Experiences in the wilderness are crucial for troubled youth.
Ernie Atencio
Posted inJune 23, 2014: River of No Return
The man behind a New Mexico county’s fracking ban
Last year Mora became the first county in the nation to permanently ban oil and gas development.
Posted inWotr
Hispanics flex some environmental muscle
The 1906 Antiquities Act, which grants the president unilateral authority to protect broad swaths of land as monuments, has long stirred controversy in the West, where we don’t like the feds overstepping. The 1.9-million-acre Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, designated by Bill Clinton in 1996, is still a sore point because Utah’s congressmen and governor were […]
Posted inApril 29, 2013: A New Forest Paradigm
Hispanic leaders spearheaded the Río Grande del Norte National Monument
In early April, Utah Rep. Rob Bishop, R, began pushing a bill that would limit presidential authority to designate new national monuments by forcing proposals to undergo environmental review first. The draft law is among a slew of similar measures House Republicans are working on in response to Obama’s March 25 creation of five new […]
Posted inJuly 19, 2004: They're Here: Global Warming's Unlikely Harbingers
Dump the meaningless labels
Please don’t label me as one of “our more conservative readers,” but I agree that the paper seems to be exhibiting more of that old-fashioned enviro bias and heading in a more polarizing direction than the HCN of old. By “polarizing” I mean spinning stories in terms of those archaic categories of conservative vs. liberal, […]
Posted inOctober 31, 1994: Water for the taking
After a heavy harvest and a death, Navajo forestry realigns with culture
NAVAJO, N.M. – On the austere, high-desert plateau of the Navajo Nation, the Chuska Mountains rise unexpectedly, an oasis of alpine forests and crystal-clear lakes. For centuries the Chuskas have been the source of building materials, game animals and grazing land, a place to gather medicinal herbs and spiritual strength. But in the past four […]
Posted inOctober 31, 1994: Water for the taking
Faith in a martyr helps the cause
Note: this article is a sidebar to the news article After a heavy harvest and a death, Navajo forestry realigns with culture “Leroy Jackson died because he tried to protect the land,” says Diné CARE president Earl Tulley. “If he didn’t stand up against logging, he’d still be alive.” Jackson, a Diné CARE co-founder, was […]
Posted inOctober 31, 1994: Water for the taking
‘People of the Earth’ stress ‘natural laws’
Note: this article is a sidebar to the news article After a heavy harvest and a death, Navajo forestry realigns with culture “As Native people we can’t really separate our environment from us, so it’s hard to call us environmentalists,” says Diné CARE activist Adella Begaye. “We stress cultural values, the natural laws learned from […]
Posted inApril 18, 1994: The salmon win one
Explosives “rearrange’ a class 6 river rapid
Someone finally got the best of Quartzite Falls, one of the toughest rapids in North America. They blew it up. Most boaters had to portage around the dangerous class-six rapid in Arizona’s Salt River Canyon Wilderness, and two were killed last year trying to run it. But a powerful blast sometime this winter smoothed it […]
Posted inMarch 21, 1994: On the borderline
New Santa Fe mayor says: “This town is not for sale’
Defying predictions and the clout of big money, Santa Fe, N.M., voters elected former city councilor Debbie Jaramillo mayor March 1. She promised to rein in runaway development and return city government to the people. Pre-election polls and campaign funds had shown Jaramillo lagging well behind other candidates. Projected winner Peso Chavez raised $86,400 from […]
Posted inMarch 21, 1994: On the borderline
Dial 1/800-CANYON for reservations
The Grand Canyon can’t wait for long-term planning to deal with crowding problems, says Boyd Evison, interim superintendent at the park. He has proposed a reservation system for park visitors. It could be set up by 1995 and doesn’t require authorization from Congress. “The only way to maintain a positive experience without trampling the park […]
Posted inNovember 1, 1993: Sunbelt confrontation
Arizona BLM punishes ‘bad bureaucrat’
BLM hydrologist is censured after charging that groundwater pumping could harm the nation’s first national conservation area along the San Pedro River. To read this article, download this HCN issue in PDF format. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Arizona BLM punishes ‘bad bureaucrat’.
Posted inSeptember 20, 1993: Triumph, Idaho, to EPA: Get out
Ailing Ecosystems
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Ailing Ecosystems.
Posted inMay 17, 1993: Fore! in Santa Fe
Helicopters may invade Zion park
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Helicopters may invade Zion park.
Posted inApril 19, 1993: Clinton flinches under western pressure
Owls may protect Southwest forests
The Mexican Spotted Owl is listed as threatened. To read this article, download this HCN issue in PDF format. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Owls may protect Southwest forests.
Posted inApril 5, 1993: Special issue: Small towns under seige
Will Zion, the movie, hurt Zion, the park?
An Imax theater will soon stand at the entrance to Zion National Park. To read this article, download this HCN issue in PDF format. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Will Zion, the movie, hurt Zion, the park?.
Posted inMarch 8, 1993: A famous skeleton returns to the earth
Chaco Park to be (lightly) roaded
A new access road is proposed in Chaco National Historical Park. To read this article, download this HCN issue in PDF format. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Chaco Park to be (lightly) roaded.