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The Country Doctor
Reserve, N.M., Dr. Mark Unverzagt, in his own words, on the often overlooked middle ground in Catron County.
by Lisa Jones, Jun 24, 1996 -
The Psychologist
Psychologist Melinda Garcia, in her own words, on working with people in Catron County's "war zone."
by Lisa Jones, Jun 24, 1996 -
The Forest Ranger
Forest Service District Ranger Mike Gardner, in his own words, on dealing with the tensions in Catron County.
by Lisa Jones, Jun 24, 1996 -
The Businessperson
An anonymous Catron County businessperson, in his words, on the tensions between factions in the county.
by Lisa Jones, Jun 24, 1996 -
The County Attorney
Catron County Attorney Jim Catron, in his own words, on the "rural Western resistance to the federal empire."
by Lisa Jones, Jun 24, 1996 -
Heard around the West
Strange bedfellows in the West: Wal-Mart and Main Street, sheep and range restoration, javelinas in Washington state, cartoonist John Callahan runs for Oregon state Legislature, Cheetos in space, cowboys and California.
by Lisa Jones, Jun 10, 1996 -
Tough love proves too tough
Controversial "wilderness therapy programs" such as Utah's North Star, intended for troubled kids, come under critical scrutiny - and lawsuits - after several teenagers die while in their care.
by Christopher Smith, Jun 10, 1996 -
The big dogs: Outward Bound and NOLS hit their thirties
The National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) and Outward Bound are the biggest outdoor education schools in the West.
by Elizabeth Manning, Jun 10, 1996 -
Acting for the environment
A Northwest conservation and outdoor recreation group, The Mountaineers, educates children by sending actors such as Loren Foss into schools, who teach by assuming character roles such as "Old John."
by Elizabeth Manning, Jun 10, 1996 -
An unsung army of students maintains our national parks
The Student Conservation Association has been sending thousands of young volunteers to help maintain national parks since 1957.
by Michelle Mcclellan, Jun 10, 1996 -
The best guide knows how to let go
River guide, author and activist Roderick Nash describes a method of outdoor education he calls "unguiding" - letting the river teach its own lessons.
by Roderick Nash, Jun 10, 1996 -
New life springs from tainted soil at a Denver school
A program called Volunteer-led Investigations of Neighborhood Ecology (VINE) introduces urban children to nature, as demonstrated by Denver's Garden Place Academy.
by Bill Taylor, Jun 10, 1996 -
Getting outside all around the West
A state-by-state directory describes some of the many outdoor education programs in the West.
by Michelle Mcclellan, Jun 10, 1996 -
Salmon find a friend
Republican Gov. Tony Knowles of Alaska joins an environmental lawsuit fighting Columbia and Snake River dams in the Northwest to save endangered salmon.
by John Rosapepe, Jun 10, 1996 -
Operation bullsling
To improve trampled vegetation and watershed in California's Ishi Wilderness, Forest Service officials remove 13 tranquilized bulls by helicopter.
by Jane Braxton Little, Jun 10, 1996 -
Salvage logging rider barrels into a shy seabird's world
Under the salvage logging rider, thousands of acres of habitat of the endangered marbled murrelet may be cut in coastal Washington and Oregon.
by Bill Taylor, Jun 10, 1996 -
Lawmakers say Colorado prisons are king
The Colorado Legislature passes a bill allowing the state Corrections Department to ignore local zoning when it wants to build or expand prisons.
by Paul Larmer, Jun 10, 1996 -
A small fish takes a big hit
An irrigation district's water diversion from the Rio Grande in New Mexico wipes out an estimated 70 percent of the endangered silvery minnow population.
by Michelle Mcclellan, Jun 10, 1996 -
Planning regulations bite a planning proponent
Former U.S. Senator Dan Evans, who once supported Washington state's Growth Management Act, now seeks to change the law after finding it will prevent him from building a house where he wants.
by Paul Larmer, Jun 10, 1996 -
Sagebrush rebels in the apple orchards
Two Chelan County commissioners defy Washington state's Growth Management Act, claiming freedom from state and federal controls.
by Peter Chilson, Jun 10, 1996
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