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Burning issues
by Jane Braxton Little Nov 10, 2008 07:57 AMControversial forestry scientist Tom Bonnicksen believes increased logging is necessary to fight global warming.
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The invisible man
by Emma Brown and Carlos Davalos Oct 13, 2008 10:46 AMChilean guest-worker Ricardo Arriagada herds goats that eat weeds to help prevent brush fires in Hercules, Calif.
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'Si, se puede'
by Rebecca Clarren Jul 18, 2008 10:30 AMLatino activist Dolores Huerta continues to inspire and organize after 50 lively years.
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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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Warp, weft and Wal-Mart
by Joslyn Green Jul 16, 2008 03:44 PMNavajo weaver Marie Begay makes beautiful rugs from the wool of the sheep she raises, and looks forward to spending the money she earns at Wal-Mart.
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Population’s Paul Revere?
by Marty Durlin May 26, 2008 12:00 PMFrosty Wooldridge sees himself as a kind of Paul Revere, tirelessly warning the West about overpopulation – especially in the form of illegal immigrants.
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Keeper of the wildlife
by Cathy Moser Apr 28, 2008 12:00 PMBiologist Les Bighorn, a Dakota Sioux, works to restore the swift fox to its native landscape on the Fort Peck Sioux and Assiniboine Reservation.
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A Montana rancher stands his ground against subdivision
by Ray Sikorski Apr 14, 2008 12:00 PMAn 86-year-old lifelong rancher named Vernon Gliko is donating his entire 1,800-acre Montana ranch as a conservation easement.
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Native Intelligence
by Erika Schickel Mar 31, 2008 01:00 PMLili Singer is in love with California’s native plants and wants to share that love with other people.
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Stay in the Hunt
by Nathaniel Hoffman Mar 17, 2008 01:00 PMJim Posewitz believes hunters can help save the planet with their clear-sighted, on-the-ground conservation ethic.
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I was a closet environmentalist
by Alan S. Kesselheim Mar 03, 2008 01:00 PMRoger Muggli might be the busiest man in eastern Montana, what with his family farm, his feed-pellet plant, his dedicated work on water issues and his quiet, steadfast environmentalism.
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The Chaparralian
by Judith Lewis Feb 04, 2008 01:00 PMRichard Halsey says Southern California’s chaparral is not to blame for the fires that scorch the region every year.
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Tackling Utah’s trash
by Mary Jackson-Smith Jan 21, 2008 01:00 PMIssa Hamud, an engineer who was born in Somalia, helped Logan, Utah, create a successful recycling program.
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Tireless and tenacious storytelling
by Ray Ring Dec 24, 2007 01:00 PMLori Edmo-Suppah works tirelessly to keep the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes informed through the newspaper she edits, the Sho-Ban News
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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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Stretching the notion of neighbor
by Christine Hoekenga Nov 26, 2007 01:00 PMRev. Peter Sawtell crusades for eco-justice throughout the West from his church in Denver.
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Sniffin’ out scat for conservation
by Kathryn Socie Nov 12, 2007 01:00 PMWicket – a wildly energetic dog discovered in an animal shelter – serves scientists by looking for grizzly poop in the Montana wilds.
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Spinner of yarns, maker of floats
by Ray Sikorski Oct 01, 2007 12:00 PMBlack George Simmons – an 84-year-old park volunteer with a flair for colorful stories – dishes out root beer floats to anyone who visits his tiny log cabin in Grand Teton National Park.
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He loves nature. And dams.
by Jim Rossi Sep 17, 2007 12:00 PMPaul Ostapuk is a nature-lover and outdoorsman who loves Lake Powell and Glen Canyon Dam.
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Clean energy insider blows his top in New Mexico
by Laura Paskus Sep 03, 2007 12:00 PMBen Luce is no longer pulling his punches as he battles for clean energy in New Mexico.









