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  • Finally, a burger with a taste of place

    Finally, a burger with a taste of place

    Next time you visit the Grand Canyon, stop in Flagstaff for a delicious Diablo burger made from locally raised organic beef.

  • Army targets southeastern Colorado rangelands

    Army targets southeastern Colorado rangelands

    When the Army tries to expand a training site, patriotic ranchers feel as if they are under siege.

  • The movie-magic West rides again

    The movie-magic West rides again

    If you want to see the Old West live again, drop by a ranch and offer to help with the springtime cattle branding.

  • Bring in the cows

    Bring in the cows

    Ecological consultant Stuart Weiss believes that carefully managed grazing could help save a rare California butterfly from extinction.

  • Why a sheep rancher never needs to go to Las Vegas

    Why a sheep rancher never needs to go to Las Vegas

    Raising sheep in rural Wyoming requires gambling on a scale you could never duplicate in even the gaudiest casino.

  • Renewing a battered land

    Renewing a battered land

    Richard Manning looks at the prairie and considers its future in Rewilding the West: Restoration in a Prairie Landscape.

  • Ranchers now have a way out

    Ranchers now have a way out

    The Omnibus Public Land Management Act will make it easier for ranchers to voluntarily retire grazing permits on certain public lands.

  • INNOVATE, Part III

    INNOVATE, Part III

    Westerners have a knack for new and innovative thinking, such as: Redefining rancher politics, A rediscovered renewable, Creating public nooks and crannies and more.

  • INNOVATE, Part II

    INNOVATE, Part II

    Westerners have a knack for new and innovative thinking: Green detective, Healthcare for the hard up, Developing to stop development, Low carbon brews and more.

  • The ugly economy of killing wildlife

    Lisa Upson and Wendy Keefover-Ring believe that Wildlife Services’ predator control program is ugly, ineffective, inhumane and indiscriminate.

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