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  • Another kind of hero

    In The Legend of Colton H. Bryant Alexandra Fuller recreates the life of a young man who was killed on a drilling rig in Wyoming.

  • Boom! Boom!

    An energy boom of unprecedented proportions is transforming western Colorado towns like Rifle, which just recently recovered from the last big energy boom – and a catastrophic bust.

  • Can wildlife weather the gas boom?

    Wildlife officials, BLM and energy companies to study Colorado sage grouse and mule deer, but conservationists call it a sham

  • Jaguar's road to recovery unmapped

    U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says a recovery plan for the big cat "would not advance conservation"

  • Can wildlife weather the gas boom?

    Wildlife officials, BLM and energy companies to study Colorado sage grouse and mule deer, but conservationists call it a sham

  • Return of the Teton Dam?

    Idaho may rebuild the reservoir that once drowned four towns

  • A rough road to repair

    Abandoned logging routes wash $1.3 billion of trouble into Northwestern watersheds

  • Yellowstone grazing allotments

    Buyouts and tradeoffs

  • Guarding Galisteo

    Pushing the limits of local control over energy companies

  • Dems reach out to Native Americans

    Presidential candidates promise hopeful future out of "tragic past"

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