Can Oregon’s timber industry find balance in a new world?
High Country News cover story
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The Last Small Timers
Community ski hills, diminished in number, continue to enrich small town Colorado despite financial challenges.
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The Law, the Lookout, and the Logging Town
A lawsuit raises questions about how far environmentalists should go to keep wilderness ‘untrammeled.’
High Country News
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Taking the Power Back
After a hard-fought political campaign the town of Boulder passed a ballot initiative allowing it to create its own municipal utility in order to help reach its ambitious environmental goals.
High Country News
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The Forgotten Grizzlies
As grizzly bear populations in the Rockies rebound, the great bruins face extirpation in the North Cascades. Can they hang on until the feds fund recovery?
High Country News feature
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The Fight Over a Much-Needed Pesticide
California places tough restrictions on the pesticide methyl iodide, but opponents believe that’s not enough to protect workers and the environment.
High Country News
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Gasping for Air
Is air pollution pushing the Rockies to a point of no return?
National Parks Magazine
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States Work Conservation into Trust Lands Management
Urban sprawl helps spur new efforts at compromise in managing state trust lands.
High Country News
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Advancing Alaskan Glacier Holds Clues to Global Sea Level Rise
Scientists aim to find out why an Alaska glacier is ignoring all climate signals as it advances to the sea — and what that means for sea levels around the world.
Scientific American & The Daily Climate
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Nathan Rice 