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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: fire
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Searching for the true causes of the West’s fire problems
by Pepper Trail Jul 16, 2008 04:05 PMPepper Trail, a wildlife biologist in Oregon, says that this is not the time to log our way out of wildfire threats in the West.
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I fell into a burning ring of fire
by Laura Paskus Dec 25, 2006 01:00 PMThere’s nothing like a campfire to soothe and lift the soul
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Fire policy in the form of Smokey and the Bandit
by Ray Ring Nov 17, 2003 01:00 PMRay Ring says California and wildfire are like co-stars in a bad Hollywood movie
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Hell’s mountains are in the Northern Rockies
by Wendy Beye Sep 15, 2003 12:00 PMFirespotter Wendy Beye recaps a hellish fire season in the Northern Rockies
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We can restore the forests
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Light them and leave them
by G. Arthur Janssen Sep 01, 2003 12:00 PM -
The Wilderness Society's fire policy, clarified
by Jay Thomas Watson Aug 18, 2003 12:00 PM -
We keep dousing wildfires with money
by Mitch Friedman Aug 18, 2003 12:00 PMMitch Friedman says the "Fire Service" will never have enough money to douse wildfires.
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Suit may hamstring wildland firefighters
by Mark Matthews Aug 19, 2002 12:00 PMFirefighters are worried that a lawsuit filed against the Forest Service, blaming the agency for the loss of homes near Connor, Mont., may make it harder to use backfires to fight wildfires.
