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Old but Faithful

Former Park Service supervisors Bill Wade and Rob Arnberger formed the Coalition of National Park Service Retirees to defend the national parks from what they see as the Bush administration’s ill-conceived changes

by Stephen J Lyons, Dec 11, 2006
Doing something about 'anything'

In this issue, Ray Ring offers a top 10 list on the midterm elections and reminds Westerners that the newly empowered Democrats in Congress are still not the sole arbiters of environmental policy

by John Mecklin, Nov 27, 2006
Duke City dustup

The nation may be intrigued by the contest between incumbent Republican Rep. Heather Wilson and New Mexico Attorney General Patricia Madrid, but the New Mexicans who will actually vote in the election seem fairly disinterested.

by Laura Paskus, Sep 18, 2006
Dam breaching gets a surprise endorsement

A longtime consultant to the hydropower industry, biologist Don Chapman, shook the Northwest this summer when he declared that four dams on the Lower Snake River should be breached to save the salmon

by Rocky Barker, Sep 19, 2005
The Coyote Caucus Takes the West to Washington

Stewart and Mo Udall were Western conservation giants. Now the West looks to their sons to bridge today’s social and political divides and create a conservation legacy of their own

by Florence Williams, Oct 11, 2004
Outsourced

The Bush administration is outsourcing to private contractors jobs formerly done by employees of federal agencies, among them the job of the Forest Service Content Analysis Teams (CATs) – the people who receive and report the comments of the public. The

by Greg Hanscom, Apr 26, 2004
Dear friends

Avalanches in Telluride, heat wave in Paonia; congratulations to Ed and Betsy Marston for John Wade Award; Ken Sleight gets Lifetime Achievement Award at 22nd Annual Public Interest Environmental Law Conference in Eugene; Betsy Loyless, keynoter at the co

by Greg Hanscom, Betsy Marston, Apr 12, 2004
The Bush administration is moving to mine our heritage

Mike Dombeck and Chris Wood blast the Bush administration for trying to mine the West’s untouched public lands

by Mike Dombeck and Chris Wood, Aug 25, 2003
Heard Around the West

Plants vs. terrorists; "Bovolexia"; Sierra Club brand products; rancher vs. Forest Service over water for firefighting; California vs. undisciplined bladders; and both enviros and conservatives rap Bush on environment

by Betsy Marston, Aug 04, 2003

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