Plus, a look at our strategic planning and a graffiti correction.
Jodi Peterson
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Congress lets sun set on Land and Water Conservation Fund
The nation’s most successful conservation program is in jeopardy.
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Cue the greater sage grouse lawsuits
With the bird’s non-listing under the Endangered Species Act, expect more of the legal crawl that got us here in the first place.
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Sage grouse decision demonstrates clout of the Endangered Species Act
On Sept. 22, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service made a landmark decision, declaring that the greater sage grouse, that icon of the Western High Plains, does not warrant federal protection. The chicken-sized bird’s numbers have dwindled from a historic high of perhaps 16 million to about 400,000, as its sagebrush range has been transformed […]
Posted inSeptember 14, 2015: Close Ties in Big Landscapes
A skipped issue and a trickle of visitors
Plus, a plug for our classroom subscription program and a gun-related correction.
Posted inSeptember 14, 2015: Close Ties in Big Landscapes
The fall reading list
Book recommendations for the cold months ahead.
Posted inSeptember 14, 2015: Close Ties in Big Landscapes
The real work
On a hot, dusty August Saturday a few years ago, people from all over the North Fork Valley convened at a country veterinarian’s office just outside Paonia, Colorado (HCN’s hometown). We came with paintbrushes and paint, wheelbarrows, buckets, rakes and shovels, food and drink. About a dozen of us, ranging in age from 8 to […]
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Big ruckus over little streams
A new EPA rule to regulate US waterways has provoked a pile of lawsuits.
Posted inAugust 31, 2015: Unlocking the Methane Mystery
A slew of summer visitors
Plus, filling in a missing word from our last issue.
Posted inAugust 17, 2015: Little Big Bird
The Endangered Species Act’s biggest experiment
Will an unprecedented collaborative effort and lots of tax dollars be enough to finally save sage grouse?
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Grouseonomics: The imperiled greater sage grouse, by the numbers
Economic and ecological impacts of the bird in Western states.
Posted inMay 25, 2015: Monument Man
The local-federal tug-of-war
A live High Country News panel event, readers get ready to vote in our public lands May Madness, and more.
Posted inMay 11, 2015: The Wetland Wars
Farewell, Ivan Doig
Visitors, magazine scammers, and the loss of an American West icon.
Posted inApril 27, 2015: Lost frontier
Spring visitors
Visitors, speeches and long-time subscribers.
Posted inApril 10, 2015: Strangers in a Strange Land
HCN writers publish books and garner awards
Plus visitors to the office and corrections.
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Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid announces retirement
The Nevada senator is a formidable leader and champion of progressive issues.
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California state parks’ blueprint for a more diverse future
Plans to overhaul park system, appeal to communities of color.
Posted inMarch 16, 2015: Wild Ride
See you in April!
HCN takes a printing break, and welcomes DC correspondent Elizabeth Shogren.
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New state and fed efforts to protect sage grouse
Plans aim to keep the wide-ranging bird off the endangered list.
Posted inFebruary 16, 2015: Chainsaw Diplomacy
A recent history of land management in the Escalante region
A monumental tug of war.