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  • Back to the future

    A long time ago, the earth warmed considerably; now, scientists study fossils to find out what happened – and what it might mean for us today. Subscribers only

  • Field Day

    In some Western states, including Colorado, prison inmates are taking the place of immigrant farmworkers. Subscribers only

  • Alexandra Fuller: A fine line between protest and profession

    Author Alexandra Fuller talks about the impacts of oil drilling on her chosen home of Wyoming. Subscribers only

  • The street hierarchy

    Aaron Gilbreath mulls the very large difference between being a pedestrian in ultra-cool Portland, Ore., and in sprawling Phoenix, Ariz. Subscribers only

 

Category: Recreation

  • If you build it, will they come?

    A desert village called Big Water and a troubled ski resort near the hardscrabble town of Beaver are two unlikely places in Utah where entrepreneurs plan to build exclusive resorts for the ultra-rich.

  • 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. Subscribers only

  • Off-roaders drive closer to the Grand Canyon

    Former Park Service employee Bill Wade condemns agency plans to open public land near the Grand Canyon to off-road vehicle use.

  • Got a license for those antlers?

  • Where the rubber leaves the road

    Colorado's new off-road vehicle bill expands enforcement

  • Jim Detterline to the rescue

    Park Ranger Jim Detterline battles the agency he loves over its insistence that a hearing impairment makes him unfit for his job.

  • Boaters float for their rights

    In Colorado, a group of river rafters float the Lake Fork of the Gunnison in defiance of a landowner who has filed suit to stop them, part of a statewide struggle over access and ownership of rivers.

  • Solo journeys, life lessons

    In the nine essays gathered in her new book, Hiking Alone, poet and artist Mary Beath celebrates nature from the point of view of an independent woman.

  • Survival and the fittest

    Ultra-marathon runner Nikki Kimball races to keep her spirit strong and her personal demons at bay.

  • Don’t trash Joshua Tree National Park

    Seth Shteir is appalled at the prospect of a gigantic landfill planned for the fragile desert landscape next to Joshua Tree National Park.

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