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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: gardening
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My love affair with dandelions
by Jeannie Pomeroy May 26, 2008 12:00 PMJeannie Pomeroy’s lifelong love affair with dandelions blooms anew with every spring.
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How to adopt a garden
by Ari LeVaux Apr 21, 2008 12:00 PMThis year, Ari LeVaux is breaking with his own tradition and planting his vegetable garden from starts rather than seeds.
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Native Intelligence
by Erika Schickel Mar 31, 2008 01:00 PMLili Singer is in love with California’s native plants and wants to share that love with other people.
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Down the alleys and through the collectibles
by Bill Croke Mar 19, 2007 01:00 PMBill Croke enjoys a rite of spring peculiar to small towns: Strolling the neighborhood alleys and snooping to see what everyone’s up to.
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What is Xeriscaping?
by Michelle Nijhuis Aug 21, 2006 12:00 PMThe seven basic principles of Xeriscaping are explained
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A green obsession
by Paul Larmer Aug 21, 2006 12:00 PMWesterners, like most Americans, are deeply in love with their lawns – but in an time of increasing drought, the Kentucky bluegrass is going to have to go
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The Lure of the Lawn
by Michelle Nijhuis Aug 21, 2006 12:00 PMIt’s not easy to wean Westerners away from their lush, traditional, turfgrass lawns, but with drought an increasing fact of life, Xeriscape gardening is finally catching on
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Saving water from the sky
by Marge Pellegrino Jul 16, 2008 03:20 PMIn Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands, Tucson author Brad Lancaster gives a hands-on inspirational guide for how to harvest the desert Southwest’s rare moisture
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The native gardens of California
by Mark R. Stromberg Nov 14, 2005 01:00 PMEthnobotanist Kat Anderson’s new book, Tending the Wild, examines the way California’s native peoples used – and shaped – the landscape’s natural resources before Europeans invasion
