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The Mog Squad
In the quest for the ultimate firefighting machine, the BLM in Nevada has turned to some very big, very strange, and very foreign vehicles.
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The old man and the stream
A brief encounter with an elderly fisherman moves W.S. Robinson to think about the mysteries of life and death -- and fathers and sons.
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All along the watchtower
Andrew McNair, who works weekends at a computer in Olympia, Wash., is not your typical Western firefighter.
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Not even the privileged can deter a porcupine
Judy Muller contemplates the humble porcupine, which is wreaking havoc among pricey houses in Telluride Mountain Village.
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Size matters if you go for “green” bragging rights
Monique Cole wonders if a 6,500-square-foot “green-powered” McMansion is a contradiction in terms.
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Riparian repair
River restorationists tackle the Clark Fork River near Milltown, Mont., in a project that demonstrates how hard it is to revive a damaged waterway.
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An unlikely Shangri-la
Steve and Marc Jenson have ambitious plans to turn a failed ski resort near Beaver, Utah, into a private enclave for the ultra-rich, but not everyone is thrilled about the idea.
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Crash of the cottonwoods
Across the West, cottonwoods are dying, and no one is sure how to save these iconic trees.
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Going to the gasroots
In western Colorado, oil and gas companies mobilize in a publicity blitz to pack a Grand Junction hearing about proposed changes to the state’s natural gas drilling rules.
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Category: Climate & Pollution
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We thought we were safe
by Gordon Gregory Jul 10, 2008 12:00 PMCalifornia fire victim barely escapes
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Shifting sands in Navajoland
by Michelle Nijhuis Jun 23, 2008 12:00 PMOn the drought-stricken Navajo Nation, scientist Margaret Hiza Redsteer studies the movement of sand dunes.
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Climate cash-in
by Stephanie Paige Ogburn May 26, 2008 12:00 PMWestern farmers and ranchers using progressive land-management techniques can make a few bucks from the new carbon market – but some critics say it won’t lead to any real reduction in carbon emissions.
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The West’s wacky weather
by Jonathan Thompson May 12, 2008 12:00 PMThe West’s weather is full of surprises this spring, with snowstorms, windstorms, rain and wildfires all happening at the same time.
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The mysticism of mud
by Ernest Atencio May 12, 2008 12:00 PMErnest Atencio ponders an exceptionally muddy Mud Season in New Mexico, and notes how readily most Westerners forget that we live in an arid landscape.
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Climate Revolutionary
by Carla A. Wise Jul 16, 2008 03:43 PMLaw professor Mary C. Wood wants to use “atmospheric trust litigation” to tackle global warming in the courts.
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Up in FLAME
by Evelyn Schlatter Apr 16, 2008 12:00 PMProposed bill calls for separate "catastrophic wildfire" fund
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A hard winter makes you think
by Rhonda Claridge Apr 14, 2008 12:00 PMRhonda Claridge describes a hard winter in the high mountains and points out that one seldom-acknowledged effect of climate change could be harder winters in some parts of the world.
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A hard winter makes you think
by Rhonda Claridge Mar 31, 2008 01:00 PMRhonda Claridge describes a hard winter in the high mountains, and points out that one seldom-acknowledged effect of climate change could be harder winters in some parts of the world.
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Unnatural Preservation
by M. Martin Smith and Fiona Gow Jul 16, 2008 03:40 PMPublic-land managers in the era of global warming face uncomfortable choices: Do they intervene to protect dying plants and animals, or stand back and let this new version of “nature” take its course?
