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  • Environmental warrior Martin Litton is still fighting at 95

    Environmental warrior Martin Litton is still fighting at 95

    Martin Litton, who has spent his entire life fighting to preserve Western landscapes, is still battling to save California’s giant sequoias.

    by Jane Braxton Little, Feb 29, 2012

  • Name Martin Litton

    by Jane Braxton Little, Feb 13, 2012
  • California tribe competes with the state to restore its homeland

    California tribe competes with the state to restore its homeland

    The Mountain Maidu Indians and the state Department of Fish and Game are both seeking control of California's Humbug Valley.

    by Jane Braxton Little, Sep 06, 2011
  • Rural California schoolkids learn from fire-damaged forest

    Rural California schoolkids learn from fire-damaged forest

    A rural California school builds an innovative curriculum around a nearby forest and the fire that burned it down in 2007.

    by Jane Braxton Little, Feb 15, 2011
  • New world, new canvas

    New world, new canvas

    Joxe Mallea-Olaetxe traces Basque history in arborglyphs on Western aspen trees.

    by Jane Braxton-Little, Jun 10, 2010

  • Notes from the (water) underground

    Research hydrologist Gordon Grant is fascinated by the groundwater in the Pacific Northwest.

    by Jane Braxton Little , Jan 16, 2009

  • Burning issues

    Controversial forestry scientist Tom Bonnicksen believes increased logging is necessary to fight global warming.

    by Jane Braxton Little, Nov 10, 2008

  • Saving the Sierra, tale by tale

    Independent radio producers Catherine Stifter and jesikah maria ross are trying to help the Sierra Nevada by preserving the stories of the people who live there

    by Jane Braxton Little, May 14, 2007

  • This land is my land — really

    The federal government’s plan to sell Forest Service land was put together so fast it includes 12 acres that I own.

    by Jane Braxton Little, Apr 17, 2006

  • Timberlands up for grabs

    As the West’s privately owned timberlands go up for sale, small towns like Glenwood, Wash., are working to buy local forests and manage them for the good of the community

    by Jane Braxton Little, Jan 23, 2006

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