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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: predators
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Predator hunters for the environment
by Hal Herring Jul 16, 2008 03:33 PMThe group Sportsmen for Fish and Wildlife has helped to protect a lot of Western land and wildlife – while doing its best to kill off as many predators as possible
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Rural West going to the dogs
by Troy Anderson Jul 16, 2008 03:44 PMDespite all the fuss about wolves and other wild predators, feral and free-roaming dogs in the West may actually pose a greater danger to livestock, wildlife and people.
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Remembering our wildness
by Sarah Gilman Mar 17, 2008 01:00 PMIn The Animal Dialogues, Colorado author Craig Childs writes of chance encounters with wild animals.
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Living precariously with wolves and cattle
by Bryce Andrews Aug 06, 2007 12:00 PMBryce Andrews kills a wolf in order to save his cattle – and the lives of other wolves.
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The resurgence of hook-and-bullet conservation
by Paul Larmer Jul 16, 2008 03:33 PMHunters have done a huge amount over the years to preserve wildlife and habitat, but the powerful group Sportsmen for Fish and Wildlife, with its obsessive focus on killing predators, seems to be taking a step backward
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Wolves have a reputation that’s larger than life
by Dan Whipple Mar 26, 2007 01:00 PMSome hunters are blaming the Big Bad Wolf for a decline in the northern Yellowstone elk herd, but Dan Whipple points out that recent weather – and Montana hunting policy – are more likely to be responsible.
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Heard around the West
by Betsy Marston Oct 30, 2006 01:00 PMWho’s afraid of the big bad wolf?; remembering (not always kindly) Helen Chenoweth-Hage; guilt-trips and voting; extreme fried food
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Bearable ways to deal with bruins
by Ann Bryant Aug 21, 2006 12:00 PMLinda Masterson’s new book, Living With Bears, is a good-humored, practical guide to getting along with black bears in the West
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Heard around the West
by Betsy Marston Jul 24, 2006 12:00 PM"Pit bulls with flippers" in Newport Beach; mountain lion problems; Lewis the Cat; don’t try this on the highway; Fighting Sioux fight for sports team name
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Prey at the waterhole
by Craig Childs Jul 24, 2006 12:00 PMThe experience of watching a mountain lion is utterly transformed when the watcher realizes he is the one being watched
