CALIFORNIA Remember that New Yorker cartoon, the one where a plump pussycat looks at its behind in a mirror and asks: “Does this collar make my butt look too big?” Well, humans are passing on their overeating habits to pets. Medical researchers warn we’re also bad influences on wildlife: Bears in the Lake Tahoe area […]
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Posted inSeptember 29, 2003: Harvesting Poison
Water law for dummies
There’s nothing worse than being stumped during a dinner conversation while attorneys and professors quarrel over the intricacies of water law. Now, Coloradoans can dive right into those debates, thanks to a new booklet that translates state water law into plain English. The Citizen’s Guide to Colorado Water Law, by the nonprofit Colorado Foundation for […]
Posted inSeptember 29, 2003: Harvesting Poison
Reweaving the river
Farmers and ranchers — not ‘yuppie environmentalists’ — work on a Colorado restoration
Posted inSeptember 1, 2003: Courting the Bomb
BLM sinks local input to drill Roan Plateau
Local and environmental concerns tossed by the wayside in western Colorado
Posted inOctober 11, 2004: The First Family of Western Conservation
Heard Around the West
MONTANA For 30 years, says biologist Charles Jonkel, he’s tried to educate people about grizzlies and black bears. He started an International Wildlife Film Festival in Missoula, Mont., 28 years ago to spread the word that ethical standards were needed for making films about the animals. Nonetheless, he says, thrill-seeking has gained ever-wider prominence, with […]
Posted inJuly 31, 2000: Out of the darkness
Out of the darkness
A Western Colorado community meets a coal boom halfway
Posted inMay 30, 2005: Write-off on the Range
Dear friends
WELCOME, NEW INTERNS As a teenager, HCN summer intern Patrick Farrell says he spent summers in his hometown of Lincoln, Neb., “scheming ways to get to Colorado to rock climb.” Lured by his love of nature, he moved West to study history at the University of Washington — but spent “more time in the library […]
Posted inMay 2, 2005: The Great Energy Divide
The Winds of Change
With the White House seeking to more than double the number of power plants, the best hope for a clean energy future lies in local communities