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  • Weekend Westerner

    Arthur Kruse rides the range – outside of Munich, Germany. Subscribers only

  • Ultimate solution?

    Southern California wants to use desalination to increase its water supply, but critics think the idea needs to be taken with a grain of salt. Subscribers only

  • Burning issues

    Controversial forestry scientist Tom Bonnicksen believes increased logging is necessary to fight global warming. Subscribers only

  • Liquid assets

    California is enthusiastic about creating “water banks” to help the state’s cities weather future droughts. Subscribers only

 

Politics & Policy

Water

  • Desperate measures

    Over the years, Westerners have come up with a lot of wacky schemes to get more water.

  • Ultimate solution?

    Southern California wants to use desalination to increase its water supply, but critics think the idea needs to be taken with a grain of salt. Subscribers only

Culture & Communities

  • How to survive the lean times

    Her brush with homelessness gives Jane Goetze the background to offer some wry advice.

  • Real work

    The joys – and hardships – of outdoor physical work take a toll.

Energy

  • Stuck in the PAWGmire

    The Pinedale Anticline Working Group was supposed to give citizens input on the local oil and gas boom, but it hasn’t worked out as planned.

  • Snapshot

    The declining value of clean energy stocks reflects the credit crunch and the plunge in oil and gas prices after earlier highs.

Growth & Planning

Flora & Fauna

  • Heeding history’s lessons

    There are lessons to be learned from the mistakes that were made, not only in the near-extermination of the wolf, but also in its successful reintroduction.

  • Still Howling Wolf

    Ranchers and environmentalists in Wyoming are still squabbling over wolves as the animal bounces on and off the endangered species list.

Climate & Pollution

Mining & Agriculture

Recreation

  • If you build it, will they come?

    A desert village called Big Water and a troubled ski resort near the hardscrabble town of Beaver are two unlikely places in Utah where entrepreneurs plan to build exclusive resorts for the ultra-rich.

  • An unlikely Shangri-la

    Steve and Marc Jenson have ambitious plans to turn a failed ski resort near Beaver, Utah, into a private enclave for the ultra-rich, but not everyone is thrilled about the idea.

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