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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: agriculture
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The fruits of their labor
by Marty Durlin, Andrea Appleton, Jay Canode and Emily Steinmetz Oct 10, 2008 02:35 PMIn Delta County, Colorado, a pilot program sent prisoners to work on three farms during the summer of 2008.
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The Silence of the Bees
by Hannah Nordhaus Jul 16, 2008 03:30 PMMigratory beekeeper John Miller hauls his hives across the West, pollinating everything from almonds to apples, but a nasty parasite and a mysterious disorder are making life much harder for John and his buzzing business partners.
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The Sultans of Spuds
by Matt Jenkins Jul 16, 2008 03:35 PMWestern farmers band together to form the “OPEC of Potatoes” – a farmers’ cooperative called the United Potato Growers of America
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The red, white and blue of ‘red or green?’
by Laura Paskus Jun 25, 2007 12:00 PMNew Mexico’s traditional chile industry faces hot competition from global producers
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Native hum
by Lisa Jones Jul 16, 2008 03:33 PMAs honeybees vanish, Western farmers turn to the region’s native pollinators
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Cow feed from Planet 9
by John Mecklin Jun 11, 2007 12:00 PMGenetically modified crops may not be the sci-fi monsters their foes believe, but it makes sense for the U.S. Department of Agriculture to begin to regulate them seriously
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Brave New Hay
by Matt Jenkins Jun 11, 2007 12:00 PMMonsanto’s genetically modified Roundup Ready alfalfa may take over the West, as the company re-engineers the world to conform to its business plan
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Have bee, will travel
by John Mecklin Jul 16, 2008 03:30 PMThis issue of High Country News features Hannah Nordhaus on the challenges facing a Western migratory beekeeper and his hives of pollinating bees.
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New Mexico’s water rebel
by Laura Paskus Feb 19, 2007 01:00 PMAlbuquerque water developer Bill Turner, a board member of the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District, is often described as the bane of the district as well.
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The Efficiency Paradox
by Matt Jenkins Feb 05, 2007 01:00 PMWater efficiency has long been touted as a silver bullet for the West’s water problems, but too much efficiency can cause problems of its own, especially in the fragile Colorado River Delta.
