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Colorado likely to adopt tough new rural renewable energy requirements
Astronomical rate increases unlikely to follow
by Sarah Gilman, May 07, 2013 -
Frontier anxiety for the 21st century
The West has outgrown its early focus on extraction; its identity now is the legacy of public lands.
by Michael Dax, May 07, 2013 -
Seeking balance in Oregon's timber country
Can logging towns and old-growth forests both thrive in the Northwest?
by Nathan Rice, May 06, 2013 -
The GOAT Blog
Navajos double-down on coal
Urban utilities want out of the coal business. The nation’s biggest tribe wants in.
by Emily Guerin, May 06, 2013 -
The Range Blog
Rants from the hill: Trapping the bees
What to do when 50,000 honeybees hive up inside the walls of your house
by Michael Branch, May 06, 2013 -
Seeking Ben Kennedy: a quest to find a mysterious Montana philanthropist
The writer goes in search of a mysterious Montana philanthropist
by J. Malcolm Garcia, May 03, 2013 -
The GOAT Blog
Arizona's impending solar war
Battle lines are drawn as AZ's biggest utility threatens to axe net metering
by Jonathan Thompson, May 03, 2013 -
The GOAT Blog
(Still) getting the lead out
When will hunters stop poisoning condors with ammunition?
by Sarah Keller, May 02, 2013 -
Heard around the West
A goat walks into a bar...
And other oddities from Heard Around the West
by Betsy Marston, May 02, 2013 -
The public-land legacy of Max Baucus
The soon-to-be-retired Montana senator is a staunch protector of public lands
by Gabriel Furshong, May 02, 2013 -
The GOAT Blog
Boundary water disputes
Groups concerned with pollution on the Kootenai River turn to the International Joint Commission
by Marshall Swearingen, May 02, 2013 -
The GOAT Blog
Mixed messages on methane
And why you shouldn't make too much of any of them -- yet
by Cally Carswell, May 01, 2013 -
The Forest Service battles placer mining with an obscure law
A little-known 1955 law gives the Forest Service a way to shut down placer mining claims along some Western rivers.
by Marshall Swearingen, May 01, 2013 -
The Range Blog
Congress quickly fixes the wrong problem
Airport delays take priority over Indian health and education
by Mark Trahant, Apr 30, 2013 -
The GOAT Blog
Everett Ruess redux
A new film about the young artist-vagabond who vanished in Utah in 1934.
by Jodi Peterson, Apr 30, 2013 -
Don't mess with the Forest Service
How a determined and feisty Forest Service held off re-branding by its boss, the USDA
by Char Miller, Apr 30, 2013 -
The GOAT Blog
Living on borrowed water
Creative water leasing can help rivers through drought
by Sarah Keller, Apr 29, 2013 -
The GOAT Blog
Mapping your way to better health
California is a test-ground for the new field of Geomedicine
by Emily Guerin, Apr 29, 2013 -
Bigger fires and evolving threats force changes in the Northwest Forest Plan
Dynamic forests require flexible management
by Nathan Rice, Apr 29, 2013 -
The latest: Mixed messages about nuclear power safety
Ex-nuclear regulatory commission chief says no U.S. nuclear plants are safe, while California's San Onofre plant plans to restart
by Sarah Jane Keller, Apr 29, 2013






