http://www.newwest.net/index.php/city/main/C33/L/ New West Network: The Voice of the Rocky Mountains en info@newwest.net Copyright 2008 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:23:17 MDT Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:23:17 MDT http://www.newwest.net/city/article/designing_the_new_west_conference/C33/C33/ Sat, 26 Apr 2008 16:13:00 MDT The Designing the New West: Architecture and Landscape in the Mountain West Conference is wrapping up here in Bozeman at the historic Gallatin Gateway Inn. Put on by NewWest.Net and sponsored by the Sonoran Institute, the conference brought together designers from all over the country to explore innovative design ideas, identify best practices, and better understand how to bridge the gap between good architectural theory and sometimes-messy building practices in the fastest growing region in the nation. A mix of presentations and engaging panel discussions tackled pressing Western issues like sustainable development, land design and the special challenges of urban, rural and resort design, historic preservation and affordable housing. Click on the photo or here for a slideshow of the days' events. Click "more" for a recap of the conference. http://www.newwest.net/city/article/ski_the_14ers_photo_book_reaches_new_heights/C33/C33/ Wed, 12 Mar 2008 05:14:00 MDT Skier Chris Davenport set out on an epic adventure. An Aspen, Colo., resident, Davenport dedicated himself to skiing all of Colorado's Fourteeners -- the 54 peaks topping out at over 14,000 feet -- within a year. He would do it from their summits, or close to it, with free-skiing style. For many, just climbing the Fourteeners in the comparatively balmy summer months is a long-term commitment. Others have skied them, but only one other has skied them all. Davenport did it in a year, and with aplomb. He documents his journey photographically in his striking book Ski the 14ers. Just as Davenport pushed backcountry skiing to a new level, his work takes coffee table books dedicated to Colorado's peaks to a new extreme. As he notes in his introduction, there's nothing new about beautiful picture books of mountain landscapes. Davenport's book, filled with photos shot by himself and his backcountry companions, exposes the mountains in their winter glory, or fury. http://www.newwest.net/city/article/a_new_magazine_the_new_west1/C33/C33/ Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:53:00 MDT The best way to check out The New West magazine is to subscribe. We want to know who's interested in The New West, so we have made the magazine available free to qualified subscribers who answer a short questionnaire. Click here for the questionnaire for a free subscription. You can also subscribe for $9.95 a year by clicking here. In the Spring Issue and online here: Montana's Cash Cowboy Real Ranch Living: Not Everyone is Selling Out Essay: The Family Farm, Version 2.0 Essay: Tracks Across A Landscape Have Your Ranch & Develop It, Too Design Showcase: The Big and Little of Western Building Stuff It: Can Wolf Hunting Help Conserve the Species? Traffic Perplexes New Western Communities Boise in Its Own Little Bubble Revenge of the Resource Economy Spotlight North Idaho: On the Agenda: Youth, Growth & Silver Spotlight North Idaho: Players of the Panhandle Spotlight North Idaho: Coeur d'Alene Tribe Rides the Idaho Boom http://www.newwest.net/city/article/nrockies_bioneers_beaming_a_hub_for_natural_innovation_and_inspiration/C33/C33/ Thu, 25 Oct 2007 09:12:00 MDT WARNING: Attending a Bioneers conference may cause an uncontrollable desire to seek innovative and practical solutions to restore the earth and its people. http://www.newwest.net/city/article/celebrating_our_muslim_neighbors_by_acknowledging_their_cultural_heritage/C33/C33/ Fri, 28 Sep 2007 16:00:00 MDT At Moscow's Farmers Market on September 29, the Latah Human Rights Task Force will sponsor "Building Bridges with Our Muslim Neighbors." There will be Islamic designs and regional maps for kids to color, a slide show on Morocco, a video on Muslim Spain, and music. There will also be a poster board of seven distinguished Muslims of the Palouse. The column speaks to some of these topics. http://www.newwest.net/city/article/bill_richardson_should_offer_more_than_his_resume/C33/C33/ Wed, 30 May 2007 16:21:00 MDT Democratic Presidential hopeful Bill Richardson has a long-list of accomplishments and is possibly the most qualified nominee of the entire field of candidates-- in both parties. He remains the only Democratic contender with executive experience. However, his resume to this point has not translated to an overriding support in the polls. Why? Well...there are a number of reasons for that-- John Edwards, Hillary Clinton, and Barack Obama. Sure, he's got an impressive resume. But outside of his credentials, voters what to know what he stands for? What is his vision for this country? http://www.newwest.net/city/article/statewide_firesafe_organization_becomes_reality/C33/C33/ Tue, 22 May 2007 13:16:00 MDT After several years of planning and coordination, efforts to establish a statewide FireSafe organization in Montana became a reality on May 18 during a signing ceremony at Carroll College in Helena. FireSafe Montana will offer a very important service for the citizens of Montana -- statewide coordination of efforts supporting FireSafe programs and firewise activities. http://www.newwest.net/city/article/eloise_cobell_the_face_of_courage/C33/C33/ Fri, 13 Apr 2007 11:42:00 MDT Eloise Cobell spoke in UM's Ethics at Noon series on Wednesday, giving a succinct accounting of what she's been through in the last decade or so. Having taken on the U.S. bureaucracy, including the Departments of Interior, Treasury and Justice, in an attempt to right more than 100 years of wrongs in accounting on Indian lands, she is a figure larger than life for me. So when I heard she was going to be on campus, I scurried over to Turner Hall. I wanted to see what that kind of courage looked like. http://www.newwest.net/city/article/take_this_bracket_and_shove_it/C33/C33/ Fri, 30 Mar 2007 15:36:00 MDT Tomdispatch Jock Culture Correspondent (and former New York Times, CBS and NBC sports journalist) Robert Lipsyte says: "This is the mud season of the sports calendar. While we await blessed baseball and its promise of renewal, here comes the National Collegiate Athletic Association Men's Division I Basketball Championship -- the Big Dance for sportswriters, the Bracket Racket for gamblers, a frat-rat party, a racist entertainment, and a subversion of higher education, perhaps democracy as well." It all boils down to this weekend, and I really couldn't care less. http://www.newwest.net/city/article/are_cows_really_the_villains/C33/C33/ Fri, 16 Mar 2007 11:09:00 MDT Peter Holter, COO of Holistic Management International, discusses the recent UN report, "Livestock's Long Shadow," which suggests that the world's cattle herds actually emit more carbon and dioxide and greenhouse gases than cars do. The recent UN report, "Livestock's Long Shadow,", suggested that the world's cattle herds actually emit more carbon and dioxide and greenhouse gases than cars do. The issue is not really the cows, but how they have been managed in an industrialized food chain. As best we can tell, the UN study is primarily based on animals that have been raised in an industrialized manner, confined to pens and barns where they are fed a steady slaughterhouse/feedlot diet of synthetic minerals, grains, fodder, and antibiotics. These would make anyone belch and produce unpleasant gas!