Writers on the Range
Writers on the Range is opinion from the ground up. Got a beef with beef? An experience that changed your mind about the American West? Writers from the region tell their story in 750 words. Op eds are syndicated to 50-plus papers, and they also appear here, on the HCN website. For more information, contact Writers on the Range editor, Betsy Marston: betsym at newtowncarshare.info.
Members of the Navajo Nation are not ‘conquered subjects.’
Military-style management doesn’t work everywhere.
A new Air Force base expands, without the input of locals.
No law gives a river a right to exist; at best, laws protect a river from harm caused by new development.
A town with cattle-ranching roots branches out.
Many are still unaware of the dangers of living in the wildland-urban interface.
Congress has pushed back on repeated efforts to ax environmental programs.
Two Forest Service veterans say we fail to manage our fire-dependent forests.
A growing number of places have been renamed to honor their first inhabitants.
The Utah monument is sustaining small town tourism, a good substitute for extractive industry.
As drones become less expensive, they’re also becoming more ubiquitous outdoors.
A Buddhist fly-angler in Oregon protects fish from death by dynamite.
Hunting isn’t under attack, but our freedom from violence is.
The changes adhere with Trump’s goals of energy dominance on public lands.
Farm-raised deer can be dangerous for wild game and bypass the art of hunting.
The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is under threat from the Trump administration.
Outdoor pursuits now come with a price tag that’s unattainable for many.
The agency has worked so hard to attract white, outdoorsy men that it has trouble going further.
Political advice from a Democrat who ran and lost his own campaign for mayor.
Falsehoods about net metering have held it back in Western states.
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