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  • Perspective The postal service is slipping away

    The postal service is slipping away

    A great nation needs a great postal system -- even if it doesn't quite pay for itself

  • Uncommon Westerners John Mionczynski: naturalist, accordionist, and Bigfoot expert

    John Mionczynski: naturalist, accordionist, and Bigfoot expert

    In rural Wyoming, naturalist John Mionczynski plays piano, restores motorcycles, studies wildlife and tracks down evidence for the mysterious creature known as Sasquatch.

  • Feature Can snowshoe hares outrace climate change?

    Can snowshoe hares outrace climate change?

    The seasonal coat changes of snowshoe hares may provide wildlife biologists with clues about how wild animals evolve in response to climate change. Subscribers only

  • Writers on the Range A young wolf wanders the West

    A young wolf wanders the West

    OR-7, a young Oregon wolf, has logged some 1,000 miles in his journey through the West, becoming the first wild wolf seen in California since 1924. Subscribers only

  • Current Montana court defends law defying Citizens United

    Montana court defends law defying Citizens United

    As elections of state judges become increasingly contentious, the Montana Supreme Court defends the state's Corrupt Practices Act against the Citizens United decision. Subscribers only

  • Writers on the Range Your trash is my treasure

    Your trash is my treasure

    If you want to find an inexpensive, entertaining way to furnish your house, try raiding the garbage in a resort town like Crested Butte, Colo. Subscribers only

  • Writers on the Range Pity the Sacketts? Not much

    Pity the Sacketts? Not much

    An Idaho couple are getting a lot of sympathy because the EPA has halted construction of their planned home on a wetland, but if the agency would be more open with the facts, it would come out looking better.

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Can evolution help snowshoe hares adapt to climate change?

Wildlife biologists study the seasonal coat changes of snowshoe hares for clues about how wild animals may evolve in response to climate change. Also, local planning gets challenged as a U.N. conspiracy theory, the politics of choosing judges, and a Wyoming naturalist seeks Sasquatch.

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