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  • The Latest Bounce

    Pete McCloskey plans run against Rep. Richard Pombo; 11 alleged eco-terrorists indicted; BLM gives six companies chance to work on oil shale production; Gray Development buys expensive state land in north Phoenix.

    by Matt Jenkins, Feb 06, 2006

  • She wins friends for lions, wolves and bears

    Janelle Holden, the daughter of two Republican legislators, works with the Predator Conservation Alliance in Montana to help ranchers learn how to co-exist with wolves and other predators

    by Melynda Coble, Nov 14, 2005

  • Pombo takes on the Endangered Species Act

    On his 12th attempt, Rep. Richard Pombo, R-Calif., succeeds in pushing a bill through the U.S. House designed to reform the Endangered Species Act and end critical habitat protection

    by Brodie Farquhar, Oct 16, 2005

  • Election Day surprises in the schizophrenic West

    The same Western voters who re-elected President George W. Bush and his anti-environmental record also voted for environmental ballot measures and green-leaning candidates.

    by Greg Hanscom, Nov 22, 2004

  • Politics as a winner-takes-all game is a loser

    It would be a grave mistake for President Bush to assume that his recent victory gives license for a winner-take-all power grab in the West

    by Paul Larmer, Nov 22, 2004

  • Conservationist in a Conservative Land

    Rick Johnson of the Idaho Conservation League is working with Republican Congressman Mike Simpson on a wilderness bill for the Boulder and White Cloud mountains, but not everybody in "Planet Idaho" is happy

    by Ray Ring, Nov 22, 2004

  • In presidential politics, the West is a forgotten time zone

    Even in an election year, the Rocky Mountain West remains flyover country, mostly ignored by politicians and TV networks alike

    by Ed Quillen, Oct 25, 2004

  • Hunting: It’s not about the gun

    In the presidential election this fall, sportsmen are likely to be split between those who vote for wildlife, and those who vote for the gun

    by Tom Reed, Oct 11, 2004

  • Bush is a man of his word: He's audacious, but should that be surprising?

    Democrats can learn a thing or two from the way Bush and the conservative Republicans are using political power

    by Jon Margolis, Mar 29, 2004

  • Generation gap

    The environmental laws designed to protect nature for future generations may not survive this generation, unless things change

    by Laura Paskus, Feb 02, 2004
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