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A landowner locks a gate on a road into Arizona’s
Aravaipa Canyon, highlighting an increasingly bitter debate over
access to public lands in the West
by Renee H. Guillory,
Jul 16, 2008
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The Utah Recreational Land Exchange Act would give the BLM
some prime recreation areas in the southeastern part of the state
in exchange for oil-rich land in the Uintah Basin
by Tony Barboza,
May 30, 2005
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In the North Fruita Desert of western Colorado, the BLM
has come up with a plan to enable motorized and non-motorized
recreationists to share the outdoors
by Jodi Peterson and J.M. McCord,
Jul 16, 2008
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Facing severe budget cuts, the Forest Service is selling
off property, and considering closing some recreation sites it
considers too expensive to maintain
by Michael Milstein,
May 30, 2005
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Some Western ranchers, fed up with economic problems and
other conflicts, are handing over their grazing allotments to
conservation groups in exchange for a healthy check
by Paul Larmer,
Jul 16, 2008
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Tough economics, drought, and increasing clashes with
other public-lands users are leading some ranchers to consider
taking the "golden saddle" – a check from conservationists in
exchange for their grazing permits
by April Reese,
Apr 04, 2005
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The writer hails Montana's Legislature as it rebukes the
federal government over access fees on public lands and the Patriot
Act
by George Ochenski,
Mar 28, 2005
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The neglected, underestimated Interior West might plant
the seeds of change for the current American empire
by Ed Marston,
Jan 24, 2005
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Utah’s attempt to take over backcountry roads begins
to unravel, largely because of problems stirred up by the attempt
to claim the remote Weiss Highway in Juab County as an R.S. 2477
road
by Tim Westby,
Dec 20, 2004
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HCN lays out the West's 10 most critical issues and the
paths toward positive results on everything from energy development
and drought to federal agency practices and endangered
species.
by Staff,
Dec 06, 2004