The People of the West
SUBMIT up to three of your image(s) starting April 12, through midnight, May 9, 2010. Click on an image to enlarge it. VOTE for your favorites (within the enlarged view frame) through midnight, May 23, 2010.
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Winning Entry
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Coffee Break in Shoshone, Idaho
by nribi — Wid Tanaka, born and raised in Shoshone, Idaho, has coffee with his friends on a Saturday morning at the Valley Co-op, Shoshone. Photo by Nils Ribi, March 6, 2010
Stockmanship for rangeland restoration
Guy Glosson, Certified Educator in Holistic Management, teaches low-stress livestock handling at a Quivira Coalition workshop on the Ghost Ranch in northern New Mexico. Herding techniques will be used to get livestock to the right place, at the right time, for the right reasons -- facilitating rangeland restoration.
High-angle mountain rescue
Grand County Search and Rescue: an all-volunteer non-profit organization providing four-season backcountry emergency services in Colorado.
Heathens in God's Country
Back in 1980, two Colorado Plateau bums (Joel Barnes & Doug Hulmes) took a break near the old wooden suspension bridge along Highway 128 and the Colorado River, just outside of Moab, Utah. Until the bridge burned down several years ago, this bridge spanned the Colorado just downstream of the Dolores River confluence.
Rest Stop in the Wilderness
A long ago backpack trip in the Trinity Alps Wilderness Area, California.
Huckleberry Season in Montana
Shot while searching for wild huckleberries in Gallatin National Forest near Hyalite Reservior in August 2009 (outside Bozeman, MT).
Traditional ecological wisdom, modern methods
George Whitten, Jr., who raises organic grassfed beef on his San Juan Ranch in Colorado's San Luis Valley, observes cattle at a stockmanship workshop sponsored by the Quivira Coalition at the Ghost Ranch, New Mexico.
Anselmo Mineyard, Butte Montana
Ed and John - many decades with the Anaconda Company, showing us the work they did.
Adventure awaits
My nephew gets permission to join his older cousins up the hill. Washington Park, Douglas, Wyoming.
Born into beauty
Just a day old, proud new mom is excited to show baby what he has to look forward to... Boulder, CO
Homestead Windmill
A lonesome windmill and decaying homestead keep vigil over the eastern plains of Wyoming.
The King and Queen of Flauschink
Flauschink Crested Butte is an end of the ski season polka party, parade and an honor to be crowned King or Queen.
Welcome in Plains, Montana
People are actually friendly, but they don't come off that way initially.
The topic: We want to see faces from all corners of the West! Submit up to three of your best image(s) of a person or people who you think reflect the varied communities and terrain of the West.
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