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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: Outdoor
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Living in the outdoors
by Ed Marston Oct 25, 1999 12:00 PMThe completely revised and rewritten book, "The National Outdoor Leadership School's Wilderness Guide" by Mark Harvey, is a well-written guide to being in the forests, deserts and high country.
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A man to match our mountains
by Ali Macalady And Tom Reed Oct 25, 1999 12:00 PMLegendary mountaineer and outdoor educator Paul Petzoldt, who founded the National Outdoor Leadership Training School (NOLS) and the Wilderness Education Association, has died at the age of 91.
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The rise and fall of Steve Cartisano
by Christopher Smith Jun 10, 1996 12:00 PMUtah native Steve Cartisano, the controversial "godfather" of wilderness therapy, has left a trail of lawsuits behind him, including one for negligent homicide in the death of a Florida teenage girl.
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Tough love proves too tough
by Christopher Smith Jul 16, 2008 12:32 PMControversial "wilderness therapy programs" such as Utah's North Star, intended for troubled kids, come under critical scrutiny - and lawsuits - after several teenagers die while in their care.
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The big dogs: Outward Bound and NOLS hit their thirties
by Elizabeth Manning Jun 10, 1996 12:00 PMThe National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) and Outward Bound are the biggest outdoor education schools in the West.
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Acting for the environment
by Elizabeth Manning Jun 10, 1996 12:00 PMA Northwest conservation and outdoor recreation group, The Mountaineers, educates children by sending actors such as Loren Foss into schools, who teach by assuming character roles such as "Old John."
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An unsung army of students maintains our national parks
by Michelle Mcclellan Jun 10, 1996 12:00 PMThe Student Conservation Association has been sending thousands of young volunteers to help maintain national parks since 1957.
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The best guide knows how to let go
by Roderick Nash Jun 10, 1996 12:00 PMRiver guide, author and activist Roderick Nash describes a method of outdoor education he calls "unguiding" - letting the river teach its own lessons.
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New life springs from tainted soil at a Denver school
by Bill Taylor Jun 10, 1996 12:00 PMA program called Volunteer-led Investigations of Neighborhood Ecology (VINE) introduces urban children to nature, as demonstrated by Denver's Garden Place Academy.
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Getting outside all around the West
by Michelle Mcclellan Jun 10, 1996 12:00 PMA state-by-state directory describes some of the many outdoor education programs in the West.
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Spreading the gospel: Outdoor education teaches people to know and care about the West
by Elizabeth Manning Jun 10, 1996 12:00 PMThe number and variety of outdoor education programs has increased dramatically in the last 25 years.
