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Video: Still howling wolf
The passionate and complicated feelings people have about living with wolves in the Northern Rockies.
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A good idea – if you can get away with it
Rainwater harvesting is against the law in many Western states, but folks in Utah, Colorado and Washington want to change that.
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What I will say to Americans once I am elected president
President Jim Stiles would tell the nation that it is past time we started living within our means – both economically and environmentally.
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The fruits of their labor
In Delta County, Colorado, a pilot program sent prisoners to work on three farms during the summer of 2008.
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Battleground!
HCN surveys the swingin' Western political landscape with this interactive map.
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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.
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Field Day
In some Western states, including Colorado, prison inmates are taking the place of immigrant farmworkers.
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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.
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The street hierarchy
Aaron Gilbreath mulls the very large difference between being a pedestrian in ultra-cool Portland, Ore., and in sprawling Phoenix, Ariz.
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Category: Recreation
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If you build it, will they come?
by Jonathan Thompson Aug 18, 2008 02:20 PMA 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.
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An unlikely Shangri-la
by Christopher Solomon Aug 18, 2008 08:40 AMSteve 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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Off-roaders drive closer to the Grand Canyon
by Bill Wade Aug 15, 2008 04:30 PMFormer Park Service employee Bill Wade condemns agency plans to open public land near the Grand Canyon to off-road vehicle use.
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Got a license for those antlers?
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Where the rubber leaves the road
by Evelyn Schlatter Jul 16, 2008 03:47 PMColorado's new off-road vehicle bill expands enforcement
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Jim Detterline to the rescue
by Michelle Blank Jul 16, 2008 03:38 PMPark Ranger Jim Detterline battles the agency he loves over its insistence that a hearing impairment makes him unfit for his job.
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Boaters float for their rights
by Shara Rutberg Jul 16, 2008 02:09 PMIn 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.
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Solo journeys, life lessons
by Irene Wanner Jun 23, 2008 12:00 PMIn 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.
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Survival and the fittest
by Ray Sikorski Jun 23, 2008 12:00 PMUltra-marathon runner Nikki Kimball races to keep her spirit strong and her personal demons at bay.
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Don’t trash Joshua Tree National Park
by Seth Shteir Jul 16, 2008 03:50 PMSeth Shteir is appalled at the prospect of a gigantic landfill planned for the fragile desert landscape next to Joshua Tree National Park.
