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The Doc is in
Rural folks find common ground at a vet's office in Western Colorado.
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Victory came from the bottom up
A vast army of determined volunteers were the force behind Obama’s success in Colorado.
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Slideshow: The unflappable Doc Vincent
In rural western Colorado, a vet tends to pets and their humans. Michelle Nijhuis reads her essay, along with slides by JT Thomas.
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Conscientious objectors 65 years ago
Paying homage to those imprisoned at Mancos Camp, Colo., during World War II.
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Stuck in the PAWGmire
The Pinedale Anticline Working Group was supposed to give citizens input on the local oil and gas boom, but it hasn’t worked out as planned.
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Burning issues
Controversial forestry scientist Tom Bonnicksen believes increased logging is necessary to fight global warming.
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Still Howling Wolf
Ranchers and environmentalists in Wyoming are still squabbling over wolves as the animal bounces on and off the endangered species list.
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Liquid assets
California is enthusiastic about creating “water banks” to help the state’s cities weather future droughts.
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Field Day
In some Western states, including Colorado, prison inmates are taking the place of immigrant farmworkers.
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Stuck in the PAWGmire
by Rebecca Huntington Nov 18, 2008 03:45 PMThe Pinedale Anticline Working Group was supposed to give citizens input on the local oil and gas boom, but it hasn’t worked out as planned.
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While you were voting …
by Sarah Gilman Nov 04, 2008 08:40 AMWhile the nation is distracted by the election, the Bush administration races ahead with environmental policy changes.
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The great giveaway
by Emily Steinmetz Oct 13, 2008 11:00 AMBrand-new resource management plans from Utah’s BLM welcome ATVs and energy development onto some of the state’s most fragile land.
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Dust on the rocks
by Keith Kloor Aug 29, 2008 03:10 PMThe results of a scientific study on the effects of dust on rock art are somehow “lost” in the haze of Barrett Corporation’s drilling in Utah’s Nine Mile Canyon.
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Roan on the auction block
by Emily Steinmetz, Andrea Appleton, Marty Durlin Aug 08, 2008 05:00 AMThe BLM auctioned leases on 54,631 acres in Western Colorado to the natural gas industry for a record $114 million.
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Solar flip-flops and fish stories
by Ray Ring Jul 18, 2008 09:25 AMBLM flip-flops on solar and expedites oil and gas; Western Governors’ Association talks about energy; more fossil fuel risks; good (and bad) salmon news.
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Where the rubber leaves the road
by Evelyn Schlatter Jul 16, 2008 03:47 PMColorado's new off-road vehicle bill expands enforcement
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Don’t trash Joshua Tree National Park
by Seth Shteir Jul 16, 2008 03:50 PMSeth Shteir is appalled at the prospect of a gigantic landfill planned for the fragile desert landscape next to Joshua Tree National Park.
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Two weeks in the West
by Sarah Gilman Jun 09, 2008 12:00 PMOn public lands throughout the West, hikers, bikers, horseback riders and off-roaders compete for trail space, while beleaguered land-managers struggle to come up with workable forest management plans.
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The leasing protest game
by April Reese Jul 16, 2008 03:42 PMConservationists can file formal protests when the BLM wants to auction off public land to energy companies, but the differences between regional management plans and styles make the protest game little more than a crapshoot.
