Opinions on natural resource issues from around the West, featuring Writers on the Range from High Country News.
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Written by Casper Star-Tribune
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Wednesday, 21 July 2010 |
An investigation into the death of a 70-year-old hiker who was mauled by a grizzly bear near Yellowstone National Park last month provides some important insight into what happened and how future attacks may be avoided.
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 21 July 2010 )
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Written by Oregonian
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Monday, 12 July 2010 |
Throughout Western history, it has always been easier to shoot wolves than to live with them. Now, just as the first small packs of gray wolves are getting a toehold in Oregon, it is vital that this state not go back to the old way, the easy way, every time there is a conflict with wolves.
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Last Updated ( Monday, 12 July 2010 )
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Written by JODI PETERSON, High Country News
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Tuesday, 06 July 2010 |
As a kid growing up in Colorado, I was crazy about wild horses. I read books about mustangs and drew pictures of them. In school, I was thrilled to learn about the Wild Free-Roaming Horse and Burro Act, which was passed in 1971, after "Wild Horse Annie" saw bleeding mustangs being hauled off to slaughter and began a campaign to protect them.
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 06 July 2010 )
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Written by GEORGE WUERTHNER, NewWest.net
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Thursday, 24 June 2010 |
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In my discussions with some environmental advocates relative to Senator Jon Tester’s Forest Jobs and Recreation legislation (FJRA), I get the sense that many feel lucky to have any wilderness legislation before Congress. It is easy to understand how one could get such an outlook since there hasn’t been new wilderness legislation passed in Montana in decades. The main problem for Montana has been getting someone to sponsor wilderness legislation and in that regard Senator Tester is the first Montana politicians to do so in many years. But does that mean wilderness supporters must accept anything proposed that may have long term environmental harm and/or unintended political consequences as a “cost of doing business”?
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 24 June 2010 )
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Written by SUSAN GREENE, Denver Post
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Thursday, 24 June 2010 |
"The Jetsons" honed the expectations of my generation — for us, it seemed inevitable that by now we'd have push-button meals and cars that flew.
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 24 June 2010 )
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Written by Denver Post
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Wednesday, 16 June 2010 |
The river rafting compromise announced Tuesday likely will ease tensions between commercial outfitters and private landowners who were headed to a showdown on the November ballot.
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 17 June 2010 )
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Written by ROCKY BARKER, Idaho Statesman
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Tuesday, 01 June 2010 |
Amid concerns over whether guns being allowed in national parks will increase grizzly bear killings, a Wyoming jury has set an important standard.
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Last Updated ( Friday, 04 June 2010 )
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Written by Denver Post
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Thursday, 20 May 2010 |
Tighter rules for oil and gas drilling on federal lands will go a long way toward protecting the environment, yet they won't unreasonably restrict necessary energy exploration.
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 22 May 2010 )
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Written by Toronto Financial Post
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Wednesday, 19 May 2010 |
Is it any wonder that the BP calamity occurred? Here’s what has been preoccupying its environmental regulator, the Minerals Management Service, ever since MMS was established in 1982.
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 19 May 2010 )
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Written by Casper Star-Tribune
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Tuesday, 18 May 2010 |
A federal agency took the right action Monday when it rejected a petition by environmental groups that sought to reclassify black-footed ferret populations in Wyoming, Arizona and South Dakota.
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 19 May 2010 )
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Written by Salt Lake Tribune
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Wednesday, 12 May 2010 |
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency needs to live up to its name. By thwarting a new Utah law designed to help clean the air, the agency's actions seem to be at odds with its mission.
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 12 May 2010 )
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