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Watching sandhill cranes gather on the Platte River in Nebraska is like stepping into a time machine that takes you back to an unspoiled, wild West.
by Pepper Trail,
Apr 08, 2011
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Some Westerners support the return of wolves -- just not as many as environmentalists seem to want.
by Denver Bryan,
Feb 01, 2011
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In 1832, artist George Catlin came up with the idea of a system of "nation's parks" to preserve human cultures and wildlife and scenery.
by David M. Kennedy,
Oct 26, 2009
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Ben Long says the National Park Service is practically
“bear-anoid,” the way it constantly warns tourists
about newly awakened bears when there are so many other, more
common dangers in the great outdoors.
by Ben Long,
Apr 07, 2008
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Flying fish in Colorado; bears are such slobs; berserk
llamas and bad-tempered snakes; poachers behaving badly in New
Mexico; your opinion on snowmobiles doesn’t matter; brothels
and babies don’t mix; fishing with rat glue in
Oregon.
by Betsy Marston,
Oct 01, 2007
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Cross-country skiers and snowmobilers clash over access to
Logan Canyon, Utah; Mount Jefferson, Mont.; and (of course)
Yellowstone; Forest Service Chief Dale Bosworth steps down to be
replaced by Gail Kimbell; West becomes player in national politics;
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by Jonathan Thompson,
Feb 05, 2007
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Whistleblowing is not as romantic as Woodward’s
"Deep Throat" makes it sound, but the retired public servants who
make up the Coalition of National Park Service Retirees are doing
valuable work, blowing the whistle for the sake of the national
parks
by John Mecklin,
Dec 11, 2006
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Cell phones have their uses, but they do not belong in the
wilderness
by Becky Lomax,
Oct 02, 2006
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The Park Service lands in hot water when Deputy Assistant
Interior Secretary Paul Hoffman secretly rewrites the
agency’s management manual, and the revision is leaked to the
press
by Brodie Farquhar,
Sep 19, 2005
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Wyoming’s billboards are ugly, and probably
outdated, too
by Bill Croke,
Jun 13, 2005
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