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A monorail for the mountains? http://www.hcn.org/issues/213/10795 Growing traffic on Colorado's Interstate 70 has some
thinking the state should consider building a monorail to ferry
people from Denver into the mountains.No publisherAllen Best2010-02-05T08:36:51ZNews ArticleA high country whodunit http://www.hcn.org/issues/204/10565 Daniel Glick's "Powder Burn: Arson, Money, and Mystery on
Vail Mountain" tells the story of the Vail Ski Area and the fire
that destroyed its mountaintop restaurant, in an entertaining way,
but ultimately lacks depth and insight.No publisherAllen BestSki Industry/Skiing2010-02-05T08:35:20ZNews ArticleThe mythic West and the billionaire http://www.hcn.org/issues/197/10297 "Painters of the American West" museum exhibit from
billionaire Philip Anschutz's collection ironically shows
idealized, beautiful land, untouched by industrialists (such as
Anschutz).No publisherAllen Best2010-02-05T08:33:56ZNews ArticleCoyote killing continues http://www.hcn.org/issues/196/10255 The Colorado Wildlife Commission has approved a nine-year
coyote-killing experiment in western Colorado.No publisherAllen BestHunting/Trapping2010-02-05T08:33:42ZNews ArticleSki area arms race dirties the water http://www.hcn.org/issues/195/10229 Environmentalists would like to overturn the Forest
Service's decision to let Colorado's Arapahoe Basin Ski Resort
start snowmaking.No publisherAllen BestSki Industry/Skiing2010-02-05T08:33:28ZNews ArticleDon't step on a bomb http://www.hcn.org/issues/190/10076 Around today's Colorado Trail, where Camp Hale was in
WWII, hikers are finding old grenades and other unexploded
ordnance.No publisherAllen BestMilitary Bases and Other LandsMilitary2010-02-05T09:16:28ZNews ArticleThe Wayward West http://www.hcn.org/issues/180/5839 David Brower quits Sierra Club; White River Nat'l Forest
plan gets avalanche of mail; judge says Army Corps of Engineers has
been ignoring environmental laws on Yellowstone River; acting
grizzly Bart dies.No publisherMichelle Nijhuis And Allen BestMedia2010-02-05T09:01:49ZNews ArticleLawmaker accepts Babbitt's challenge http://www.hcn.org/issues/179/5820 In Colorado, Rep. Scott McInnis has proposed a bill to
make the 130,000-acre Black Ridge Canyon a national conservation
area, with 72,000 acres designated wilderness.No publisherAllen Best2010-02-05T09:01:41ZNews ArticleThe White River National Forest http://www.hcn.org/issues/170/5487 The White River National Forest stretches most of the way
across Colorado from the Continental Divide to the Western
Slope.No publisherAllen BestNational Forest Service2010-02-05T09:14:24ZNews Article'Managing for biodiversity is a mistake' http://www.hcn.org/issues/170/5486 Guidebook writer Lou Dawson says that the White River
Forest should be managed for people and their use.No publisherAllen BestNational Forest Service2010-02-05T09:14:24ZNews Article'They're not good stewards of the land' http://www.hcn.org/issues/170/5485 Jim Gonzalez, a hunter who loves roadless areas, says that
the White River National Forest caves into ski areas and other
special interests.No publisherAllen BestNational Forest Service2010-02-05T09:14:24ZNews ArticleIn their own words http://www.hcn.org/issues/170/5484 Recreationists, environmentalists, politicians and agency
employees are among those offering comments on the White River
National Forest's proposed new plan.No publisherAllen BestNational Forest Service2010-02-05T09:14:23ZNews ArticleSTOP - A national forest tries to rein in
recreation http://www.hcn.org/issues/170/5483 Recreationists of every kind have long used Colorado's
White River National Forest as a playground, and the Forest
Service's proposed new plan, which would limit some activities in
an attempt to help the forest, is being met with a lot of
anger.No publisherAllen BestNational Forest Service2010-02-05T09:14:23ZNews ArticleTurning the road builders around http://www.hcn.org/issues/170/5505 On Colorado's White River National Forest, Assistant
District Ranger Bill Johnson, a former sawmill worker, is
responsible for roads and road removal, a subject at the heart of
disputes on the forest. Also, Tony Vangalis, in his own
words.No publisherAllen BestNational Forest Service2010-02-05T08:59:19ZNews ArticleProtests proceed at Vail http://www.hcn.org/issues/159/5155 Nine protesters are arrested for trying to block an access
road in the White River National Forest in an attempt to halt the
controversial expansion of the Vail Ski Area.No publisherAllen BestSki Industry/Skiing2010-02-05T09:37:39ZNews Article