Crowded Prairie: Four Painters, an exhibition at the Ucross Foundation Art Gallery in Ucross, Wyo., features 34 paintings by Karen Kitchel, Chuck Forsman, John Hull and James Lancel McElhinney. “Each (painter) has something to say that is very serious about the environmental impact of our technology on the land,” says Gordon McConnell, curator of the […]
Books
Posted inJune 5, 2000: Change on the Plains
‘A natural calamity’
Through historical and eyewitness accounts, scientific analysis and amazing photos, Rob Carson’s Mount St. Helens: the Eruption and Recovery of a Volcano, takes us back to the blast of 20 years ago: “By the evening of May 18, Mount St. Helens was a smoking crater, hollowed-out and grey. It looked defiled, like the victim of […]
Posted inJune 5, 2000: Change on the Plains
Mining is forever
After a successful career as a hydrologist and consultant for mining companies in Montana, David Stiller decided to write a book. By looking at one mine in Montana that a prospector in 1898 named after his horse – the “Mike Horse” – Stiller says he hoped to alert people to the danger posed to Westerners […]
Posted inJune 5, 2000: Change on the Plains
Hispanics have a new voice
A new publication in the Four Corners region, El Valle, combines Spanish and English to focus on Hispanic people. “We have a real strong Hispanic community in the Four Corners area and we’re growing,” says publisher and editor LaVerta Valdez-Johnson. “Not many hear about us because our events are not covered in local newspapers.” She […]
Posted inJune 5, 2000: Change on the Plains
Help Hells Canyon
Managers of Hells Canyon on the Oregon-Idaho border, the deepest river-cut canyon in the world, are hoping for more direction in dealing with increasing numbers of visitors, longstanding grazing and logging and a mandate to protect the area. Until June 20, the public can have a say in the future of the canyon by commenting […]
Posted inJune 5, 2000: Change on the Plains
Latin American Festival in the Mountains
More than 200 volunteers are needed at the 7th annual Latin American Festival in The Mountains, July 1 in Carbondale, Colo. The festival celebrates Latin American culture through food, arts, crafts and performances. Contact Adriana Chavira at 970/945-4060. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Latin American Festival in […]
Posted inJune 5, 2000: Change on the Plains
Western Issues Conference
Family histories will be told at the Western Issues Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, June 23-24. Writers Kim Barnes, Patricia Nelson Limerick, Philip Deloria and Vicki Ruiz are among those talking to 200 people about living in the West. Contact the Sun Valley Center for the Arts at P.O. Box 656, Sun Valley, ID 83353 […]
Posted inJune 5, 2000: Change on the Plains
Fishtrap
Fishtrap, an annual writer’s gathering in Wallowa Lake, Ore., July 10-16, features Ursula K. LeGuin and Luis Alberto Urrea, among other writers. Contact Fishtrap at P.O. Box 38, Enterprise, OR 97828 (541/426-3623). This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Fishtrap.
Posted inJune 5, 2000: Change on the Plains
839 Ways to Move Colorado in the Right Direction
The nonprofit Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado is looking for people to repair trails, plant trees and work on a variety of projects this summer. Last year, more than 2,700 people joined VOC’s volunteer programs. To find out what needs doing, consult the group’s directory, 839 Ways to Move Colorado in the Right Direction, available from […]
Posted inJune 5, 2000: Change on the Plains
The Continental Divide Trail Alliance
The Continental Divide Trail Alliance hopes to lure people to some of the most scenic and ecologically diverse areas in the West for a vacation of trail building, weed pulling or sign repairing. Volunteers can choose from 33 projects along the 3,100-mile trail. Contact CDTA, P.O. Box 628, Pine, CO 80470, or call 888/909-CDTA or […]
Posted inJune 5, 2000: Change on the Plains
Gold at What Price? The Need for a Public Debate on National Gold Reserves
A report by three environmental groups says national gold reserves are harmful both economically and environmentally. When governments lock up large gold reserves, they force new, often environmentally destructive mining to meet the market demand for the metal, says the 24-page study, Gold At What Price? The Need for a Public Debate on National Gold […]
Posted inMay 8, 2000: After the fall
30-minute documentary, “Voice of the Centenarian: Hazel Wolf’
Lifelong social and environmental activist Hazel Wolf will be honored in a 30-minute documentary, “Voice of the Centenarian: Hazel Wolf,” narrated by Carole King. The producer is seeking footage of Wolf, who died in January. If you have material of her in action – making speeches, protesting, meeting with politicians – contact Gayle Podrabsky, 206/285-7806 […]
Posted inMay 8, 2000: After the fall
Lovers of land and culture
Lovers of land and culture, writers, and scientists will explore the relationships between religious traditions, sacred stories and scientific facts at the 17th Sitka Symposium, June 15-21 in Sitka, Alaska. Writers can submit manuscripts for critique by May 19. Contact the Island Institute at 907/747-3794 for more information, or write to Box 2420, Sitka, AK […]
Posted inMay 8, 2000: After the fall
Beauty and Solitude
There are approximately 80 places in the United States where artists of all kinds can go to compose, paint, write, sculpt and photograph. These artists’ communities, which are mostly on the coasts, accommodate about 4,000 visitors a year. If all goes well, there will soon be a new one just outside Zion National Park in […]
Posted inMay 8, 2000: After the fall
Montana’s anti-Indian movement multiplies
A report by the Montana Human Rights Network says groups dedicated to undermining Indian sovereignty and culture are on the rise. Formed in 1990, in response to white supremacist and other hate groups in Montana, the Human Rights Network calls the anti-Indian movement “racist to the core.” Ken Toole, who wrote the 47-page report, Drumming […]
Posted inMay 8, 2000: After the fall
Bart: Still a trooper
Bart, the 1,500-pound star of The Bear and most recently The Edge (co-starring Anthony Hopkins), missed out on the Academy Awards a couple of weeks ago. But the 23-year-old actor and coastal Kodiak grizzly will be appearing this month on the small screen as spokesbear for Colorado State University’s Animal Cancer Center’s new research facility. […]
Posted inMay 8, 2000: After the fall
Take a load off
Forget llamas, goats or horses, says the Bureau of Land Management. Burros are better for packing equipment into the backcountry. That’s the message the federal agency is trying to get across to baby boomers, says Tom Taylor of Mesa, Ariz., a volunteer who takes his burro, Hualapai, to community events to talk up the adopt-a-burro […]
Posted inMay 8, 2000: After the fall
Conference on Tailings and Mine Waste
One-page abstracts are being sought for next January’s Conference on Tailings and Mine Waste in Fort Collins, Colo. Offer your ideas on milling, geotechnics, tailings management or related topics by June 2. For information or to present an abstract, contact Linda Hinshaw, Department of Civil Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1372, 970/491-6081, fax […]
Posted inMay 8, 2000: After the fall
Connecting Our Land and Cultures
The National Park Service and its parent agency, the Department of the Interior, are sponsoring a conference to help land managers on the Colorado Plateau develop effective resource education programs. Connecting Our Land and Cultures will be held July 9-14 in Las Vegas, Nev. Register through June 9 by calling Carol Kruse at 520/526-1157 ext. […]
Posted inMay 8, 2000: After the fall
Forest Service Volunteer Program
The Forest Service Volunteer Program for the Rocky Mountain region is looking for backcountry rangers, campground hosts and workers for research projects and trail maintenance, among others. For a copy of the agency’s Volunteer Directory, write Volunteer Coordinator, USDA Forest Service, 324 25th St., Ogden, UT 84401, call 801/625-5175, fax 801/625-5170, e-mail blyons@fs.fed.us, or visit […]