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Related: A passion to protect In this audio interview, Glo Cunningham talks about why she came to the ski town of Crested Butte, Colo., 34 years ago and what has sustained her fight to preserve its mountains and water.; Colorado resort shelves ski expansion The Crested Butte Ski Resort in Colorado drops its plans to build new ski runs on a neighboring mountain.; Does Aspen need thousands more skiers? The Forest Service struggles over approval of an Aspen Skiing Co. expansion plan to develop Burnt Mountain, near the Maroon Bells Wilderness.; Cutting away from the pack High Country News interviews Keith Allred, who is running for governor as a Democrat in ultra-Republican Idaho.; Learning to live landlocked After years spent on the coast of Alaska, it feels strange but wonderful to live in the very different world of dry inland Oregon.

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