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  • Two Weeks in the West Interior scandal: Rated G(reen)

    Interior scandal: Rated G(reen)

    Recent scandals at the Interior Department – this time involving environmentalists – pale in magnitude (and luridness) compared to the agency's dalliances with industry.

  • Sidebar The Wicked Witch of the West

    The Wicked Witch of the West

    Cheyenne lawyer Harriet Hageman has relentlessly fought the roadless rule for nearly a decade. Subscribers only

  • Evidence Is the BLM practicing unsafe CX?

    Is the BLM practicing unsafe CX?

    The Bureau of Land Management used a large number of "categorical exclusions" to streamline permitting for oil and gas development.

  • Sidebar

    The roadless rule ground game

    Excerpts from Tom Turner's chronicle of the roadless rule give the inside scoop on how the rule was crafted.

  • Feature Roadless-less

    Roadless-less

    Judge Clarence Brimmer is determined to bring down Clinton's roadless forest rule, which has been mired in lawsuits ever since its controversial birth.

  • News Court decision leaves tribes dangling

    Court decision leaves tribes dangling

    Critics say the Supreme Court continues to give justification to gut treaties and rob tribes of their land.

  • Writers on the Range Socialism and the West

    Socialism and the West

    Despite our reflexive fear of the word "socialism," the West was built on subsidized government efforts.

  • Evidence Peril in the parks

    Peril in the parks

    Search and rescue operations in Western national parks are often provoked by the mishaps of young men unprepared for their adventures.

  • Perspective

    Place-based Forest Law

    Questions and Opportunities Presented by Senator Tester’s Forest Jobs and Recreation Act

  • Writers on the Range Wolves don't belong on the firing line

    Wolves don't belong on the firing line

    Wolves may be recovering, but there still aren't nearly enough of them to justify a hunting season.

  • Writers on the Range Trapping is one tradition that ought to go

    Trapping is one tradition that ought to go

    Trapping wild animals for their fur is cruel, wasteful and not really part of Montana's hunting tradition. Subscribers only

  • Writers on the Range Is Obama's goal of diversity trumping other goals?

    Is Obama's goal of diversity trumping other goals?

    Three recent Obama nominations have drawn flak from environmentalists.

  • Agency Watch Lawless future

    Lawless future

    State parks are facing a budget crisis all their own, especially in California.

  • Writers on the Range Cow-free at last

    Cow-free at last

    A ground-breaking agreement between ranchers and environmentalists means that Oregon’s beautiful Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument is virtually cow-free.

  • Two Weeks in the West

    Affirmative actions

    Three recent Obama nominations draw flak from environmentalists.

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  2. Commitment issues | White House pledges further collaboration with tri...
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  4. "A deeply troubled idea from the start" | Valles Caldera's experiment in public lands manage...
  5. Frack 2, Scene 1 | New York City fights drilling in its watershed, an...
  1. Roadless-less | Judge Clarence Brimmer is determined to bring down...
  2. Socialism and the West | Despite our reflexive fear of the word "socialism,...
  3. The Lost Art of Listening | Can the Arapaho language be saved from extinction?...
  4. Return of the pod man | Arizona farmer Mark Moody raises mesquite trees fo...
  5. Is the BLM practicing unsafe CX? | The Bureau of Land Management used a large number ...

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