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Some Western legislators want to sell off our public lands -- an idea that is
not only impractical, but contrary to the desires of most Westerners.
by Jeff Welsch,
May 10, 2012
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An air-tour businessman and Italian developers become deeply enmeshed in the politics of tiny Tusayan, Ariz., part of a plan to profit from the nearby Grand Canyon.
by John Dougherty,
Jun 12, 2011
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User fees for public land keep rising, even as campground hours and services are cut.
by David Feela,
Sep 16, 2010
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A family trip out West in 1959, when he was 9 years old, inspired Dayton Duncan to make a new documentary series with Ken Burns, called The National Parks: America’s Best Idea.
by Ray Ring ,
Sep 14, 2009
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The National Landscape Conservation System allows adventurous tourists to experience beautiful, remote landscapes far from the nearest souvenir store.
by Jodi Peterson,
Jun 15, 2009
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Enviros create force-fields around national parks. Also: Recovery Act funds are coming to BLM lands in the Western states.
by Ray Ring ,
May 20, 2009
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EPA stymies California’s attempt to cut tailpipe
emissions; the West is growing but not sure where its next meal or
drink of water will come from; increasing amounts of ammonium
– and guns – in the parks; avalanche fatalities are
up.
by Sarah Gilman and Jodi Peterson,
Jan 21, 2008
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Chad Moore and the members of the Park Service Night Sky
Team keep an eye on the stars in the nation’s parks and
monuments.
by Michelle Nijhuis,
Dec 10, 2007
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Wayne Hare, a black park ranger, talks about the
importance of diversity for the future of the West
by Wayne Hare,
Jul 23, 2007
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Wayne Hare, a black park ranger, talks about the
importance of diversity for the future of the West.
by Wayne Hare,
Jul 17, 2007
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