“All my life, I have always wondered why there is antagonism toward developers,” said billionaire developer B.J. “Red” McCombs recently during a forum on his proposed resort atop remote Wolf Creek Pass, in southwestern Colorado. I can answer Mr. McCombs, but first, some history: At issue is a massive project on an inholding (private land […]
Ken Wright
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How I turned into a time-share sucker
My family and I just got back from Sedona, Ariz., land of pinon-juniper forest, redrock spires and vortexes said to be spiritual. The only vortex we found, though, was the one our credit card number went into. We headed down to the self-proclaimed “New Age” capital of the West, thanks to a friend who gave […]
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RVs R Us
Living in a western Colorado mountain town that panders to tourists, vacationers and white-knuckled early retirees driving Greyhound buses converted to homes nicer than I live in, I, too, have suffered. I have been damned, dammed behind these tin-can condos as they’ve labored up passes like mastodons running a marathon. I’ve watched with a perverse […]
Posted inSeptember 28, 1998: A senator for the New West in the race of his life
Elk: Pursuing the hunt and preserving the species
For author, hunter, woodsman and “hard-core, out-and-amongst-’em … serious wildlife watcher” David Petersen, elk are more than just a hobby, topic or even a passion; they are a religion. If books had to have subtitles that reflected their deeper messages, Petersen’s newest book, Elkheart: A Personal Tribute to Wapiti and Their World, might be A […]
Posted inJuly 6, 1998: Riding the Wyoming 'brand'
Colorado curmudgeon defends the rural West
Review by Ken Wright Ed Quillen isn’t exactly a voice crying in the wilderness; he’s more like that guy with a beer and a Camel Straight in his hand, yelling from the sagging porch of the house down the street – the one with all the weeds and the 1975 Jeep Cherokee on blocks in […]
Posted inApril 19, 1993: Clinton flinches under western pressure
Fouled water leads to court
Durango, Colo., residents charge that gas production pollutes their wells. To read this article, download this HCN issue in PDF format. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Fouled water leads to court.