Losing everything to fire was just the beginning
Opinion
Posted inWotr
The single women who homesteaded the West
The women who settled in the Old West defy stereotypes.
Posted inWotr
Spring comes grudgingly to Wyoming’s high desert
Although I expect more heartless wind and freezing nights, I think winter’s tight grip has been loosened. Summer lies ahead.
Posted inSeptember 20, 1993: Triumph, Idaho, to EPA: Get out
It’s time to clearcut the Forest Service
The Forest Service is beyond redemption, and should be abolished. It would not be a huge loss. There is little institutional or human memory in the agency, given the frequency with which employees are transferred, given how the agency has isolated itself from the ground and from communities, and given its contempt for science. To read this […]
Posted inFebruary 11, 1991: Idaho savors its waters as region seeks more hydropower
On grizzlies, babies and a shrinking land
I got married last fall and was immediately inundated with questions concerning when my husband and I were planning on having kids. Someone even sent me a card wishing me lots and lots of little ones. The sentiment behind that wish is really what brought ISO folks and me together in mid-January to hear a […]