Politics & Policy
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Writers on the Range
A good ranger stands up to bad bureaucrats
National Park Service ranger Robert Danno is still being punished by the agency he loves, despite being vindicated for his work as a whistleblower eight years ago.
by Andrea Lankford, Apr 20, 2012 -
Writers on the Range
Fracking is the big new gun
Hydraulic fracturing is changing the energy industry -- and the entire nation -- in ways we’re only beginning to understand.
by Randy Udall, Mar 29, 2012 -
Sidebar
Wilderness acres created, by congressional session
A timeline of bills authorizing new wilderness, from 1964 to 2012
by Danielle Venton, Mar 04, 2012 -
Current
Wilderness bills languish in legislative limbo
Even Republican sponsors can't seem to break their party's determined stonewalling on wilderness bills in the House of Representatives.
by Danielle Venton, Mar 04, 2012 -
Writers on the Range
A conversation I look forward to having with the NRA
A lifetime member of the NRA is skeptical of the group's paranoia about President Obama’s gun-control plans.
by Pat Wray, Mar 01, 2012 -
Uncommon Westerners
Environmental warrior Martin Litton is still fighting at 95
Martin Litton, who has spent his entire life fighting to preserve Western landscapes, is still battling to save California’s giant sequoias.
by Jane Braxton Little, Feb 29, 2012 -
Writers on the Range
Some politicians turn public lands into a political football
The West's vast public lands are under attack by politicians in the U.S. House of Representatives as well as by several of the Republican presidential candidates.
by William Meadows, Feb 23, 2012 -
Letters
We need Wilderness Watch
by Tom Van de Water, Feb 19, 2012 -
Letters
Monkey-wrenchers to the rescue
by Dennis Wentz, Feb 19, 2012 -
Letters
The troubling tentacles of Citizens United
by Tom Meacham, Feb 19, 2012 -
Letters
We the corporate campaign donors?
by Ken Young, Feb 19, 2012 -
Letters
The shine of the golden saddle
by Mark Bailey, Feb 19, 2012 -
Letters
The error of the well-intentioned
by Eric Burr, Feb 19, 2012 -
Current
Montana court defends law defying Citizens United
As elections of state judges become increasingly contentious, the Montana Supreme Court defends the state's Corrupt Practices Act against the Citizens United decision.
by Rebecca Stanfel, Feb 14, 2012 -
Perspective
The postal service is slipping away
A great nation needs a great postal system -- even if it doesn't quite pay for itself
by Ed Quillen, Feb 07, 2012






