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The persistence of bigotry, Western-style
A father of a biracial child listens to the casually racist jokes of his rural Colorado neighbors.
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Digging deep
An innovative local program helps Hispanic heroin addicts recover by renewing their ties to the land.
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Real work
The joys – and hardships – of outdoor physical work take a toll.
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How to survive the lean times
Her brush with homelessness gives Jane Goetze the background to offer some wry advice.
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A chance to do it right in the West
Hoping for a Western Interior secretary who practices the politics of collaboration.
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The missing puzzle piece
In southwestern Colorado’s Crow Canyon, archaeologists are working with Native Americans to solve the historical mysteries of the Four Corners area.
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Weekend Westerner
Arthur Kruse rides the range – outside of Munich, Germany.
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Ultimate solution?
Southern California wants to use desalination to increase its water supply, but critics think the idea needs to be taken with a grain of salt.
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Burning issues
Controversial forestry scientist Tom Bonnicksen believes increased logging is necessary to fight global warming.
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Home is where the guilt is
by April Reese Jul 21, 2008 12:00 AMIn Santa Fe, N.M., April Reese wrestles with the question of whether owning a new house is worth being responsible for the bulldozing of pinon and juniper trees.
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Is It or Isn’t It (Just Another Mouse)?
by Christie Aschwanden Jul 16, 2008 03:25 PMAs scientists clash over the Preble’s meadow jumping mouse's biological categorization, the complexity of endangered species science steps into the light
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Credo: The People’s West
by Stephen Trimble Jul 16, 2008 03:45 PMPhotographer Stephen Trimble offers suggestions for how citizens and communities can reinvent their relationship with the Western landscape.
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When choosing a house, think past a lifetime
by Alan Kesselheim Jun 23, 2008 12:00 PMAlan Kesselheim says Westerners should not be shocked when a house built in a floodplain eventually falls victim to a flood.
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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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Heard Around the West
by Betsy Marston Jun 09, 2008 12:00 PMBiodiesel pirates; dinosaur bones for sale; archaeological developments; hot weather and cool bankrobbers; what to do with a big dead moose.
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Easing into development
by Jodi Peterson Jun 09, 2008 12:00 PMA backroom agreement between the Forest Service and Plum Creek Co. leaves Montana counties out of the picture when it comes to access to and development of national forest inholdings.
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Carpe Noctem
by Marty Durlin Dec 10, 2007 01:00 PMArizona developer promises sun, moon and stars
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A former Hot Shot looks at the West’s wildfires
by Lincoln Bramwell Nov 26, 2007 01:00 PMLincoln Bramwell looks back on years of firefighting and concludes that it’s just not a good idea for people to keep building houses in forests.
