Spirited in Boulder Board members of the High Country Foundation from around the West braved clear skies and balmy January weather to gather in Boulder, Colo., for the group’s annual budget meeting. Eleven out of 16 board members made it to Boulder, and 10 made it to the all-day meeting on Jan. 15. (Board president […]
Dear Friends
Posted inJanuary 24, 1994: Turmoil on the range
Dear friends
How Gifford Pinchot got to be chief In his autobiography, Breaking New Ground, Pinchot writes on page 136 (Island Press edition, 1987) of his decision to accept the position of chief: “But the position of chief of the Forestry Division was under the classified civil service. Before I could hold it, I had to pass […]
Posted inSeptember 5, 1994: Can planning rein in a stampede?
Dear friends
End of summer visitors Matt Huston and Sherry Smith of Seattle visited while on their way from a Telluride wedding to the Maroon Bells Wilderness. Unfortunately, it was a Sunday, so we got only a note: “It was good to see you weren’t working and that you take days off.” Jack Laughlin, an engineer who […]