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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: Oregon
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The only thing we have to fear …
by Rich Wandschneider Dec 26, 2008 10:35 AMRefusing to despair despite the impacts of the economic downturn on a small Oregon town.
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The decline of logging is now killing
by Pepper Trail Jul 16, 2008 03:55 PMNow that logging no longer provides enough money to support Oregon’s libraries, Pepper Trail says it’s up to citizens to decide to keep their state’s bookshelves filled and accessible.
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Heard Around the West
by Betsy Marston Oct 29, 2007 01:00 PMCounseling councilmen; a very virtual “virtual” fence; Arizona vs. college students; trapped in a CT scan; trophy land; smelling like a dog; paying taxes with skis.
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Heard Around the West
by Betsy Marston May 14, 2007 12:00 PMLibrary book sale gets ugly in Eugene; Satan is the problem in Utah; advice on daffodils; nude man creates brief havoc in McMinnville, Ore.; car theft thrives in the West; Snowmass Mountain’s “smoke shacks” have to go
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Why the West should copy Swiss transit
by Bill Cook Jul 16, 2008 03:32 PMThe contrast between a Mount Hood traffic jam and a week in a car-free Swiss resort convinces Bill Cook that the West needs to get serious about mass transit.
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Why do we keep driving ourselves crazy?
by Bill Cook Jul 16, 2008 03:53 PMThe contrast between a Mount Hood traffic jam and a week in a car-free Swiss resort convinces Bill Cook that the West needs to get serious about mass transit.
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A quest for the world’s finest pinot noir
by Heidi Andrew Feb 19, 2007 01:00 PMBrian Doyle’s new book, The Grail, lives up to its lively subtitle as it describes “a year ambling and shambling through an Oregon vineyard in pursuit of the best pinot noir in the whole wild world.”
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A family of criminals and killers
by Stephen J. Lyons Jul 16, 2008 03:28 PMIn All God’s Children: Inside the Dark and Violent World of Street Families, Rene Denfeld tells the disturbing story of Portland’s teen runaways, charting the path that took one of them, Danielle Marie Cox, from honor student to convicted murderer.
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Under the radar
by Emma Brown Jan 22, 2007 01:00 PMHomeless families aren’t found only in urban areas. They’re also struggling to survive in the rural West, as shown by the story of Barbara Trivitt and her two children, who lived in a Jeep in Coos Bay, Oregon, this fall.
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A River Once More
by Matt Jenkins Oct 16, 2006 12:00 PMIn Oregon, a revolutionary community alliance is working to put water – and steelhead trout – back into the Deschutes River
