Adam Sowards
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Past articles by Adam:
The Slaughter of Elk at Yellowstone National Park
And how it changed Park Service policy. → Read More
The Lessons of the Redwood Summer Protests, 30 Years Later
A summer of protest ultimately marked a turning point in environmental activism. → Read More
The lessons of Redwood Summer, thirty years later — High Country News – Know the West
A summer of protest ultimately marked a turning point in environmental activism. → Read More
Boeing’s history reveals connections and disconnections in the West’s economy (The perils of placelessness) — High Country News – Know the West
The placelessness of corporations today can imperil communities. → Read More
NEPA transformed federal land management — and has fallen short — High Country News – Know the West
A look back at the ground-breaking legislation on its 50th anniversary. → Read More
Economic giants drive income inequality in a second Gilded Age (Gilded Age problems — and remedies — echo in today’s economy ) — High Country News – Know the West
Can we look to history for reform ideas in the age of big tech robber barons? → Read More
The Man Who Tried to Claim the Grand Canyon
Ralph H. Cameron staked mining claims around the Grand Canyon, seeking to privatize it. When the federal government fought back, he ran for Senate. → Read More
Renegotiating the Columbia River Treaty, six decades later (The Columbia River Treaty, six decades later) —
How will bolstered support for tribal sovereignty and the environment change the U.S.-Canada agreement? → Read More
Renegotiating the Columbia River Treaty, six decades later —
How will bolstered support for tribal sovereignty and the environment change the U.S.-Canada agreement? → Read More
Mining laws have long been used for recreation —
In Idaho, a law meant to boost mining actually allows for its end as recreation transforms the West’s economy. → Read More
Mining laws have long been used for recreation (Where the ‘lords of yesterday’ still hold sway) —
In Idaho, a law meant to boost mining actually allows for its end as recreation transforms the West’s economy. → Read More
Critics of the Green New Deal rail against socialism. We’ve seen this before. —
In the 1930s, nationalizing forests was labeled ‘socialist.’ → Read More
Critics of the Green New Deal rail against socialism. We’ve seen this before. (Socialism? We’ve been here before.) — High Country News – Know the West
In the 1930s, nationalizing forests was labeled ‘socialist.’ → Read More
It’s time to revisit an old way to resolve public land fights —
Commissions offer a way to navigate thorny policy questions and find consensus. → Read More
Border security will always be elusive —
The Borderlands have long been governed by impermanent and shifting policies. → Read More
Reckoning with History: How the once-radical Endangered Species Act was weakened —
The ESA started out strong, but opponents have chipped away at the landmark law. → Read More
Reckoning with History: When we overcame political division —
50 years ago, a functional Congress enacted four important conservation bills. → Read More
Reckoning with History: Wildfire suppression is a decades-old conundrum —
Wilderness managers are still trying to balance the risks and necessity of fire. → Read More
Reckoning with History: The legacy of lynching in the West —
Violence, often thought of as ‘frontier justice,’ disproportionately targeted people of color. → Read More
America's National Parks Were Never Wild and Untouched
In 1872, Congress created the first national park, Yellowstone, so that its scenic features would be “dedicated and set apart as a public park or pleasurin → Read More