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    Californians talk too much trash

    California retirees Ken and Pat Nute alienate neighbors by describing local houses as eyesores and the town as a dump, on a local TV show.

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    Critics attack a snow job in Utah

    Salt Lake City's expensive bid to host the 2002 Winter Olympics is meeting surprisingly lukewarm opposition from environmentalists.

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    Overstaying their welcome?

    A once-quiet hot springs is overwhelmed by visitors after guidebooks tout it.

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    The Memo War: 1989-1993

    Kamyar Enshayan's views about sustainable agriculture started a four-year "war of memos" on the subject.

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    Starting a war at Ohio State

    Kamyar Enshayan fights the industrialization of agriculture often promoted by land-grant colleges.

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    The gospel according to Wes Jackson

    Geneticist Wes Jackson calls modern agriculture a mistake and offers a blueprint for reform.

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    Trying to save two of the parts

    Lyle McNeal of Utah State devotes himself to bringing back the Navajo's Churro sheep.

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    Land grants under the microscope

    The land-grant university system has been challenged and is slowly beginning to change.

  • Book Reviews

    A place of one's own

    "Tips on Land & Water Management for Small Farms and Ranches in Montana" is published.

  • Book Reviews

    A last laugh

    An exhibit called "The Last Laugh" displays environmental cartoons from all viewpoints.

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    Midnight subdividing creates unsanitary messes

    Lax land-use laws and unscrupulous developers create poor, polluted settlements known as colonias in New Mexico.

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    An in-your-face range scientist

    New Mexico State's Jerry Holechek believes public-lands grazing has to be changed at the roots.

  • Book Reviews

    How does a boom feel?

    A video titled "Subdividing the West: Implications of Growth' is available from Colorado State University.

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    In their footprints

    "Trading in the Past: Sandals of the Anasazi" is an exhibit at the Utah Museum of Natural History.

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    Elko is halfway home

    Elko has outgrown its image of "the best small town of America."

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