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  • The day the view died

    Julianne Couch regrets that Laramie has now grown so much she can no longer recognize the familiar view she once loved to see as she drove into town.

  • Developer under fire for destroying desert

    Developer George Johnson is being sued by the state of Arizona for major violations of environmental laws, committed in the early stages of his planned La Osa Ranch development

  • For endangered species, survival no longer enough

    Two rulings say the Fish and Wildlife Service needs to take into account endangered species recovery as well as survival when it comes to development

  • A water-and-wilderness bill kicks up dust in Nevada

    Critics say an economic development initiative could suck desert springs and rural counties dry

  • Ballot-box democracy

    The same kind of "ballot-box planning" that’s been used to control development in small towns like Paonia, Colo., is being manipulated by Wal-Mart in its quest to build more Supercenters in the West

  • Rednecks and hippies unite!

    The small-town politics of a place like Paonia, Colo., are a microcosm of the nation today, revealing deep political divisions and a kind of winner-takes-all arrogance on the part of those in power

  • Arizona land swap dogged by questions

    Critics say the Yavapai Ranch Land Exchange in Arizona is a sweetheart deal between developer Fred Ruskin and the Forest Service

  • Voters swipe at sprawl

    A 10-year-old plan to build a controversial expressway through Petroglyph National Monument hits a "stop" sign, when Albuquerque voters refuse to pay for it

  • Vernal pools fall to a shopping mall

    A shopping center and apartment complex destroyed over 60 of the vernal pools necessary to endangered San Diego fairy shrimp, and despite the Multiple Species Conservation Program, only one of the pools was saved

  • Conservation in an imperfect world

    San Diego’s Multiple Species Conservation Program is a groundbreaking attempt to protect wildlife habitat, but some say it is still not enough to save the imperiled wildlife of Southern California

  • Non-Natives reporting the Native stories by Danielle: With so many fine Native American reporters, why a...
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  • Poor ohvers by Longhunter: Well, I would hope that anyone with an advanced de...
  • RING ON ROADLESS by DAVID PETERSEN: Sorry Ray, but I have to add my voice to the choir...
  • Ahh, Audubon by Steve Snyder: Too bad, Tom Turner, that in places like Arizona ...
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  2. Socialism and the West | Despite our reflexive fear of the word "socialism,...
  3. Stubbornness and the art of riding a bicycle | Bike helmets are unbelievably ugly and dorky-looki...
  4. More gas, less grouse | Study predicts fewer sage grouse as energy develop...
  5. Eco-pawprints | New Zealand professors calculate pets' impacts on ...
  1. Death by a thousand wells | Unregulated domestic wells are straining water sup...
  2. Roadless-less | Judge Clarence Brimmer is determined to bring down...
  3. Socialism and the West | Despite our reflexive fear of the word "socialism,...
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  5. Watts of water | Not all environmentalists believe that pumped hydr...

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