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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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Results for keyword: drilling
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An ancient place to wonder about our survival
by Andy Gulliford Jul 16, 2008 03:50 PMAndy Gulliford delights in the vast Canyon of the Ancients National Monument-- a living museum subject to increased gas drilling.
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The leasing protest game
by April Reese Jul 16, 2008 03:42 PMConservationists can file formal protests when the BLM wants to auction off public land to energy companies, but the differences between regional management plans and styles make the protest game little more than a crapshoot.
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It tolls for us
by John Mecklin Apr 02, 2007 12:00 PMThe energy boom in the Rocky Mountain West has been shadowed by a much darker boom: a frightening rise in death and serious injury
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When can the BLM say 'no'?
by Jodi Peterson Sep 04, 2006 12:00 PMBLM and Forest Service officials say they have little power to prevent drilling in an area once it’s been OK’d for leasing, but critics say the government simply refuses to use its power
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The anatomy of an energy lease
by Jodi Peterson Sep 04, 2006 12:00 PMThe BLM’s decision to lease land for energy exploration in the watersheds of Grand Junction and Palisade, Colo., reveals the way oil and gas leasing works
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Citizens unite against gas field chaos
by Sarah Gilman Apr 17, 2006 12:00 PMIn western Colorado, the Grand Valley Citizens Alliance is trying to work with industry to set protections for landowners before more drilling gets under way
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U.S. Department of Energy elbows in on Clean Water Act
by Sarah Gilman Mar 20, 2006 01:00 PMThe federal Energy Department and the state of Wyoming have challenged Montana’s plan to establish pollution controls for coalbed methane wells
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Energy company stakes out wildlife refuge
by April Reese Mar 06, 2006 01:00 PMYates Petroleum Co. plans to drill two gas wells in New Mexico’s Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge
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Overseas drill rigs head for the West
by Patrick Farrell Oct 17, 2005 12:00 PMFaced with an increase of oil and gas drilling permits, energy companies are looking overseas, particularly to China, for enough equipment and crews to work in the West
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Industry walks a fuzzy line between preservation and extortion
by Whitney Royster Aug 08, 2005 12:00 PMEnCana Oil and Gas offers to pay for offsite mitigation in Wyoming in exchange for intensive drilling rights in the Jonah Field
