The mountains, for
many of us, are a source of inspiration, adventure, work and play.
But for a lot of the world, mountain life means extreme poverty and
a rapidly declining quality of life. A disproportionately high
number of the world’s hungry and chronically malnourished people
live in mountain regions. The United Nations has declared 2002 the
Year of the Mountains, hoping to bring attention to the problems
while celebrating the beauty of mountain living. One of the many
programs being offered worldwide will take place at the Mountain
Studies Institute, a research and education center in Silverton,
Colo., Sept. 26-28. Speakers include HCN‘s Ed
Marston, as well archaeologists, historians, conservationists and
local writers and photographers. Field trips will follow the talks,
touring the geology of nearby volcanic calderas and the Red
Mountain mining district. Visit www.mountainstudies.org or call
970/387-5161 for more information.

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Telling it on the mountain

by Lolly Merrell, High Country News
September 2, 2002

<h1>Telling it on the mountain</h1> <p class="byline">by Lolly Merrell, High Country News <br />September 2, 2002</p> <br /> <!-- RTT removed image (7604) --> <p> <BR></p> <p>The mountains, for<br /> many of us, are a source of inspiration, adventure, work and play.<br /> But for a lot of the world, mountain life means extreme poverty and<br /> a rapidly declining quality of life. A disproportionately high<br /> number of the world's hungry and chronically malnourished people<br /> live in mountain regions. The United Nations has declared 2002 the<br /> Year of the Mountains, hoping to bring attention to the problems<br /> while celebrating the beauty of mountain living. One of the many<br /> programs being offered worldwide will take place at the Mountain<br /> Studies Institute, a research and education center in Silverton,<br /> Colo., Sept. 26-28. Speakers include <I>HCN</I>'s Ed<br /> Marston, as well archaeologists, historians, conservationists and<br /> local writers and photographers. Field trips will follow the talks,<br /> touring the geology of nearby volcanic calderas and the Red<br /> Mountain mining district. Visit www.mountainstudies.org or call<br /> 970/387-5161 for more information.<br /> <BR></p> <div class="wp-block-group hcn-print-edition-box"> <p>This article appeared in the <a href="/?p=188772">print edition of the magazine</a> with the headline <span class="hcn-magtitle">Telling it on the mountain</span>.</p> </p></div> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/issue-233/telling-it-on-the-mountain/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://country-survey-collabs.info Country News&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.hcn.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/cropped-HCN_Logo-Monogram_White_Sq-2.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;quality=100&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://country-survey-collabs.info/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=108716&amp;amp;ga4=G-0NS3WVPPTN&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/issue-233/telling-it-on-the-mountain/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/hcn.org/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;</p> Copy to Clipboard

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