BLM’s no-drilling decision in Colorado startles locals
Jennie Lay
Posted inMarch 1, 2010: The War Next Door
Down the wormhole
A Colorado cave might hold a key to extraterrestrial life forms
Posted inSeptember 9, 2008: Reclaiming the low country
Alexandra Fuller: A fine line between protest and profession
Listen to an exclusive, web-only interview with Alexandra Fuller. On a chilly Sunday morning in August, a group of protesters gathers outside the new Bureau of Land Management office at the north end of town. ExxonMobil has just announced the biggest quarterly profits in U.S. history, and heads are shaking unhappily over the rapid pace […]
Posted inAugust 11, 2008: Trouble in (Private) Paradise
Death, and taxes
In Western communities with runaway land values, even estate planning can’t keep the farm in the family
Posted inMarch 31, 2008: My Crazy Brother
Conservation easement conundrums
Colorado and other Western states crack down on abusers
Posted inSeptember 17, 2007: Facing the yuck factor
Cowboy love, with a generous sprinkling of sugar
Dump your unresponsive husband in suburban Ohio. Move to Jackson Hole, Wyo., and buy an adorable – and affordable – rustic cabin on a sprawling ranch. Make enough money working part-time to not only afford the aforementioned Jackson Hole cabin, but to also have spare time to revel in the glorious Western landscape. And, the […]
Posted inFebruary 19, 2007: One nation, under fire
Powered by pond scum
Algae may prove a promising source of biofuel
Posted inOctober 30, 2006: Peace Breaks Out In New Mexico's Forests
In search of greener pastures
Name Laina Corazon Coit Age 55 Vocation Hemp ice cream maker Home Base Near Briggsdale, Colo. Noted for Working to create Colorado’s first green burial grounds, on the eastern prairie She says “I’m for earthworms. We intend to use every possible way to make sure the land remains sacred to the grave sites and the […]
Posted inSeptember 4, 2006: Blast from the Past
Endangered Species 101 — in poetry
Harvard entomologist Edward O. Wilson, father of sociobiology and a relentless biodiversity advocate, once estimated that human gluttony helps exterminate species at the rate of one every 20 minutes. The Dire Elegies laments the plight of North America’s endangered wildlife in poetic detail — but this is more than a disgruntled ode to dying species […]
Posted inJuly 24, 2006: Taking Liberties
Failing Bay-Delta may take a living fossil with it
As farmed sturgeon thrive, wild populations are in trouble
Posted inMay 29, 2006: 'Clinging Hopelessly to the Past'
Craig’s excellent adaptive adventures
Name Craig Kennedy Age 33 Vocation Adaptive adventure-travel writer and accessibility consultant Home Base Steamboat Springs, Colorado Noted for Writing adventure-travel guides for disabled hikers, bikers, boaters, campers, paragliders … He says “(Accessibility) could always be happening faster. I’m just happy it’s happening at all. There are a lot of places we can go. ” […]
Posted inMarch 20, 2006: Town Shopping
Painting for progress
The call of the wilderness sounded more like a holler to Joan Hoffmann in 1963. At 13, already a headstrong artist and budding environmentalist, she was determined to go backpacking with the Sierra Club. Neither her urban family of Southern California golfers, nor the fact that she had to sew her own sleeping bag, could […]
Posted inJanuary 23, 2006: Timberlands up for grabs
Colorado River gets a recreation plan
The National Park Service’s new plan for the Grand Canyon river corridor may torpedo wilderness advocates, who are already swimming against a tide of motorboats and helicopters. Ten years ago, the Grand Canyon Management Plan required park managers to devise a new recreation strategy for the Colorado River that would address motorized usage, tourism’s impacts […]
Posted inDecember 12, 2005: The Final Energy Frontier
Congress bets on oil shale
But on the ground in the West, big companies are hedging
Posted inOctober 31, 2005: The Public Lands' Big Cash Crop
A move to make land trusts more accountable
Land Trust Alliance unveils accreditation program to weed out ‘bad actors’
Posted inMarch 7, 2005: Anarchy in the Gas Fields
Drilling Could Wake a Sleeping Giant
In Colorado, a gas company edges in on a radioactive blast site
Posted inMarch 7, 2005: Anarchy in the Gas Fields
State laws — and small staff — muzzle would-be watchdog
Note: This article is a sidebar to this issue’s feature story, “Drilling Could Wake a Sleeping Giant.” The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, charged with overseeing energy development in the state, is conflicted. The commission’s mission is to facilitate oil and gas production. At the same time, it is supposed to protect the public’s […]