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  • Hot town, summer in the city

    Living with drought in cities such as Denver, Colo., has its challenges.

    by Marty Jones, Aug 19, 2002

  • Don't proclaim the West is dead until you've met a Mexican motorcyclist with a wooden leg

    The best way to meet the true West is to explore its small towns and especially its smoky bars, and listen to the stories of the folks who gather there.

    by Laura Paskus, Aug 05, 2002

  • Montana's governor is a poor choice to lead the West

    The Western Governors Association made a serious mistake when it selected as its leader Montana Gov. Judy Martz, R, the least qualified member in terms of experience, personality and results.

    by Ray Ring, Aug 05, 2002

  • Life amid fire - the mundane and the macabre

    A Durango, Colo., resident writes about how life goes on as the Missionary Ridge Fire continues to blaze just outside his town.

    by Bill Roberts, Jul 08, 2002

  • Restoring the West, goat by goat

    Lani Lamming of Wyoming leases goats to conscientious landowners who have discovered the benefits of organic weed control.

    by Ed Marston, Jun 24, 2002

  • The name might be green, but not the group

    The writer warns readers to be wary of organizations' names, which can be deceiving as to their missions.

    by Pete Letheby, Jun 10, 2002

  • Ranching the changing times

    Bad economic times lead the writer to turn his ranching career into a "sell-out" occupation: the ranch-recreation business.

    by Tony Malmberg, May 27, 2002

  • The Old West went that-a-way

    Encouraged by an East Coast editor, the writer gives her outspoken opinion of the "Real West," and the editor turns it down.

    by Mary Sojourner, May 13, 2002

  • Leave my town out of your 'Top 10'

    When an article appears in Men's Journal proclaiming his home town in the "top 10" of best places to live, the author can't understand what criteria the decision was based on.

    by Rob Marin, Apr 29, 2002

  • Notes from a corporate insider: It's not easy turning green

    The sustainable-business movement, which holds that environmentalism and business can be a winning combination, is not as easy on the ground as it may seem.

    by Auden Schendler, Apr 01, 2002

  • Developers push revisionist history

    Developers engage in "green washing" when they claim willing participation in consensus to save Dry Lake.

    by Norm Wallen, Apr 15, 2002

  • The Postal Service stamps the mythic West

    Wyoming's fight with Montana over a new Montana stamp that shows a cowboy on a bucking horse shows that the Postal Service has fallen for Western myths that have nothing to do with the states' real characters.

    by Mark Matthews, Apr 01, 2002

  • Bush turns BLM into energy machine

    President Bush's brand-new National Energy Office is designed to expedite drilling and mining on public lands.

    by Charles Levendosky, Mar 18, 2002

  • In California, no water project is too big

    An Alaska company's much-mocked plan to haul bags of water 400 miles along the California coast is really no crazier than the things California has come up with in its search for water.

    by John Krist, Mar 18, 2002

  • Westerners share a different reality

    A "time" magazine column about satellite radio that described the New Jersey Turnpike as "the middle of nowhere" provides unintentional humor to Westerners who know the real meaning of nowhere.

    by Ray Ring, Mar 04, 2002

  • You can call mine Mortgage Manor

    A new database that allows one to register the fancy names of luxury homes for $75 a house will not get a lot of use by those who live in houses with names like Sagging Floor and Mortgage Manor.

    by Mary Sojourner, Mar 04, 2002

  • The Eucalyptus: Sacred or profane?

    The writer says that California's much-prized eucalyptus trees are really overgrown, fire-prone weeds that would be better off in their native Australia.

    by Ted Williams, Feb 18, 2002

  • Attention, wolves: I'm what's for dinner

    In the extremely unlikely event that any wolves reintroduced to Colorado began eating people, the writer says he would gladly volunteer to serve as a meal.

    by Marty Jones, Feb 18, 2002

  • How does snow melt? A test for all Westerners

    With each flood of newcomers to the Interior West, specialized knowledge of place and culture is both lost and gained.

    by Allen Best, Feb 18, 2002

  • Why the bad rap for Mormons?

    A Utah resident wonders why so many non-Mormons have such weird ideas about members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

    by Barbara Schuster, Feb 04, 2002
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