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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: Culture & Communities
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Zane Grey’s West: Longing for the way it never was
by Marty Durlin Sep 05, 2008 12:00 AMWhen she was 10 years old, Marty Durlin fell in the love with the romantic landscapes and purple prose of Western writer Zane Grey’s classic novels.
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A town’s downtown is the new (old) way to live
by Bill Croke Sep 05, 2008 12:00 AMBill Croke celebrates his brand-new, old-fashioned lifestyle: living upstairs in an old brick building in downtown Salmon, Idaho.
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The old man and the stream
by W.S. Robinson Sep 01, 2008 08:47 PMA 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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An unforgettable journey
by Janice Gable Bashman Sep 01, 2008 08:46 PMIn his second novel, So Brave, So Young, So Handsome, Leif Enger takes the reader on a journey across the American West, circa 1915.
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The less you have, the less you have to lose
by Alan Kesselheim Aug 29, 2008 12:00 AMAlan Kesselheim figures he’s already so poor, he’s recession-proof.
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On a wing and a pledge
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Snapshot
by Sarah Gilman Aug 18, 2008 02:25 PMA nonprofit deconstructs a trophy home near the Columbia Gorge.
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Data
by Cobun Keegan Aug 18, 2008 02:25 PMDems aim to go green at convention.
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Downtown an old – and new – way to live
by Bill Croke Aug 18, 2008 02:21 PMBill Croke celebrates his brand-new old-fashioned lifestyle: living upstairs in an old brick building in downtown Salmon Idaho.
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Under the asphalt a rumor thrives
by Michelle Nijhuis Aug 18, 2008 08:45 AMIn Grand Junction Colo. a team of investigators excavate a downtown parking lot in search of an old safe supposedly buried a century ago.
