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Journeys by Stefan: A wonderful piece that makes me want to head westw...
Shooting Wolves from Planes by Carolyn James: The way people think in Alaska is sickening. I wil...
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Allred - Idaho Governor- 2010 ! by J G : The perfect candidate for the job.
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Charles Bowden on The War Next Door | On the U.S.-Mexico border, the corrupt and futile ...
It's the population, stupid? | Some Westerners want to blame our environmental wo...
No ESA for sage grouse | Feds say iconic bird needs protection, but won't g...
Three cheers | Here's to an anonymous donor, Target and 11 scient...
Shooting bullets, not blanks | A tremendous posterity, and firearms in National P...

Charles Bowden on The War Next Door | On the U.S.-Mexico border, the corrupt and futile ...
Thank you, Utah, for leading the way | Utah's Legislature has brilliant plans to cut educ...
Mobile Nation | Every winter in Quartzsite, Ariz., tens of thousan...
The myths of Native American identity | Paul Chaat Smith's latest book, Everything You Kno...
Water fallout | A nuclear power plant proposed for Green River, Ut...

Related: Wish You Weren’t Here Quagga mussels – an extraordinarily prolific and costly invasive species – have appeared in Lake Mead, and no one is sure how to keep these unwanted newcomers from infesting the West.; Two weeks in the West Quagga mussels hit the jackpot in Nevada; Lakes Mead and Powell are in trouble; lots and lots and lots of snow – and a few ambitious ski resorts; and Colorado is building a vegetated overpass for wildlife on I-70.; Don’t move a mussel Boaters, kayakers, anglers and other recreationists can help stop the spread of quagga mussels and other aquatic invasives by following a few simple rules.; Battling over ballast Congress has tried to regulate ballast water in ships in order to stop the spread of zebra mussels, but so far loopholes in the law and tussles over policy have made the effort ineffective.; Cutting away from the pack High Country News interviews Keith Allred, who is running for governor as a Democrat in ultra-Republican Idaho.

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More from Flora & Fauna: Name that fish Another addition to the ESA in the Northwest; Ewe-haul Over the last century, Wyoming has transplanted hundreds of bighorn sheep, both in-state and out, to buoy struggling herds.; Ladybugs and Lear Climbing to a small wonder in Nevada; All Flora & Fauna

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