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Posted inMay 11, 2015: The Wetland Wars
Farewell, Ivan Doig
Visitors, magazine scammers, and the loss of an American West icon.
Posted inApril 27, 2015: Lost frontier
Spring visitors
Visitors, speeches and long-time subscribers.
Posted inApril 10, 2015: Strangers in a Strange Land
HCN writers publish books and garner awards
Plus visitors to the office and corrections.
Posted inMarch 16, 2015: Wild Ride
See you in April!
HCN takes a printing break, and welcomes DC correspondent Elizabeth Shogren.
Posted inMarch 2, 2015: Unite and Conquer
January exodus
HCN’ers get into the backcountry, editor Betsy Marston sees Berlin and art director Cindy Wehling takes a trip to Hawaii.
Posted inFebruary 16, 2015: Chainsaw Diplomacy
Welcome, new interns!
Our latest interns, Kate Schimel and Kindra McQuillan, have arrived for six months of rigorous reporting, writing and perhaps even a bit of fun. And Sarah Tory, a stellar intern from last session, is now our editorial fellow for the next year. When Kindra McQuillan was a child, her outer world was often in flux […]
Posted inFebruary 2, 2015: This Land is Their Land
We’re hiring – in D.C.!
HCN needs a D.C. correspondent; visitors came to call.
Posted inJanuary 12, 2015: What Are We Thinking?
Farewell to Theo Colborn
Marking the passing of an influential environmental scientist
Posted inDecember 22, 2014: The Dust Detectives
Holiday publishing break
Welcome new employees, and farewell Martin Litton
Posted inDecember 8, 2014: The Great Salmon Compromise
Come to the HCN holiday open house!
Our annual open house is December 11th; cavers and consultants visit the office.
Posted inNovember 24, 2014: Transportation Transformation
Flocks of visitors
Readers visit from Albuquerque, Santa Fe, North Carolina and more.
Posted inNovember 10, 2014: Fallout
New HCN board members, Part II
Welcome three new members, and farewell to naturalist Ann Zwinger.
Posted inOctober 27, 2014: Defuse the West
Goodbye Ray Ring — sort of
A long-time senior editor goes part-time, and HCN gains new board members.
Posted inOctober 13, 2014: Charles Bowden's Fury
An urban experience
Fall board meeting, a new employee, and another science writing award for HCN.
Posted inSeptember 15, 2014: Books & Essays
Readers’ favorite books
As part of our annual Books & Essays print edition, we asked our readers, Facebook fans and Twitter followers what their favorite books about the West are and why. Many of you responded with fantastic titles for a wide variety of reasons. Here they are: Replies from Twitter: Replies from Facebook:
Posted inSeptember 15, 2014: Books & Essays
See you in October!
It’s time to slip out of the HCN office while the hiking’s still good. We publish 22 issues a year, so we’re skipping an issue in mid-September. Look for us in your mailbox around Oct. 13; meanwhile, visit hcn.org for fresh news, analysis and commentary. Charles Bowden passes We’re sad to note that author […]
Posted inSeptember 1, 2014: Lost in the Woods
From paradise to Paonia
Here in HCN’s tiny hometown, Paonia, Colorado, we remain amazed by — and grateful for — all the folks who drop by just to say hello, since Paonia is on the way to pretty much nowhere else. Ulli Lange, 80, and family and friends, visited right before July Fourth and Paonia’s Cherry Days celebration. Ulli, […]
Posted inAugust 18, 2014: Alaska's Uncertain Food Future
An award, and a whole lot of visitors
“The Tree Coroners,” by HCN contributing editor Cally Carswell, just received one of the Society of Environmental Journalists’ 2013-2014 Awards for Reporting on the Environment. The Dec. 9, 2013, feature story took second place in the category “Kevin Carmody Award for Outstanding In-depth Reporting, Small Market.” Congrats, Cally! VisitorsSo many readers pass through Paonia, Colorado, […]
Posted inAugust 4, 2014: Idaho's Sewer System
New kids in town
Well, they’re not exactly kids, but HCN is pleased to welcome two new interns to our Paonia, Colorado, office for six months of journalism boot camp. And we’re also delighted that Krista Langlois, our extraordinary editorial fellow, is staying for another six months. Growing up in Toronto, new editorial intern Sarah Tory devoured books on […]