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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: Insects
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The Silence of the Bees
by Hannah Nordhaus Jul 16, 2008 03:30 PMMigratory beekeeper John Miller hauls his hives across the West, pollinating everything from almonds to apples, but a nasty parasite and a mysterious disorder are making life much harder for John and his buzzing business partners.
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Lewis’ Web
by Erin Halcomb Apr 02, 2007 12:00 PMWyoming microbiologist Randy Lewis is fascinated by spiders – particularly by the remarkable silk they produce.
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Busy as a Buchmann
by Brendan Borrell Jul 16, 2008 03:30 PMEcologist Stephan Buchmann is crazy about bees, and his Tucson-based one-man nonprofit, The Bee Works, is simply buzzing with activity.
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Have bee, will travel
by John Mecklin Jul 16, 2008 03:30 PMThis issue of High Country News features Hannah Nordhaus on the challenges facing a Western migratory beekeeper and his hives of pollinating bees.
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Conspiring with caddisflies
by Eliza Murphy Nov 27, 2006 01:00 PMA Seattle artist known only as Ferg works with tiny caddisfly larvae to make jewelry from the insects’ intricate casings
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Bees don't grow on trees
by J.M. McCord Mar 07, 2005 01:00 PMHoneybees are in trouble, and so are the farmers who depend on them for pollination, especially in California’s almond orchards
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Butterfly escapes endangered species net
by April Reese Jan 24, 2005 01:00 PMCloudcroft, N.M., creates its own conservation plan to protect the rare Sacramento Mountains checkerspot butterfly without waiting for an endangered species listing
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Hot Times - Global Warming in the West
by Michelle Nijhuis Jul 19, 2004 12:00 PMGlobal Warming is showing up in the West, in everything from receding glaciers to shrinking pika habitat
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Life cycle of a bark beetle
by Staff Jul 16, 2008 02:52 PMGraph and photos show the life cycle of the bark beetle
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Global Warming's Unlikely Harbingers
by Michelle Nijhuis Jul 16, 2008 02:51 PMMountain pine beetles are attacking more forests and more varieties of trees — and thriving at higher elevations than ever before — and some scientists believe global climate change is at the root of the problem
