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The Doc is in
Rural folks find common ground at a vet's office in Western Colorado.
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Victory came from the bottom up
A vast army of determined volunteers were the force behind Obama’s success in Colorado.
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Slideshow: The unflappable Doc Vincent
In rural western Colorado, a vet tends to pets and their humans. Michelle Nijhuis reads her essay, along with slides by JT Thomas.
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Conscientious objectors 65 years ago
Paying homage to those imprisoned at Mancos Camp, Colo., during World War II.
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Stuck in the PAWGmire
The Pinedale Anticline Working Group was supposed to give citizens input on the local oil and gas boom, but it hasn’t worked out as planned.
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Burning issues
Controversial forestry scientist Tom Bonnicksen believes increased logging is necessary to fight global warming.
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Still Howling Wolf
Ranchers and environmentalists in Wyoming are still squabbling over wolves as the animal bounces on and off the endangered species list.
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Liquid assets
California is enthusiastic about creating “water banks” to help the state’s cities weather future droughts.
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Field Day
In some Western states, including Colorado, prison inmates are taking the place of immigrant farmworkers.
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Results for keyword: Wolves
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Wildlife wars
by Sarah Gilman Oct 13, 2008 09:25 AMThere’s fighting over the endangered status of wolves, sage grouse, etc., and protecting wildlife from drilling.
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Video: Still howling wolf
by The Story Group: Daniel Glick, Ted Wood, Leslie Dodson and Jim Moscou Oct 06, 2008 01:45 PMThe passionate and complicated feelings people have about living with wolves in the Northern Rockies.
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Drilling, wolves, guns and plutonium
by Sarah Gilman Aug 02, 2008 10:00 AM“Drill here, drill now!” on the ground and in Western politics; Northern Rockies wolves protected again – and on the move; Obama backs Second Amendment; gas pains in the West; plutonium spill in Boulder.
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Don’t call plugging wolves hunting
by Derek Goldman Jul 16, 2008 03:50 PMDerek Goldman criticizes Wyoming’s policy that allows wolves to be shot on sight.
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Agency probes wolf-baiting claims
by John Dougherty Jul 16, 2008 03:46 PMReintroduction program now clouded by investigation
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Canis fiasco
by Jonathan Thompson Dec 24, 2007 01:00 PMA chaotic effort to restore Mexican wolves in New Mexico and a problem with too many elk in Colorado are two facets of the same problem: Our propensity to manage nature in very unnatural ways.
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Wolves have a reputation that’s larger than life
by Dan Whipple Mar 26, 2007 01:00 PMSome hunters are blaming the Big Bad Wolf for a decline in the northern Yellowstone elk herd, but Dan Whipple points out that recent weather – and Montana hunting policy – are more likely to be responsible.
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Two weeks in the West
by Jonathan Thompson Feb 19, 2007 01:00 PMForest Service faces budget cuts; Rural Schools Act dies; local governments may have to pay more firefighting costs; user fees upheld; grazing fees go down; Klamath dams may fall; livestock killed by wolves, and wolves killed; and UFOs in the West.
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Mass wolf kill rests on shaky science
by Sarah Gilman Jul 16, 2008 03:18 PMIdaho’s Fish and Game Department wants to boost dwindling elk numbers by killing wolves in the Lolo management zone
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First fatal wolf attack recorded in North America?
by Sarah Gilman Feb 06, 2006 01:00 PMA 22-year-old Canadian man, whose partially eaten body was found in the woods of northern Saskatchewan, may represent the first documented instance of a human being killed by healthy wolves in North America
