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The postal service is slipping away
A great nation needs a great postal system -- even if it doesn't quite pay for itself
by Ed Quillen, Feb 07, 2012 -
Picking ranchers' brains, from Colorado to Mongolia
Colorado State University professor Maria Fernandez-Gimenez researches traditional ecological knowledge to better understand how ranchers learn and adapt management practices, form their attitudes and opinions on environmental change, and interact with their neighbors and resource scientists.
by Joshua Zaffos, Jan 20, 2012 -
On Keystone XL route, states allow different risks, reap different benefits
An InsideClimate News comparison shows that, of the six states the proposed pipeline moves through, only Montana has authority to re-route the pipeline, and Kansas has given TransCanada a 10-year tax exemption.
by Lisa Song, InsideClimate News, Jan 09, 2012 -
Feds Link Water Contamination to Fracking for the First Time
The Environmental Protection Agency finds a connection between fracking and water pollution
by Abrahm Lustgarten and Nicholas Kusnetz, ProPublica, Dec 09, 2011 -
The times, they are a changin'
High Country News launches a digital edition and iPhone application on November 14, 2011.
by Paul Larmer, Nov 13, 2011 -
Presidential candidates are missing the Western issues
A recent presidential debate in Nevada highlighted the candidates' lack of focus on key Western issues like water, public lands management, and tourism.
by Ed Quillen, Nov 01, 2011 -
What we take and leave when wildfire comes
A writer catalogues the practical and the sentimental objects grabbed when people flee their homes
by David Frey, Oct 16, 2011 -
Lessons for the Colorado River from drought-stricken Australia
Brad Udall on Australian water reform and why it matters to the West.
by Cally Carswell, Oct 09, 2011 -
Brad Udall on Australian water reform
Lessons from Australia for the Colorado River Basin
by Cally Carswell, Oct 09, 2011 -
In search of diversity in our national parks
One man's quest to understand why people of color are underrepresented in outdoor recreation and the conservation movement.
by James Mills, Jul 22, 2011






