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In search of diversity in our national parks
One man's quest to understand why people of color are underrepresented in outdoor recreation and the conservation movement.
by James Mills, Jul 22, 2011 -
Rocky Mountain wolf recovery leader was not your average bureaucrat
An interview with Ed Bangs, who recently retired from heading the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's gray wolf recovery program
by Ray Ring, Jul 18, 2011 -
Leadville, an old Colorado mining town, may resume mining
As prices soar, Freeport McMoRan ponders reviving the town's Climax molybdenum mine
by Ed Quillen, Jul 15, 2011 -
Rural papers doing better than their city counterparts
In an age where the decline newspapers seems imminent, small town papers still fill a niche.
by Geoff McGhee, Bill Lane Center for the American West, Stanford University, Jul 04, 2011 -
Hydrofracked: One man's quest for answers about natural gas drilling
A Wyoming farmer battles industry and bureaucracy trying to find out whether hydraulic fracturing -- used in natural gas drilling -- polluted his drinking water.
by Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, Jun 27, 2011 -
The key player: Elling B. Halvorson
Elling B. Halvorson, the main Grand Canyon air-tour operator, is involved in a great variety of Western businesses.
by Ray Ring, Jun 12, 2011 -
How developers and businessmen cash in on Grand Canyon overflights
An air-tour businessman and Italian developers become deeply enmeshed in the politics of tiny Tusayan, Ariz., part of a plan to profit from the nearby Grand Canyon.
by John Dougherty, Jun 12, 2011 -
Park Service finally drafts a solution to conflicts over canyon flights
The Park Service offers a plan to ease the conflict over Grand Canyon overflights.
by John Dougherty and Ray Ring, Jun 13, 2011 -
How the gray wolf lost its endangered status -- and how enviros helped
A strategic miscalculation by environmental groups helped spur the delisting of gray wolves in Montana and Idaho.
by Hal Herring, Jun 06, 2011 -
Greening a city ... and pushing other colors out
The proposed redevelopment of San Francisco's Bayview neighborhood worries its longtime black residents, who fear gentrification will drive them out.
by Rachel Waldholz, Jun 01, 2011 -
Doctor's Orders: Undam the Klamath
Both Indians and whites battle diabetes on the Klamath watershed, where dam building ended the salmon runs that once kept the First People alive.
by Diana Hartel, May 24, 2011 -
Three Tribes, a Dam and a Diabetes Epidemic
On North Dakota's Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, a diabetes epidemic has its roots in the dam that flooded the tribes' farmland and destroyed their way of life.
by Lisa Jones, May 23, 2011 -
The most influential conservationist you've never heard of
The Sierra Club's Debbie Sease has spent three decades on Capitol Hill, fighting for the West.
by John Aloysius Farrell, May 01, 2011 -
Sedimentation is a building problem in the West's reservoirs
The West's reservoirs are waging a constant battle against rising levels of sediment.
by Matt Weiser, Apr 19, 2011 -
Muddy Waters: Silt and the Slow Demise of Glen Canyon Dam
A float down the Lower San Juan teaches surprising lessons about dams, water and silt in the West.
by Craig Childs, Apr 17, 2011 -
Cattlemen struggle against giant meatpackers and economic squeezes
Ranchers battle gigantic meatpackers to get a fair price for cattle in a changing economy.
by Stephanie Paige Ogburn, Mar 21, 2011 -
Montana transmission lines draw opposition from all sides
Republicans battle Republicans, environmentalists battle environmentalists, over power lines for wind and solar energy.
by Brad Tyer, Mar 17, 2011 -
California crab-boat captain powers through tsunami to safety
A Crescent City, Calif. crab boat captain maneuvers his way through a tsunami-whorled sea in order to save his fishing boat.
by Matt Jenkins, Mar 16, 2011 -
An Unusual Miss Navajo
Radmilla Cody, who made history as the first biracial Miss Navajo and later served time in prison, now uses her singing to fight racism and domestic violence.
by Leo W. Banks, Mar 07, 2011 -
How my thoughts on wolves have changed
An Alaskan who loves wolves has come to believe that aggressive predator control is often necessary.
by Craig Medred, Feb 22, 2011
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