New from Writers on the Range
“The jacket of a popular author’s book says that she
lives on a ‘40-acre ranch.’
No real rancher
would care to make that statement. Similarly, only uninformed
journalists could write, ‘Sen. Jones lives on his 10-acre emu
ranch.’ The correct way to write that sentence would be,
‘Mr. Jones lives outside town with his emus.’
Forty acres, 10 acres — those are homesites in the West, not
ranches.”
So grouses Wyoming rancher and writer
Linda Hasselstrom. Check out her latest Writers on the Range
column: “Real ranches don’t have ‘ette’ in
their name” at www.hcn.org/opinion.jsp.
New from Radio HCN
Don’t miss Radio High Country News’ three-part coverage of fire in the West. The first show, “Fanning the Flames: Does Forest Fire Policy Ignore Fire Science?” features a field report from Idaho correspondent Guy Hand. Go to www.hcn.org/radio.jsp.
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