Rocky Mountains news
- National Park Visitation in Steep Decline
- Julie Cart of the Los Angeles Times has a good feature today on the steep decline in visitor numbers at most National Parks. Overnight stays across the park system dropped by 20% between 1995 and 2005, and tent and backcountry camping was down almost — From New West, Nov 24, 2006
- People are Shopping Out There
- Back when I was a daily newspaper reporter, my least-favorite assignment of the year was always the day-after-Thanksgiving holiday shopping story. We'd go hang around a mall or department store and ask people semi-meaningless questions like, 'so, y — From New West, Nov 24, 2006
- What Are The Tipping Points For US-China Climate And Coal Policy?
- If, as writer Malcolm Gladwell suggests in his book The Tipping Point, that it's often the intervention of certain people at critical moments in history that make a difference in changing public consciousnesses, small deeds can add up to a cascade o — From New West, Nov 24, 2006
- Roast Cat and Idiot Boyfriends: Thanksgiving in America
- Quick, Pass the Priceless Ming Vase I met a family this week who are hell-bent on perpetuating their sacred turkey-day tradition for the 20th year in a row: pouring Mom’s apparently terrible gravy in a large Chinese urn when her back is turned. Th — From New West, Nov 24, 2006
- Poker Night vs Book Club
- Occasionally my wife Barb will recommend to me a title that her book club has read. This is how I came to read “The Brothers K,” one of my favorite books ever. I actually finished it before they had their gathering to discuss it, and I begged Barb to — From New West, Nov 23, 2006
- The Greatest Hunting Controversy of Them All
- I’ve been writing about wildlife and conservation for 34 years, and one thing I’ve learned is that if you want controversy, write about wolves or hunting. Now, I’m wondering what would happen if I wrote about both at the same time. Hunting is engra — From New West, Nov 23, 2006
- Booming Brighton Grapples Denver’s Devouring
- Brighton's blues aren't like those of most of Colorado's Eastern Plains towns. While many small towns are drying up, Brighton is booming, thanks to its proximity to Denver, and to Denver International Airport. The Denver Post reports that the once — From New West, Nov 23, 2006
- The Thrill and the Meat
- The dirt was hard and cold and the yellow grass brittle. I lay quietly watching a herd of mule deer feed across an open hillside, slowly making their way into the coulee. I was propped up on my elbows, my rifle in my hands. The fog of my breath disap — From New West, Nov 22, 2006
- Yahoo, Newspapers, and the Challenge of Local Journalism
- The deal announced Monday between Yahoo and a group of newspaper chains to share local classifieds – and, eventually, editorial and advertising services - makes all the sense in the world, on the face of it. Yahoo gets local content, and an entrée in — From New West, Nov 22, 2006
- Choosing The Right Christmas Tree, and Making it Last
- With Thanksgiving weekend representing the start of the traditional Christmas-Hanukkah-Kwanza holiday season for millions of Americans, many inhabitants of the West will set out in search of the perfect Christmas tree. A fair number of us Charlie — From New West, Nov 22, 2006