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Letters
by Julie Trevelyan,
Feb 06, 2012
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Book Reviews
Lamb, Bonnie Nadzam's crisp, startling and psychologically intense debut novel, follows two troubled characters on a quest for redemption in the West.
by Jenny Shank,
Feb 06, 2012
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Book Reviews
Catherine C. Robbins seeks to go beyond the stereotypes about Native Americans in her essays in All Indians Do Not Live in Teepees (or Casinos).
by Cherie Newman,
Feb 06, 2012
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Dear Friends
High Country News welcomes new interns Danielle Venton and Neil LaRubbio; Marian Lyman Kirst is our new editorial fellow; and correction to captive wolves story.
by Neil LaRubbio, Danielle Venton and Ray Ring,
Feb 06, 2012
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Essays
Following a childhood fascination with the computer game Oregon Trail, a young archaeologist meets the real thing during a rugged, exhausting Wyoming summer.
by Laura Herrington Watson,
Feb 06, 2012
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Editor's Note
What can rapid evolution in response to climate change teach us about managing nature?
by Michelle Nijhuis ,
Feb 06, 2012
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Essays
Though climate change and the economy are the issues threatening their livelihoods, many of the High Plains people are angry at almost everything else.
by Joe Wilkins,
Feb 03, 2012
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Uncommon Westerners
Historian Richard West Sellars didn't intend to spend a career in the Park Service. But after 35 years, his impact still resonates.
by Kimberly Hirai,
Jan 27, 2012
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Letters
by Mike Pasqualetti,
Jan 23, 2012
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Book Reviews
Liberty Lanes, Robin Troy's second novel, tracks the lives of a group of senior citizens in a small Montana town.
by Phyllis Barber,
Jan 23, 2012
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Book Reviews
Anna Solomon's fascinating first novel follows a young Jewish woman from Odessa, Russia, to the hardscrabble prairie of South Dakota in the late 1800s.
by Jenny Shank,
Jan 23, 2012
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Dear Friends
High Country News hires Eric Strebel as Web developer and Kati Johnson as circulation assistant; visitors; Holiday Open House; and corrections.
by Jodi Peterson ,
Jan 23, 2012
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Current
An elite team of Native American customs agents, the Shadow Wolves use their tracking skills to find drug smugglers on the U.S.-Mexico border.
by Stephanie Paige Ogburn,
Jan 23, 2012
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Conversation
Colorado State University professor Maria Fernandez-Gimenez researches traditional ecological knowledge to better understand how ranchers learn and adapt management practices, form their attitudes and opinions on environmental change, and interact with their neighbors and resource scientists.
by Joshua Zaffos,
Jan 20, 2012
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Writers on the Range
It might be a radical pairing, but if Huntsman ran as Obama's vice president, he'd get this writer's vote.
by Ray Ring,
Jan 20, 2012