Results for keyword: law enforcement
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The great New Mexican juniper massacre
On public land in New Mexico, firewood-hunters have illegally cut down hundreds of old-growth juniper trees, much to the dismay of the Bureau of Land Management and environmental activists.
by Jonathan Thompson, Sep 16, 2012 -
A novel solution to the drug problem
A police officer suggests that all drugs should be legalized and regulated, except for meth – and that meth dealers ought to be punished unmercifully.
by Rich Wandschneider, Jan 02, 2012 -
Crime crackdown in Indian Country
A federal attempt to improve public safety on four reservations has gotten off to a rocky start.
by Emilene Ostlind and John Lancaster, Aug 04, 2010 -
A poacher's menagerie
Some of the more dramatic recent arrests involving wildlife trafficking in the Western U.S. are briefly described.
by Craig Welch, Apr 11, 2010 -
Dangerous game
Western game wardens are hampered by huge territories, increased responsibilities and continuing budget cuts.
by Deborah Sullivan Brennan, Jan 31, 2010 -
When mud-boggers rip up the land, penalize them
Mike Beagle urges public-land agencies to ticket land-wrecking off-road riders.
by Mike Beagle, Jun 18, 2007 -
Problems in Paradise
The brutal murder of a Japanese tourist shines an unwelcome spotlight on the social problems plaguing Arizona’s beautiful but troubled Havasupai Reservation
by John Dougherty, May 28, 2007 -
Heard around the West
Something’s fishy in California; dolphins do Rambo; big bad wolf wasn’t wild; conspicuous consumption in Boulder; déjà vu all over again in Interior Department; ski bum is dead, long live ski bums; not everything stays in Vegas.
by Betsy Marston, Mar 19, 2007 -
Heard around the West
Worms at work; stupid hunter tricks; fighting starlings with falcons; cemetery soccer; Schweitzer’s dang-tootin’; Mount Rushmoo
by Betsy Marston, Nov 13, 2006 -
There was no green in this Rainbow gathering
A rancher whose grazing permit in Colorado’s Routt National Forest was usurped by this year’s Rainbow Family gathering decries the environmental damage left in its wake
by Sharon Salisbury O'Toole, Aug 07, 2006






