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The hoof stops here | A proposal to reopen slaughterhouses in the U.S. f...
From gust to gale | So-called "grass-roots" opposition to wind may be ...
Frack fricasee | Election-year politics (partially) hijack Interior...
A Mexican rancher struggles to shift from cattle to conservation | In Northwest Mexico, rancher Carlos Robles Elías ...
The Pawnee Buttes oversee a changing landscape | Eastern Colorado’s Pawnee Buttes have witnessed ...

Micah True, born to run | Remembering Micah True – known as “Caballo Bla...
A final hats off to rancher Doc Hatfield | With the help of his wife, Connie, and a bunch of ...
Balancing fish and farms on a Washington estuary | A restoration effort at Fisher Slough in Washingto...
The truth about wolves is hard to find | Some hunters claim wolves are killing too many dee...
Retirees join environmentalists in fighting Arizona copper mine | The conservative, golf-playing retirees of Queen V...

More from Mining & Agriculture: Retirees join environmentalists in fighting Arizona copper mine The conservative, golf-playing retirees of Queen Valley, Ariz., are determined to stop a giant copper mine.; Recycling diesel emissions for farm fertilizer? Canadian farmer Gary Lewis, fed up with the failures of synthetic fertilizer, has invented a system called Bio-Agtive Emissions Technology, a tractor add-on that recycles diesel emissions into fertilizer.; Got the gold bug? Tour a mine. It might just cure you; All Mining & Agriculture

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