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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: birds
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Manufactured homes for the birds
by Joseph Sorrentino Jul 18, 2008 01:50 PMZoologist David Olson and his colleagues are trying to create artificial cacti to house the rare coastal cactus wren, whose cholla cactus habitat is being threatened by California’s recent wildfires.
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Gone geese
by Charles Finn Feb 19, 2008 01:00 PMCharles Finn has had the carcass of a Canada goose in the back of his pickup for a week, pondering its life and death as he drives through the Montana winter.
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A country cousin visits the big city
by Seth Shteir Jan 07, 2008 01:00 PMSeth Shteir is astonished to encounter a small, endangered burrowing owl hiding in an auto mechanic’s shop deep in the wilds of Los Angeles.
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Condors – the best air show in the West
by Andrew Gulliford Nov 12, 2007 01:00 PMAndrew Gulliford applauds the aerial acrobatics of the Colorado Plateau’s newly returned condors.
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The owl and I
by Melissa Hart Aug 06, 2007 12:00 PMMelissa Hart’s relationship with an owl transforms her life
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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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The Ardent Birder
by Staff Nov 28, 2005 01:00 PMThe Ardent Birder, written by Todd Newberry and delightfully illustrated by Gene Holtan, salutes the "lovely madness" of bird-watching
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Odes to an urban mountain range
by Laura Paskus Oct 31, 2005 01:00 PMTwo recent guidebooks – Mike Coltrin’s Sandia Mountain Hiking Guide and The Field Guide to the Sandia Mountains by Robert Julyan and Mary Stuever – are excellent guides to the trails and histories of the mountains outside Albuquerque
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In the Company of Crows and Ravens
by Staff Oct 03, 2005 12:00 PMIn the Company of Crows and Ravens, by wildlife professor John Marzluff and artist/writer Tony Angell, looks at the complex mystique of these clever birds
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Birds get a break from blades
by Patrick Farrell Aug 08, 2005 12:00 PMMore than half the windmills on California’s Altamont Pass will shut down for two months this winter so migrating birds can pass safely through the area
