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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: consensus
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Unlikely alliance?
by Jonathan Thompson Jun 23, 2008 12:00 PMIn most of the West’s complicated environmental problems, so-called “unlikely alliances” between greens and their opposite numbers are really not that unlikely after all.
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PRO: The Tejon agreement is a true conservation victory
by Graham Chisholm Jul 16, 2008 03:50 PMGraham Chisholm believes that an agreement involving open space, a large housing development and condor habitat on California’s Tejon Ranch is a “true conservation victory.”
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CON: A housing development that’s a tragedy for condors
by Noel Snyder and David Clendenen Jun 23, 2008 12:00 PMThe Tejon Ranch agreement, which will allow a housing development to be build in the midst of rare condor critical habitat, is a disaster for the endangered birds, according to Noel Snyder and David Clendenen.
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The granddaddy of all collaboration groups
by Paul Larmer Apr 30, 2007 12:00 PMIn his beautiful, compact book Working Wilderness, Nathan Sayres tells the story of the Malpai Borderlands Group, “the most hailed example of collaborative place-based resource management in the West.”
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A decade of difficult questions
by Greg Hanscom Nov 13, 2006 01:00 PMOutgoing 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
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Watch the river flow
by Allison Gerfin Jul 24, 2006 12:00 PMFarmers and conservationists have reached a settlement that allows water to flow in California’s San Joaquin River, home to the Friant Dam
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ESA talks end in stalemate
by Tony Davis Mar 20, 2006 01:00 PMA working group of 23 experts convened by the nonprofit Keystone Center could not reach consensus over how to reform the Endangered Species Act’s critical habitat provisions
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Snowy middle ground
by Ray Ring Mar 06, 2006 01:00 PMWilderness advocates and snowmobile enthusiasts are working together in Montana to find enough room in the landscape to accommodate both their passions
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The Western Confluence: A Guide to Governing Natural Resources
by Staff Jul 16, 2008 03:03 PMIn 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
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An identity crisis, a decade or two late
by Greg Hanscom Feb 21, 2005 01:00 PMThe recent controversy over "The Death of Environmentalism" illustrates the importance of reaching across the rural West’s cultural divide
