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  • For the birds

    For the birds

    Scott Rashid rescues and rehabilitates owls, eagles and other birds at his house in Estes Park, Colo.

    by Michelle Blank , Dec 04, 2008

  • Jim Detterline to the rescue

    Park Ranger Jim Detterline battles the agency he loves over its insistence that a hearing impairment makes him unfit for his job.

    by Michelle Blank, Dec 10, 2007

  • Fightin’ against the feds

    Utah state Rep. Mike Noel is still fighting the federal government over Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument

    by Michelle Blank, May 28, 2007

  • Cow power

    In Idaho’s Magic Valley, cow capital of the fourth-largest milk-producing state in the U.S., entrepreneurs are hoping to cash in on all that manure by using anaerobic digesters to convert it into energy

    by Michelle Blank, May 14, 2007

  • Battle line on the northern border

    U.S. officials, federal agencies, and even Condoleezza Rice are trying to stop a Canadian coal mine near Montana's Flathead Basin.

    by Michelle Blank, May 09, 2007

  • Getting the salt out

    Arizona considers plans to clean up salty irrigation water without drying out wetlands created by that water.

    by Michelle Blank, Apr 25, 2007

  • Bay bags his way to the top

    Brian Bay of Sandy, Utah, is the world champion of grocery-store baggers, following his triumph at the National Grocers Association Best Bagger Competition.

    by Michelle Blank, Apr 16, 2007

  • "Prez on the Rez" brings candidates to Indian Country

    Democratic presidential hopefuls and tribal leaders will meet face-to-face this summer on California's Morongo reservation.

    by Michelle Blank, Apr 02, 2007

  • Bunny project breeds success

    Washington state wildlife officials just released the first batch of endangered Columbia Basin pygmy rabbits back to the wild.

    by Michelle Blank, Mar 21, 2007

  • Elwha River dams move closer to destruction

    Two massive dams on Washington's Elwha River will be demolished to restore salmon runs.

    by Michelle Blank, Mar 14, 2007

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