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The wild we take for granted
Delight in the animals and places that are close to home but often ignored by us.
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Time to reform and repair
Paul Larmer reminds us that it will take more than a single environmental hero – like Tim DeChristopher, who cleverly sabotaged a BLM energy-lease auction – to reform the agency.
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Video: Humor in a world gone mad
Moab cartoonist Travis Kelly creates political cartoons in order to stay sane.
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Off the grid, but not off his rocker
Moab cartoonist Travis Kelly lives in a solar school bus, and creates political cartoons to stay sane.
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Trashing the earth, and the truth
Hal Herring relates the ugly story of how the Bush administration used its influence to try to kill a story about the impacts of energy development.
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As Interior Turns
During the last eight years, Bush’s Interior Department has been embroiled in enough corruption, sex and scandal to fuel several soap operas.
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The sick and tired West
The EPA under George Bush has put the health of Westerners at risk in order to make life easier for big industry.
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Nonprofitable times
Many conservation groups are feeling the pinch.
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Results for keyword: Idaho
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Everybody wants to move to my town
by Steve Bunk Nov 20, 2008 07:00 AMSteve Bunk returns to his old hometown of Boise to find he’s not the only one in search of a sanctuary.
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Audio: Politics on planet Idaho
by Ray Ring Oct 07, 2008 01:15 PMJust how bad or good are Idaho's environmental politics? On September 18, High Country News gathered Idaho politicians and environmentalists for a lively exploration of these questions.
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A town’s downtown is the new (old) way to live
by Bill Croke Sep 05, 2008 12:00 AMBill Croke celebrates his brand-new, old-fashioned lifestyle: living upstairs in an old brick building in downtown Salmon, Idaho.
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Small-town struggle in a big land
by Andrea Clark Mason May 12, 2008 12:00 PMIn his first book, The Enders Hotel, Brandon R. Schrand describes a childhood spent growing up in a funky hotel in the small town of Soda Springs, Idaho.
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Worth the work
by Andy Lilley Jul 16, 2008 03:33 PMJeremias Pink fixes up bikes and gives them away because he loves his town, Pocatello, Idaho
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Cow power
by Michelle Blank Jul 16, 2008 03:32 PMIn Idaho’s Magic Valley, cow capital of the fourth-largest milk-producing state in the U.S., entrepreneurs are hoping to cash in on all that manure by using anaerobic digesters to convert it into energy
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Rural Education 2.0
by Samuel Western Apr 30, 2007 12:00 PMTiny Vilas, Colo., thought it was a great idea to open an online school and enroll at-risk students from far-away Denver – but neither the students nor the school district ended up scoring well at report card time
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Burning money
by Staff Oct 16, 2006 12:00 PMWildfire financial data
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Wildland Acres Burned
by Staff Oct 16, 2006 12:00 PMWestern wildland acres burned
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Mother Nature rides an ATV
by Staff Oct 16, 2006 12:00 PMFactory Butte closed to ORVs
