This issue looks at human migrations, both modern and ancient. The feature examines the science of human migrations, with both Pueblo people in the Southwest and archeologists working together at Mesa Verde. An Alaskan Tlingit author writes about her own migration away from her homeland, and back again. And, a hunter on public lands follows the migration of deer to find food for her family for the winter. Movement is fundamental to humans, and just one way that we’re still connected to the natural world.
Migrations, old and new
Humans have always trekked paths to new places.
New Forest Service chief; Pardoning Cliven Bundy; Monarchs in decline
HCN.org news in brief.
No free lunch for hydropower
Editor-in-Chief Brian Calvert described dams as “providing clean hydropower” (“Compromise amid the canyons,” HCN, 9/4/17). Actually, a spate of new research shows that there is basically no free greenhouse-gas lunch when it comes to generating electricity, and the burden of hydropower is increasingly coming into focus. The news is not good. For example, a recent…
Boat burial
Thanks for the nice article about the Elwha (“The Elwha, Unleashed,” HCN, 9/4/17). It jogged some memories and provided some amusing solace and closure. Twenty-five years ago, I owned a one-quarter interest in an offshore racing sailboat. On the already very eventful return trip from a race to Hawaii, our boat hit a log in…
A new way to understand 60s counterculture
A collection of personal stories and photos documents alternative lifestyles in the Southwest.
See the ‘backyards’ of the West
The winners of the reader photo contest, plus other favorites.
Following the path of the mythical Raven
Alaska’s writer laureate crosses boundaries and rediscovers home.
Dammed if we don’t
Krista Langlois’ article “Busting the big one” (HCN, 9/4/17) aptly describes the existential dilemma of whether or not draining Lake Powell into Lake Mead would increase/maximize the amount of water available for human use. If more studies are carried out to determine the best storage of available Colorado River water now and into the foreseeable…
Putting our tribal coverage to the ‘bingo test’
Fall is here, and HCN visits California.
Expletive (not) deleted
I read Brian Calvert’s “Down the Dark Mountain” essay in the July 24 issue. He is entitled to his opinion; however, his language needs cleaning up! I have been very unhappy with the liberal bias that this publication has developed over the last few years, but seeing the F-word used sealed it for me: You…
Indigenous knowledge helps untangle the mystery of Mesa Verde
Pueblo people and archaeologists work to understand the science of human migrations.
Laundry at Old Faithful; Death Cafés; Dumpsters in the wind
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
Public land is the essence of freedom
A hunter reflects on the gut-level connection she has to the public land she traverses.
Latest: A setback for a Las Vegas pipeline
Judge tells BLM to redo plans for compensating for wildlife habitat that would be lost to massive groundwater project.
Racism against Native Americans persists
A Rosebud Sioux woman reflects on the ways prejudice pervades Rapid City.
Latest: Park Service to cull part of Grand Canyon’s bison herd
The burgeoning North Rim population threatens vegetation, water and cultural sites.
Sally Jewell defends Interior Department legacy
As Obama’s policies are rolled back, his last Interior secretary reviews what’s at stake.
Trump administration erodes environmental protections
The courts have slowed some rollbacks but many have moved ahead.
Money-for-water programs work — but for how long?
In the Colorado River Basin, a pilot project wins over skeptical farmers and ranchers.