As fishers flocked to their trout streams, a Montana ranch family discovered how to spur cooperation.
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The Fires this Time
It’s fire season again. The blazes signify deeper problems at the Forest Service.
Trading in Trash
If congressional efforts to curtail interstate trash disposal succeed, costs will go up.
Banking on Organics
When executive David C. Cole left high-flying AOL, he was a millionaire many times over. He bought a family farm in Virginia and settled in, but with no intention of retiring as a country gentleman. Instead, he saw an opportunity to propel the organic foods market into the mainstream, and eventually add to his fortune.Continue reading “Banking on Organics”
Golfing Gone Wild
Golf courses, once considered wicked over-watered stews of pesticides, fertilizers, and alien plant life, have gained new luster with the environmental community. As homes and businesses continue to spread across the landscape, golf courses are often providing the open spaces that communities crave. Increasingly, these open spaces are offering up wildflowers, native plants, bluebirds, turtles,Continue reading “Golfing Gone Wild”
Salted Irrigation
Salt deposits can destroy farm land, but at long last, one scientist has found a crop that will tolerate irrigation by sea water.
Fencing the Fishery
How rights-based fishing policies can reduce the costly and destructive race to fish.
Why is the West Always Burning Down?
June 26, 2002 By Linda Platts and Holly Lippke Fretwell BOZEMAN, Mont. – A journalist from an eastern newspaper called our offices in Bozeman, Montana, last week to ask “Why is the West always burning down?” For those of us who live here, it is an exasperating question because we already know the answer. TheContinue reading “Why is the West Always Burning Down?”
Government vs. Environment
Contrary to popular belief, government is not the ultimate protector of the environment.
Bottled Icebergs
On a hot summer’s day, you can’t beat a tall glass of ice water to cool things off. In the far northern regions of Canada, the people of Nunavut are hoping that a glass of iceberg water might be even better. The plan is to harvest icebergs that have calved off nearby glaciers, melt them,Continue reading “Bottled Icebergs”