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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: conservation
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Power of the picture
by Jonathan Thompson Jul 21, 2008 08:00 AMHigh Country News photographer Morgan Heim joins the International League of Conservation Photographers to document the gasfields and the wildlands around Pinedale, Wyo.
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Predator hunters for the environment
by Hal Herring Jul 16, 2008 03:33 PMThe group Sportsmen for Fish and Wildlife has helped to protect a lot of Western land and wildlife – while doing its best to kill off as many predators as possible
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Buying time against the energy assault
by Zachary Smith Jul 16, 2008 02:50 PMBidding on oil and gas leases for conservation purposes in places like Delta County, Colo., could prove to be a risky strategy, some environmentalists warn
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Stay in the Hunt
by Nathaniel Hoffman Mar 17, 2008 01:00 PMJim Posewitz believes hunters can help save the planet with their clear-sighted, on-the-ground conservation ethic.
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Red Mountain miracle
by Morgan Heim and Jonathan Thompson Sep 07, 2007 12:00 PMIn southern Colorado, conservation groups find a way to save 9,000 high-altitude acres from second-home development.
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The resurgence of hook-and-bullet conservation
by Paul Larmer Jul 16, 2008 03:33 PMHunters have done a huge amount over the years to preserve wildlife and habitat, but the powerful group Sportsmen for Fish and Wildlife, with its obsessive focus on killing predators, seems to be taking a step backward
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Saving the Sierra, tale by tale
by Jane Braxton Little May 14, 2007 12:00 PMIndependent radio producers Catherine Stifter and jesikah maria ross are trying to help the Sierra Nevada by preserving the stories of the people who live there
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What's wrong with the EPA?
by Laura Paskus Oct 02, 2006 12:00 PMDavid Schoenbrod explains why the nation’s environmental laws are not being properly implemented in Saving Our Environment From Washington: How Congress Grabs Power, Shirks Responsibility and Shortchanges the People
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Unpaved with good intentions
by Seth Zuckerman Sep 18, 2006 12:00 PMA new breed of land trusts seeks not merely to preserve undeveloped landscape, but to keep it in agricultural use – particularly in organic farming.
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The Latest Bounce
by Jodi Peterson Jul 24, 2006 12:00 PMNew Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne junks Gale Norton’s controversial Park Service proposal; New Mexico’s Nantac Mexican wolf pack killed; Justice Department removes Judge Royce Lamberth from Indian trust case
