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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.
Walt Gasson deeply loved a mule, but that mule tragically broke his heart – not to mention several of his bones.
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.
During the last eight years, Bush’s Interior Department has been embroiled in enough corruption, sex and scandal to fuel several soap operas.
The EPA under George Bush has put the health of Westerners at risk in order to make life easier for big industry.
Outgoing High Country News editor Greg Hanscom muses on the stories and issues the paper has covered in the 10 years he’s been with it
Adaptive Governance, a collection of five case studies of Western natural resources battles, is heavy on the wonk but well worth reading
In The Western Confluence, Matthew McKinney and William Harmon try to find practical ways to solve the West’s endless struggles over water and resource management
The recent controversy over "The Death of Environmentalism" illustrates the importance of reaching across the rural West’s cultural divide
The West needs to take charge of its own destiny, and become more than just a political game piece in the presidential election
Lakeview, Ore., survived the drop in the timber economy by learning to take care of its forests
A rising number of Westerners are committed to local solutions that benefit both the land and communities
Collaborative conservation may help revive both endangered prairie ecosystems and the struggling farm communities of the Great Plains
Utah Gov. Olene Walker announces county-by-county discussions planned to break the impasse in the state’s long fight over wilderness
