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    Arthur Kruse rides the range – outside of Munich, Germany. Subscribers only

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    Southern California wants to use desalination to increase its water supply, but critics think the idea needs to be taken with a grain of salt. Subscribers only

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    Controversial forestry scientist Tom Bonnicksen believes increased logging is necessary to fight global warming. Subscribers only

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  • Disposable Workers of the Oil and Gas Fields

    Without a college degree, work on the oil and gas fields is the best job you can get in the rural West – unless, of course, it kills you

  • Man Camp

    In Western Colorado, where the energy boom is stretching the resources – and social fabric – of local communities, some companies have turned to portable dormitories to ease the housing crunch.

  • Safety first

    Steve Ficklin is an oil and gas safety inspector for the Bureau of Land Management in western Colorado

  • Methamphetamine fuels the West's oil and gas boom

    In Craig, Colo., Moffatt County Sheriff Buddy Grinstead fights an epidemic of methamphetamine use on the oil and gas rigs

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