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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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- Environmental Jobs & Classifieds
- Fishtrap will hold it's 18th Annual Winter Fishtrap Gathering on February 20-22 at Wallowa Lake, Oregon.
- The American Birding Association, in Colorado Springs, Colo., is seeking a new Chief Executive Officer.
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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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Private landowners become lords of the public estate
by Renee H. Guillory Jun 27, 2005 12:00 PMA landowner locks a gate on a road into Arizona’s Aravaipa Canyon, highlighting an increasingly bitter debate over access to public lands in the West
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Heard around the West
by Betsy Marston Jun 13, 2005 12:00 PMAnchovies and evolution clash in Idaho; why do chickens cross the road; cockfighting in California; unexpected Arizona refunds; short enough now to fly a plane; deer meets Wal-Mart in Nebraska
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Learning from Moab's example
by Jodi Peterson and J.M. McCord May 30, 2005 12:00 PMIn the North Fruita Desert of western Colorado, the BLM has come up with a plan to enable motorized and non-motorized recreationists to share the outdoors
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Heard around the West
by Betsy Marston Aug 30, 2004 12:00 PMPac-O-Art art vending machine; turning against Wal-Mart; Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest; Boy Scouts sued for blaze; ORVers need potty-training; bull elk get really hungry
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New rules coming down for off-roaders
by Jodi Peterson Aug 02, 2004 12:00 PMThe Forest Service plans to rein in cross-country travel by off-road vehicles, but enforcing new rules may prove next to impossible
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Motorized recreation belongs in the backcountry
by Dave Skinner May 10, 2004 12:00 PMOff-road vehicle users need to be responsible, but at the same time they should fight against any restrictions to backcountry riding
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Off-road vehicles are chewing up our public lands
by Tonia Wolf May 10, 2004 12:00 PMThe only solution to the destruction of public lands by off-highway vehicles is to begin to restrict their use in the backcountry
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Can skiers and snowmobilers coexist?
by Rachel Odell Jan 19, 2004 01:00 PMDutchman Flat outside Bend, Ore., is becoming tense as snowmobilers and backcountry skiers argue over winter recreation
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Yellowstone snowmobilers suffer whiplash
by Scott McMillion Jan 19, 2004 01:00 PMJudge Emmet Sullivan reinstates a Clinton-era ban on snowmobiles in Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks
