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The persistence of bigotry, Western-style
A father of a biracial child listens to the casually racist jokes of his rural Colorado neighbors.
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Digging deep
An innovative local program helps Hispanic heroin addicts recover by renewing their ties to the land.
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Real work
The joys – and hardships – of outdoor physical work take a toll.
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How to survive the lean times
Her brush with homelessness gives Jane Goetze the background to offer some wry advice.
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A chance to do it right in the West
Hoping for a Western Interior secretary who practices the politics of collaboration.
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The missing puzzle piece
In southwestern Colorado’s Crow Canyon, archaeologists are working with Native Americans to solve the historical mysteries of the Four Corners area.
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Weekend Westerner
Arthur Kruse rides the range – outside of Munich, Germany.
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Ultimate solution?
Southern California wants to use desalination to increase its water supply, but critics think the idea needs to be taken with a grain of salt.
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Burning issues
Controversial forestry scientist Tom Bonnicksen believes increased logging is necessary to fight global warming.
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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 Jun 18, 2007 12:00 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 Apr 16, 2007 12:00 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.
