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  • Judge leaves Front Range cities mile-high and dry

    A Colorado judge cancels the water right of a private company that had planned to build the state’s largest dam and use it to pipe water from the Western Slope to the cities of Denver and Colorado Springs

    by Hilary Watts, Sep 19, 2005

  • Beyond the exurban dream

    The West’s rural areas are erupting with large-lot, big, expensive homes, but the actual costs of this new rural lifestyle extend far beyond the purchase price

    by Paul Larmer, Jun 13, 2005

  • Is It or Isn’t It (Just Another Mouse)?

    As scientists clash over the Preble’s meadow jumping mouse's biological categorization, the complexity of endangered species science steps into the light

    by Christie Aschwanden, Aug 07, 2006

  • Trees — A different shade of green

    Increasingly, Western cities are planting trees to save energy as well as provide beauty

    by Fletcher Jacobs, Nov 13, 2006
  • Nature and cities in context

    Nature and cities in context

    In Cities and Nature in the American West, environmental historians dissect the relationship between the urban West and the natural landscape.

    by Andrea Clark Mason, Sep 12, 2010
  • A new kind of ministry

    A new kind of ministry

    Tom Simbo, who faced down gun-toting soldiers in Sierra Leone, now works with other immigrants in Denver, Colo.

    by Jeremy Miller, Oct 25, 2009

  • California, here we come

    California has a lot to teach the Interior West – particularly about clean energy and water conservation

    by Paul Larmer, May 01, 2006

  • You say you want a railvolution...

    Westerners may love their cars, but the region’s rapid growth means that even the most ardent car-lovers have a stake in mass transit, and in Denver’s grand experiment in light rail

    by Paul Larmer, Nov 14, 2005

  • A mountain of books becomes a library of the land

    Jeff Lee and Ann Martin of Denver are working to turn their huge personal library into a "land-study" center and residential library, the Rocky Mountain Land Library

    by Susan J. Tweit, Apr 18, 2005

  • Western Voices: 125 years of Colorado Writing

    Western Voices: 125 Years of Colorado Writing is a diverse collection of fascinating essays, chosen by editors from the Colorado Historical Society

    by Staff, Mar 07, 2005
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