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Book Reviews
In Old Growth in the New World, 28 writers and experts debate whether and how the Pacific Northwest’s old-growth forests should be managed.
by Valerie Rapp,
Jun 05, 2009
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Focus
Public officials – and even homeowners – are beginning to accept the inevitability of wildfires in the Golden State.
by Peter Friederici ,
Jun 05, 2009
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Writers on the Range
Is it possible to develop large-scale solar projects and transmission lines without sacrificing the West’s wide-open landscapes and deserts?
by Sarah Gilman ,
May 15, 2009
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Writers on the Range
Fifty years ago, Flagstaff, Ariz., prodded by local astronomers, realized what
an asset its dark night skies were and took steps to preserve them.
by Lance Diskan,
May 08, 2009
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Writers on the Range
The only way to bring firefighting costs under control is to discourage the stupid practice of building houses right next to fire-prone Western forests.
by Ray Rasker ,
May 01, 2009
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Feature
Phoenix land-use planners want to use a chunk of state trust land as a laboratory for future, more sustainable real estate development.
by John Dougherty ,
Apr 27, 2009
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Feature
Surprise, Ariz., exemplifies the Arizona real estate collapse along with what many see as the rise and fall of the car-dependent Western exurb.
by Rob Inglis and Jonathan Thompson ,
Apr 24, 2009
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Feature
For 30 years, local environmentalists have been fighting with Crested Butte’s owners over a proposed controversial expansion of the ski resort.
by Rachel Odell Walker ,
Apr 08, 2009
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Current
One of the greatest challenges facing Western military bases comes from the growth of urban sprawl.
by Marc V. Schanz,
Mar 04, 2009
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Writers on the Range
Too often, Americans feel personally guilty when they’re poor and out of work, even when outside forces are responsible.
by Jaime O’Neill,
Feb 26, 2009
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Writers on the Range
Susan Tweit says the huge numbers of road-killed wildlife point to a simple fact: There are too many of us.
by Susan Tweit,
Feb 24, 2009
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Editor's Note
More business travelers would choose Amtrak if the trains were faster – or if people could get work done during long journeys.
by Jonathan Thompson ,
Feb 02, 2009
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Feature
American railroads -- especially passenger trains -- seem to be at last on the brink of a revival.
by William Moore,
Jan 26, 2009
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Writers on the Range
Paul Larmer reminds us that it will take more than a single environmental hero – like Tim DeChristopher, who cleverly sabotaged a BLM energy-lease auction – to reform the agency.
by Paul Larmer,
Jan 19, 2009
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Writers on the Range
Rather than take an honest, in-depth look at the trails and roads on its land, Sarah Peters says the Forest Service took the easy way out.
by Sarah A. Peters,
Jan 09, 2009
