Montanan claims uncanny ability to locate water — and just about anything else
Sam Western
Posted inWotr
We’re in this together
There is a house in Rawlins, Wyo., that won’t sell. It’s a bargain, too, at $135,000. In fact, there are 43 houses in Rawlins selling for under $150,000. This is a booming energy town with a housing shortage. People in Rawlins have money. Wyoming has, in fact, the fastest growing median household income of any […]
Posted inDecember 26, 2005: A New Green Revolution
Organics and biofuels bring independence
Note: This article is a sidebar to this issue’s feature story, “A New Green Revolution.” For years, conventional farmers and other naysayers could dismiss organic farming with a wave of the hand: too many man-hours, too much tilling to control weeds, too few markets. But because organic farming uses no petroleum-based fertilizers or pesticides, it […]
Posted inDecember 26, 2005: A New Green Revolution
A New Green Revolution
In Montana’s dying farm country, ‘vanguard agriculture’ puts people back on the land
Posted inDecember 26, 2005: A New Green Revolution
Universities lag on organics
Note: This article is a sidebar to this issue’s feature story, “A New Green Revolution.” David Oien of Timeless Seeds has an immediate reaction when asked if the soils and agriculture departments at state universities have been helpful to organic farmers: “No!” “But then again, the average (conventional) wheat farmer would say the same thing,” […]
Posted inFebruary 17, 2003: Wyoming at a crossroads
The life of an energy colony
Note: This article is a sidebar to this issue’s feature story, “Wyoming at a crossroads.” 1869: Wyoming is formed as an official territory for one purpose only: advancing the cause of the Union Pacific Railroad. The railroad wants access to southwest Wyoming’s coal fields on its transcontinental journey to the West Coast. Gov. John Campbell […]
Posted inMarch 18, 2002: How I lost my town
Alternative livestock searches for a niche
Emu, ostrich, elk and bison industries plummet
Posted inFebruary 17, 1997: No home on the range
Planning begins at the ballot box
Even though Wyoming locals lost a lawsuit to stop an 18-hole golf course and 600 homes near the town of Big Horn, they took revenge: They ousted one of the county commissioners who had allowed the new development. The Wyoming Supreme Court ruling concerned the Powderhorn, a golf course resort that will be built outside […]
Posted inDecember 9, 1996: Motorheads: The new, noisy, organized force in the West
Trying to think the good thoughts about ATVs
An elk hunter dislikes ORVs despite their convenience because they make the country too small.
Posted inSeptember 19, 1994: Flame and blame in the Northwest
Bit by bit, government’s power is being eroded by wave of takings lawsuits
Takings in its newest formulation has taken the West by surprise. It shouldn’t have. Many reservoirs sit on taken ranches. Highways and railroads run across formerly private lands. Missile silos are embedded in once-private farms. These lands were taken by government or corporations through the power of eminent domain. The only question was how much […]