Stories of the Working West
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Busted Beer Cans and Baby Culture
by Hoosiermuse (Jeff Muse) — Gary Snyder, Jack Kerouac and lookout tales in the North Cascades
A Deer is a Deer and an Elk is an Elk
The true story of a humble, brilliant and humorous game biologist
Sagebrush Solitaire
True story about a bittersweet, personal experience on the Arizona Strip. A sagebrush solitaire.
Is Pot Farming in My Future?
A 52-year-old organic farmer looks at the twists of fate that have brought her to a difficult decision: Should she switch from vegetables to marijuana cultivation?
Sunburnt and saddlesore in the land of shining mountains
A story of the working West, and of a West that is working. Stewardship of western rangeland, using holistic management and planned grazing as a tool for economic, ecological, and social resilience.
State Park Ranger
A much too brief story about being a ranger in Northern California State Parks; they don't make rangers that way anymore.
Making It Work, Somehow
A short essay on what working in the West means to me. 22, Monticello Utah.
Wilderness and The Preservation of Work
designated wilderness has paradoxically preserved methods of work that were once used in wide scale resource extraction. Such work connects us with not only the history of the frontier but also our industrial past.
