Regarding “Defuse the West” (HCN, 10/27/14), these conflicts are not restricted to the West. Most of these confrontations are initiated by redneck motorheads who apparently think they are living in 1880 and can do anything they please. These fools don’t seem to grasp the fact that ever-increasing use of our public lands demands that there […]
John Fandek
Posted inApril 16, 2012: The Other Bakken Boom
A lament for open range
Thanks to Jonathan Thompson for pointing out that there is more nastiness involved in the drilling and production of natural gas than fracking (HCN, 3/19/12, “A fresh focus on frack attacks”). Once-open Western rangelands have been transformed into industrial slums, complete with contaminated water and air. Habitats have been destroyed and wildlife populations displaced or […]
Posted inOctober 1, 2010: Dancing with Climate Change
Even in Wyoming
I first met Tom Bell over 40 years ago. He remains one of the most courageous men I’ve ever known and something of a hero to me (HCN, 8/30/10). Here is Wyoming, a state where the leading radio station daily broadcasts hours of Rush Limbaugh’s bombast to eager listeners. Here is a state that can field a viable […]
Posted inMarch 20, 2006: Town Shopping
Good hunting requires wild places
Hoo-Wray for Pat Wray for revealing the far right-wing politics of the NRA (HCN, 1/23/06: What’s the NRA’s beef with roadless areas?). Anymore, the NRA is all about amassing dues-paying members to support the group’s anti-conservation lobbying efforts in Washington, D.C. One way it does this is by appealing to the interests and pandering to […]