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The Lost Art of Listening
Can the Arapaho language be saved from extinction?
by Emily Underwood, Nov 16, 2009 -
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.
by Ray Ring, Nov 02, 2009 -
Refugees unsettle the West
In Greeley, Colorado, a meatpacking plant observes Muslim traditions such as Ramadan while multicultural refugees adapt to the West's very different landscape and culture.
by Joslyn Green, Oct 26, 2009 -
Silenced Springs?
Rare and tiny spring-dwelling creatures are threatened by everything from invasive species to Las Vegas' plan to pump groundwater from a rural part of Nevada.
by J. Madeleine Nash, Oct 05, 2009 -
Living on Glacial Time
Climate change is altering the lands we call home in ways we'd never imagined.
by Ana Maria Spagna, Sep 14, 2009 -
Township 13 South, Range 92 West, Section 35
A writer looks into the history of the people who lived on the Colorado mesa she now calls home.
by Michelle Nijhuis , Sep 08, 2009 -
The dark side of dairies
A combination of lax laws and poor oversight leaves dairy workers vulnerable to exploitation and on-the-job dangers.
by Rebecca Clarren, Aug 24, 2009 -
From Corn to Cabernet
A burgeoning wine industry could provide a welcome economic boost to Colorado's Western Slope.
by Christie Aschwanden , Aug 17, 2009 -
The Most Cooked-Up Catch
Saving fisheries -- and taking the edge off the dangerous derby of the sea.
by Matt Jenkins, Jul 27, 2009 -
Taking control of the machine
Loggers and environmental activists are determined to restore Montana's Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, with or without the help of the Forest Service.
by Ray Ring , Jul 14, 2009 -
The Renewable Energy Landscape
Maps, charts and text locate the nation's major renewable energy resources and some big projects on Western public land.
by Terray Sylvester, Jun 29, 2009 -
Renewables: The Final Frontier
Vaclav Smil is a historian who exemplifies Vulcan-style logic and skepticism when it comes to easy solutions to energy problems.
by Randy Udall, Jun 26, 2009 -
From Pickups to PV
Utility brings solar power to far-flung Navajos
by Daniel Kraker, Jun 24, 2009 -
Thinking Past the Moment
The Sierra Club's Carl Zichella discusses the balancing act involved in finding the best -- and least environmentally sensitive -- places to put big renewable energy projects
by Sarah Gilman, Jun 22, 2009 -
And you think times are tough
The articles in old American Heritage magazines remind one that life in the West used to be much harder than it is.
by Jaime O’Neill , Jun 19, 2009 -
Growing Away from Big Coal
In Colorado and New Mexico, some rural electric cooperatives are quietly fighting to get more of their power from local and renewable sources.
by Susan Moran , Jun 19, 2009 -
Let's Get Small
Can 'hamster power' -- distributed generation and small-scale renewable energy projects -- save the West, and the world?
by Judith Lewis, Jun 15, 2009 -
Volunteers work to slow down kitten killing
If people would spay and neuter their pets, animal shelter volunteers would not have to euthanize kittens every spring.
by Alexa Mergen, Jun 11, 2009 -
Rebooting Urban Watersheds
In California, grassroots activists work to restore damaged East Bay waterways and the impoverished communities that surround them.
by Jeremy Miller, Jun 08, 2009 -
Voyage of the Dammed
A small band of enthusiasts wants to re-engineer Western waterways with the help of a humble, hardworking professional: the beaver.
by Kevin Taylor, Jun 01, 2009
