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  • Virus attacks in the Grand Canyon

    Norwalk virus, which attacked cruise ships last fall, also hit rafters in the Grand Canyon, and health consultants and river guides want to avert future outbreaks.

    by Jamie McEvoy, Jan 20, 2003

  • Administration, industry stamp out clean air regs

    The auto industry, backed by the Bush administration, is trying to halt California’s progressive auto-emissions regulations.

    by Jamie McEvoy, Dec 09, 2002

  • New ski resort goes big

    The luxurious WestRock Resort is now under construction, 90 miles north of Boise, despite continued opposition from environmentalist and citizens' groups

    by Jamie McEvoy, Nov 25, 2002

  • Report slams BLM's land-exchange process

    A new report criticizes the BLM's handing of land swaps, saying the process is "politicized" and results in the loss of federal money and natural resources

    by Jamie McEvoy, Nov 25, 2002

  • Land swap too hot to handle

    Some Sheridan, Wyo., residents fear a planned land swap could land them with responsibility for an underground coal-seam fire at the Welch Ranch on the Tongue River.

    by Jamie McEvoy, Nov 11, 2002

  • Wild horses could go to Mexico

    Rancher Merle Edsall wants to save wild horses by sending them to a sanctuary in Sonora, Mexico, but some fear such a move would actually endanger the animals.

    by Jamie McEvoy, Nov 11, 2002

  • An activist who never let up

    Jeannette Rankin: America's Conscience by Norma Smith records the courageous and controversial life of the first woman elected to Congress.

    by Jamie McEvoy, Oct 28, 2002

  • A rez-to-rez film debut

    Skins, Chris Eyre's new film about two brothers on the Pine Ridge Reservation, debuted on reservations across the country in a mobile cinema trailer.

    by Jamie McEvoy, Oct 28, 2002

  • Yellowstone goes retro

    Yellowstone National Park wants to reintroduce the old yellow convertible buses that were used to carry park tourists back in the 1920s.

    by Jamie McEvoy, Oct 28, 2002

  • Nuclear dump may be supersized

    Eight years before it is likely to open, the planned nuclear waste dump in Nevada's Yucca Mountain already appears to be full - and the amount of nuclear waste around the country in need of a home continues to grow.

    by Jamie McEvoy, Oct 28, 2002

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