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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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A tale of heartbreakin' and asskickin'
Walt Gasson deeply loved a mule, but that mule tragically broke his heart – not to mention several of his bones.
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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: Utah
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A battle for the land – and soul – of the West
by John Calderazzo Nov 07, 2008 08:35 AMIn Bargaining for Eden: The Fight for the Last Open Spaces in America, photographer Stephen Trimble tells the story of the controversial Snowbasin ski development in Utah.
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Tackling Utah’s trash
by Mary Jackson-Smith Jan 21, 2008 01:00 PMIssa Hamud, an engineer who was born in Somalia, helped Logan, Utah, create a successful recycling program.
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Public lands precedent?
by James Yearling Oct 12, 2007 12:00 PMThe Bureau of Land Management pulls parcels from a Utah lease sale -- but the action may not mean what conservationists think it does.
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The road more traveled
by Christine Hoekenga Sep 25, 2007 12:00 PMA Utah road may become a test case for county rights of way on public lands.
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Don’t book my adventure, please
by Jim Stiles Jul 16, 2008 03:54 PMJim Stiles inveighs against the kind of expensive, manufactured outdoor thrills that are advertised on the Internet.
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Going wild in the city
by Linda M. Hasselstrom Jun 14, 2007 12:00 PMIt’s not just the butterflies who respond to Linda Hasselstrom’s lavish wildflower garden in Cheyenne, Wyoming.
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Two weeks in the West
by Jonathan Thompson May 28, 2007 12:00 PMChefs fight for salmon, and uranium gets hotter; electricity usage and generation in the West; data on park fees and visitors
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You ain’t from around here, are you?
by Brian Kevin Jul 16, 2008 03:31 PMIn Brave New West: Morphing Moab at the Speed of Greed, Jim Stiles rips into the amenity-oriented tourist economy that has transformed his once-beloved Moab, but he offers little in the way of useful alternatives.
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Bay bags his way to the top
by Michelle Blank Apr 16, 2007 12:00 PMBrian Bay of Sandy, Utah, is the world champion of grocery-store baggers, following his triumph at the National Grocers Association Best Bagger Competition.
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Driven to fight
by Jen Jackson Jul 16, 2008 03:30 PMRetired BLM agent Lynell Schalk goes head-to-head with her former bosses over protecting southern Utah’s priceless archaeological sites from off-road vehicle traffic.
