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The persistence of bigotry, Western-style
A father of a biracial child listens to the casually racist jokes of his rural Colorado neighbors.
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Real work
The joys – and hardships – of outdoor physical work take a toll.
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How to survive the lean times
Her brush with homelessness gives Jane Goetze the background to offer some wry advice.
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Weekend Westerner
Arthur Kruse rides the range – outside of Munich, Germany.
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Ultimate solution?
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.
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Burning issues
Controversial forestry scientist Tom Bonnicksen believes increased logging is necessary to fight global warming.
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Liquid assets
California is enthusiastic about creating “water banks” to help the state’s cities weather future droughts.
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Results for keyword: wildfire
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Searching for the true causes of the West’s fire problems
by Pepper Trail Jul 16, 2008 04:05 PMPepper Trail, a wildlife biologist in Oregon, says that this is not the time to log our way out of wildfire threats in the West.
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We thought we were safe
by Gordon Gregory Jul 14, 2008 12:00 PMGordon Gregory watched the house he’d spent four years building go up in flames, then had to flee a rental home when another fire bore down on him and his family near the smoky town of Paradise.
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We thought we were safe
by Gordon Gregory Jul 10, 2008 12:00 PMCalifornia fire victim barely escapes
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The BLM plays with fire in Oregon
by Pepper Trail Jul 16, 2008 04:01 PMPepper Trail says the BLM’s preferred alternative for an Oregon forest will only increase the risk of wildfire.
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The War on Wildfire
by Kathie Durbin Apr 17, 2006 12:00 PMPresident Bush says the Healthy Forests Restoration Act and Initiative were needed to fight wildfire, but several years into the new rules, critics question whether the changes they brought were helpful or even necessary
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Life rises from the ashes, in the form of a humble toad
by David B. Williams Jul 25, 2005 12:00 PMEcologist Charlie Crisafulli has spent twenty-five years studying life on Mount St. Helens, especially the boreal toad, which is in decline almost everywhere else, but thriving at the volcano
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Fire policy in the form of Smokey and the Bandit
by Ray Ring Nov 17, 2003 01:00 PMRay Ring says California and wildfire are like co-stars in a bad Hollywood movie
