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RV Nation
On a Western road trip, Evelyn Spence ponders the peculiar names – and increasing numbers – of gigantic RVs.
by Evelyn Spence, Oct 15, 2007 -
Nothing out there can be a very good thing
Julianne Couch surveys the vastness of Wyoming’s Adobe Town badlands and hopes that oil and gas drilling does not invade its beautiful emptiness.
by Julianne Couch, Oct 15, 2007 -
Fire managers play a subtle new game
Forest Service fire manager Brent Skaggs worries that the Framework's new burning restrictions won't allow the amount of controlled burning he believes necessary to prevent catastrophic wildfires.
by Jim Downing, Aug 27, 2001 -
Road Block
When residents of the village of Tome, N.M., challenged plans for a nearby four-lane highway and bridge to facilitate the commute from Albuquerque to the suburbs, they took on New Mexico's huge "sprawl machine" - and won.
by Greg Hanscom, Dec 04, 2000 -
Where the Antelope (and the Oil Companies) Play
In Wyoming’s Upper Green River Basin, a natural gas boom is threatening pronghorn antelope and other wildlife, and some Pinedale-area residents are beginning to fight back
by Brian Maffly, Aug 18, 2003 -
Wild Wyoming under siege
Environmentalists and sportsmen gather in Rock Springs, Wyo., to discuss the problems caused by increasing oil and gas development.
by Michelle McClellan, Apr 01, 1996 -
Into thin air?
Global warming spurs calls for new dams in the West – but where will the water come from to fill them?
by Matt Jenkins, Apr 30, 2007 -
Thomas McGuane’s lonely freaks
The powerful short stories in Thomas McGuane’s Gallatin Canyon prove him to be the New West’s answer to Flannery O’Connor.
by Annie Dawid, Apr 02, 2007 -
A difference of opinion over numbers
BLM and wild horse watchers disagree over how many of the animals roam Nevada and what kind of impact they're having in the state.
by Lynne Bama, Mar 02, 1998 -
Forest Service acts to preserve 'the Front'
Lewis and Clark National Forest Supervisor Gloria Flora decides against allowing oil and gas leasing in Montana's Rocky Mountain Front.
by Mark Matthews, Oct 13, 1997 -
Era of the sage grouse is coming to an end
Tom Bell writes of his 70-year fascination with sage grouse, now on decline.
by Tom Bell, Mar 22, 2004 -
Sportsmen for Bush: Wise up!
Ted Williams says that if sportsmen bothered to read, they’d be shocked at what the Bush administration is doing to wildlife
by Ted Williams, Dec 01, 2003 -
The biggest environmental issue is staring us in the face
Tom Bell says we’d better connect the dots that reveal global warming.
by Tom Bell, Nov 17, 2003 -
The Supreme Court takes pot shots at each other over wetlands
A Nebraska law professor says the Supreme Court took potshots at each other while trying to gut wetlands protection
by Sandra Zellmer, Jun 26, 2006 -
Can wildlife weather the gas boom?
Wildlife officials, BLM and energy companies to study Colorado sage grouse and mule deer, but conservationists call it a sham
by Francisco Tharp, Apr 18, 2008 -
Jon Marvel vs. the Marlboro Man
Jon Marvel, Hailey, Idaho, architect, founded the Idaho Watersheds Project to target public-lands grazing, but his notoriously in-your-face, confrontational style has roused a lot of controversy along the way.
by Stephen Stuebner, Aug 02, 1999 -
This dog believes
An undergrown Australian shepherd mix named Pika offers advice on living in the moment despite frightening and challenging times
by Michelle Nijhuis, Nov 27, 2006 -
Somewhere up the crazy river
In Upstream: Sons, Fathers, and Rivers, Robin Carey recounts a kayak journey up the Klamath River that he made with his son, Dev, and on the way explores the Careys’ troubled family history
by Jim Dean, Nov 27, 2006 -
Crafting the everyday
Janet Finn and Ellen Crain tell the history of Butte, Mont., from the viewpoint of its women in Motherlode: Legacies of Women’s Lives and Labors in Butte, Montana.
by Edwin Dobb, Nov 27, 2006 -
An encyclopedia of rivers
The huge, copiously illustrated Rivers of North America is the first comprehensive effort to detail the current state of the continent’s rivers
by Irene Wanner, Nov 27, 2006
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