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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: biologists
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Throwing raptors into flight
by Becky Lomax Jul 23, 2007 12:00 PMRob Domenech bands eagles, studies hawks and also works with at-risk kids
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Tipping the scales towards native species
by Aaron Gilbreath May 14, 2007 12:00 PMIn Unnatural Landscapes, Ceiridwin Terrill travels to four arid sites to show how scientists fight to protect indigenous organisms from invasive species
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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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Wish You Weren’t Here
by Michelle Nijhuis Mar 05, 2007 01:00 PMQuagga mussels – an extraordinarily prolific and costly invasive species – have appeared in Lake Mead, and no one is sure how to keep these unwanted newcomers from infesting the West.
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History of a decline
by Ken Olsen Jan 22, 2007 01:00 PMAn illustrated timeline charts the appearance of dams on the lower Snake River and the resulting decline of salmon, along with the so-far-inadequate response of the federal government.
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They should shoot horses, shouldn't they?
by Ted Williams Dec 11, 2006 01:00 PMWild horses are not native to the West, and they do not deserve our protection
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Bred for success
by Stephanie Paige Ogburn Jul 16, 2008 03:26 PMThe Peregrine Fund has mastered the art of breeding aplomado falcons and other endangered birds of prey, but critics say the organization is blind to the importance of wildlife habitat
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Falcon's future rests on a definition
by Stephanie Paige Ogburn Jul 24, 2006 12:00 PMEndangered aplomado falcons already in New Mexico may lose protection under a controversial Fish and Wildlife Service plan to release captive-bred birds as a "nonessential experimental population."
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Waiting for the tide
by Annie Dawid Jun 26, 2006 12:00 PMIn The Highest Tide, Jim Lynch’s debut novel, a 13-year-old boy in the Pacific Northwest begins finding all kinds of strange sea creatures, and wonders if "maybe the earth is trying to tell us something."
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Heard around the West
by Betsy Marston May 15, 2006 12:00 PMWhat makes Mormon crickets run; Cactus Rescue Crew; tree murder; Dick Cheney shoot-alike; gun dealers in the West; Dakota Sioux Scrabble
