Culture & Communities
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Feature
Monoculture meets its match in North Dakota
John Gardner represents a new breed of agricultural "specialized generalists" who want to help Dakota farmers reclaim the food system.
by Ed Marston, Mar 18, 1996 -
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'It's great to ask geeks for advice'
Montana State University's new manufacturing extension center helps entrepreneurs such as backpack designer Dana Gleason of Dana Design.
by Florence Williams, Mar 18, 1996 -
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Montana's outback goes on-line
Montana State University turns to "electronic extension" to meet the information needs of the state's widely scattered population.
by Florence Williams, Mar 18, 1996 -
Feature
My God! Healthy trees!
Extension foresters in Idaho help the sisters of St. Gertrude's Monastery manage their forests in a way that balances economics with ecology and spirituality.
by Stephen J. Lyons, Mar 18, 1996 -
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Taking a stand for New Mexico's small farmers
In his own words, extension agent Edmund Gomez describes how the Rural Agriculture Improvement Project seeks to help New Mexico's poor farmers.
by Lisa Jones, Mar 18, 1996 -
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Helping a busted mining town back to its feet
Extension agent Barb Andreozzi offers creative ideas and practical assistance to help Anaconda, Mont., prosper again.
by Florence Williams, Mar 18, 1996 -
Feature
Talking ranching through its bleakest hour
Hudson Glimp of the University of Nevada's College of Agriculture seeks to create "sustainable agreement" in public-lands grazing.
by Donica Harrington And Jon Christensen, Mar 18, 1996 -
Feature
Playing politics or helping the range?
New Mexico State's Range Improvement Task Force has often been accused of being a front for the livestock industry.
by Tony Davis, Mar 18, 1996 -
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What is cooperative extension?
Description of what the West's extension agents do.
by Lisa Jones, Mar 18, 1996 -
Feature
What does the West need to know?
In a changing West, the land-grant universities' cooperative extension programs must rethink their mission.
by Lisa Jones, Mar 18, 1996 -
News
Leaving room for cows and horses
Oakley, Utah adopts a development code with a "right to farm provision" in an attempt to preserve its rural way of life.
by Chris Smith, Mar 04, 1996 -
Book Reviews
Small town design
A report, "Managing Change in Rural Communities," is reviewed.
by Staff, Feb 19, 1996 -
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$400,000 buys property - and a vote
The new resort town of Mountain Village, Colo., employs questionable legal tactics to allow non-resident property owners to vote while seasonal workers cannot.
by Morgan Lee, Feb 19, 1996 -
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Ski workers look for a home
If the Adam's Rib ski resort is built, western Colorado's already displaced workers will have to commute even farther to find a place to live.
by Elizabeth Manning, Feb 19, 1996 -
News
Jury convicts a grave robber
Oregon resident Jack Lee Harelson is found guilty of looting an Indian burial cave in Nevada, and pothunter Earl Shumway is sentenced in Utah to six-and-one-half years.
by Elizabeth Manning, Feb 05, 1996






