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The Mog Squad
In the quest for the ultimate firefighting machine, the BLM in Nevada has turned to some very big, very strange, and very foreign vehicles.
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The old man and the stream
A brief encounter with an elderly fisherman moves W.S. Robinson to think about the mysteries of life and death -- and fathers and sons.
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All along the watchtower
Andrew McNair, who works weekends at a computer in Olympia, Wash., is not your typical Western firefighter.
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Not even the privileged can deter a porcupine
Judy Muller contemplates the humble porcupine, which is wreaking havoc among pricey houses in Telluride Mountain Village.
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Portrait of a threatened land
In Travels in the Greater Yellowstone, Jack Turner celebrates and fights for the preservation of an incredible but endangered landscape.
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Riparian repair
River restorationists tackle the Clark Fork River near Milltown, Mont., in a project that demonstrates how hard it is to revive a damaged waterway.
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An unlikely Shangri-la
Steve and Marc Jenson have ambitious plans to turn a failed ski resort near Beaver, Utah, into a private enclave for the ultra-rich, but not everyone is thrilled about the idea.
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Crash of the cottonwoods
Across the West, cottonwoods are dying, and no one is sure how to save these iconic trees.
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Going to the gasroots
In western Colorado, oil and gas companies mobilize in a publicity blitz to pack a Grand Junction hearing about proposed changes to the state’s natural gas drilling rules.
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Category: Politics & Policy
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Size matters if you go for “green” bragging rights
by Monique Cole Sep 05, 2008 12:00 AMMonique Cole wonders if a 6,500-square-foot “green-powered” McMansion is a contradiction in terms.
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Two weeks in the West
by Jodi Peterson Sep 02, 2008 12:45 PMA mixed fire season in the West this summer; Forest Service runs out of firefighting money; solar power plants and wind farms may help take the heat off; fire sale of energy leases on Colorado’s Roan Plateau.
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All along the watchtower
by Eric Wagner Sep 02, 2008 12:40 PMAndrew McNair, who works weekends at a computer in Olympia, Wash., is not your typical Western firefighter.
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Fire, fire everywhere
by Jonathan Thompson Sep 02, 2008 12:38 PMDespite the growing threat of Western wildfire, most of us are still pretending it will go away if we just ignore it.
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The Mog Squad
by Matt Jenkins Sep 02, 2008 09:30 AMIn the quest for the ultimate firefighting machine, the BLM in Nevada has turned to some very big, very strange, and very foreign vehicles.
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Dear friends
by Jodi Peterson Sep 01, 2008 08:44 PMSummer visitors; correction; HCN stories win awards; wilderness loses a friend: a farewell to John Seiberling
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McCain: T.R. or W?
by John Dougherty Aug 25, 2008 04:36 PMJohn McCain likes to compare himself to Teddy Roosevelt, but his conservation record is closer to that of a less-popular Republican: George W. Bush.
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The NRA needs someone like me
by Pat Wray Aug 25, 2008 12:00 AMPat Wray is running for the board of the National Rifle Association because he believes it needs to start defending the wildlife and habitat that hunters need – not just the guns they use.
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The way it looks in rural Oregon in this shaky economic world
by Rich Wandschneider Aug 20, 2008 12:00 PMBoom and bust cycles remind us that we're not as smart as we think we are.
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Braving the political winds
by Eric Peterson Aug 20, 2008 11:55 AMRegion 8 EPA official Robbie Roberts retired in June, leaving a legacy of strong critiques of runaway energy development.
