates will discuss predator conservation and biology at Defenders of Wildlife’s three-day “Carnivores 2000” conference in Denver, Nov. 12-15. Register online at www.defenders.org or call 202/789-2844, ext. 315. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Carnivores 2000.
Posted inOctober 23, 2000: Stalking Slade
Powder River Basin Resource Council
Wyoming’s small-mine law exempts mines 10 acres or less from environmental quality permits and notification of adjacent landowners. The law is the focus of Powder River Basin Resource Council‘s annual meeting, Oct. 28 in Casper, Wyo. For information, call 307/358-5002. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Powder River […]
Posted inOctober 23, 2000: Stalking Slade
Click for conservation
Maybe there is still no such thing as a free lunch, but a new Web site called EcologyFund.com lets users conserve land at no cost. Each time a visitor to the site clicks on a corporate sponsor’s advertisement, the sponsor donates half a cent to one of six land-trust projects. The pennies add up: In […]
Posted inOctober 23, 2000: Stalking Slade
Where cultures collide
Travelers on Route I-84 may speed past Ontario, Ore., with nary a glance. But the decision not to stop at this agricultural center is their loss, because the town houses one of the best historical and cultural centers in the West. The Four Rivers Cultural Center celebrates the confluence of cultures in the Western Treasure […]