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Rural folks find common ground at a vet's office in Western Colorado.
A vast army of determined volunteers were the force behind Obama’s success in Colorado.
In rural western Colorado, a vet tends to pets and their humans. Michelle Nijhuis reads her essay, along with slides by JT Thomas.
Paying homage to those imprisoned at Mancos Camp, Colo., during World War II.
The Pinedale Anticline Working Group was supposed to give citizens input on the local oil and gas boom, but it hasn’t worked out as planned.
Controversial forestry scientist Tom Bonnicksen believes increased logging is necessary to fight global warming.
Ranchers and environmentalists in Wyoming are still squabbling over wolves as the animal bounces on and off the endangered species list.
California is enthusiastic about creating “water banks” to help the state’s cities weather future droughts.
In some Western states, including Colorado, prison inmates are taking the place of immigrant farmworkers.
California is enthusiastic about creating “water banks” to help the state’s cities weather future droughts.
Rainwater harvesting is against the law in many Western states, but folks in Utah, Colorado and Washington want to change that.
Efforts to stop wastewater pollution from Tijuana have bogged down in a nasty mess.
Jared Farmer speaks in praise of Utah’s neglected “low country” landscapes – places like Utah Lake.
In Washington’s Yakima Valley and in northern Colorado, water developers want to build kindler, gentler “off-channel” reservoirs.
River restorationists tackle the Clark Fork River near Milltown, Mont., in a project that demonstrates how hard it is to revive a damaged waterway.
Jon Christensen accompanies scientists trying to measure the opacity and “blueness” of Lake Tahoe.
