Mining & Agriculture
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Writers on the Range
Let’s reform the 1872 Mining Law – finally
Lew Carpenter is one of many Western sportsmen urging the Senate to join the House in finally reforming the 1872 Mining Law.
by Lew Carpenter, Jan 21, 2008 -
Writers on the Range
Like it or not, corn is in every meal
Pete Letheby believes that King Corn and its byproducts, particularly the high-fructose corn syrup that’s in almost everything we eat, are to blame for the nation’s obesity and its agricultural pollution.
by Pete Letheby, Jan 14, 2008 -
Writers on the Range
Searching for flour where the wheat grows
Carla Wise wants to make bread from wheat grown close to her home in Corvallis, Ore.
by Carla A. Wise, Dec 10, 2007 -
News
Underground movement
In northern Colorado, ranchette owners are scrambling to fight a proposal for uranium mining.
by Jodi Peterson, Oct 01, 2007 -
Book Reviews
Cowboy love, with a generous sprinkling of sugar
In Crybaby Ranch, novelist Tina Welling tells a romantic story with zest.
by Jennie Lay, Sep 17, 2007 -
News
The Sultans of Spuds
Western farmers band together to form the “OPEC of Potatoes” – a farmers’ cooperative called the United Potato Growers of America
by Matt Jenkins, Aug 20, 2007 -
Writers on the Range
America needs clean water – and mining law reform
Tony Dean says it is way past time to modernize the 1872 Mining Law.
by Tony Dean, Jul 30, 2007 -
News
The red, white and blue of ‘red or green?’
New Mexico’s traditional chile industry faces hot competition from global producers
by Laura Paskus, Jun 25, 2007 -
Feature
Brave New Hay
Monsanto’s genetically modified Roundup Ready alfalfa may take over the West, as the company re-engineers the world to conform to its business plan
by Matt Jenkins, Jun 11, 2007 -
News
Native hum
As honeybees vanish, Western farmers turn to the region’s native pollinators
by Lisa Jones, Jun 11, 2007 -
Editor's Note
Cow feed from Planet 9
Genetically modified crops may not be the sci-fi monsters their foes believe, but it makes sense for the U.S. Department of Agriculture to begin to regulate them seriously
by John Mecklin, Jun 11, 2007 -
Two Weeks in the West
Two weeks in the West
Chefs fight for salmon, and uranium gets hotter; electricity usage and generation in the West; data on park fees and visitors
by Jonathan Thompson, May 28, 2007 -
News
Can Congress drag the 1872 Mining Law into the 21st century?
A new bill would end 130 years of public land giveaways and reform one of the West's most antiquated -- and harmful -- laws.
by Eve Rickert, May 17, 2007 -
Writers on the Range
Asarco would take us back to a polluted past
Asarco wants to reopen a copper smelter in downtown El Paso, but Robert Rowley remembers the old smelter’s pollution and all the sickness it caused.
by Robert Rowley, May 14, 2007 -
News
Battle line on the northern border
U.S. officials, federal agencies, and even Condoleezza Rice are trying to stop a Canadian coal mine near Montana's Flathead Basin.
by Michelle Blank, May 09, 2007






