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  • Writers on the Range Go beyond dams to save salmon

    Go beyond dams to save salmon

    We must tackle the other factors, aside from dams, that threaten the iconic fish.

    by Greg Delwiche, Jul 02, 2009
  • Writers on the Range The salmon's last best hope

    The salmon's last best hope

    It's time for politicians and stakeholders to get out of their alternate reality universe, and take down the dams.

    by Paul VanDevelder, Jul 02, 2009
  • Writers on the Range The battle against beetles

    The battle against beetles

    You wanna fight beetles? Then you've got to get rid of the trees. Subscribers only

    by Vicki Lindner, Jul 01, 2009
  • Multimedia

    Learning to live with fewer watts

    Fred Logg's small solar system powers some lights, his laptop and a small refrigerator -- but the energy source has its limitations.

    by Daniel Kraker, Jun 25, 2009
  • Writers on the Range Still wild

    Still wild

    In New Mexico, abandoned horses remember the dance of wildness

    by Mary Morton, Jun 24, 2009
  • Writers on the Range Finally, a burger with a taste of place

    Finally, a burger with a taste of place

    Next time you visit the Grand Canyon, stop in Flagstaff for a delicious Diablo burger made from locally raised organic beef.

    by Gary Paul Nabham, Jun 22, 2009
  • Feature And you think times are tough

    And you think times are tough

    The articles in old American Heritage magazines remind one that life in the West used to be much harder than it is.

    by Jaime O’Neill , Jun 19, 2009

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Book Reviews

  • The other Trail of Tears

    British author Brian Schofield pulls no punches in his account of a tragic episode in American history, Selling Your Father’s Bones: America’s 140-year War Against the Nez Perce Tribe.

  • Old trees, new ideas, and humility

    In Old Growth in the New World, 28 writers and experts debate whether and how the Pacific Northwest’s old-growth forests should be managed.

  • Forestry from the inside

    The newspaper columns collected in Mary Stuever’s The Forester’s Log give an insider’s view of the challenges facing Western forests today.

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Uncommon Westerners

  • Rise up swinging

    Twenty-year-old Duran “Junior” Caferro wants to be a good father, encourage healthcare reform – and knock down whoever comes up against him in the boxing ring.

  • The collected Sierra Nevada

    Meteorologist Hal Klieforth has collected a lifetime of knowledge – and a museum’s worth of artifacts – from years spent exploring the Sierra Nevada.

  • Avalanches for dummies

    A certified crash-test dummy known as Homer helps Montana engineering professor Robb Larson study the effects of avalanches on the human body.

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Essays

  • Northward

    The unexpected loveliness of the song of the varied thrush reminds the author that the birds are on the move, driven by climate change.

  • Natural comfort

    It seems romantic to die alone in the wild, until you begin to lose the people you love

  • Time to breathe

    Stargazing and geology satisfy the spiritual needs of a Utah writer and teacher.

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Letters to the Editor

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