Writers on the Range
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How wild is a managed wolf?
In an age when wolves are radio-collared and tracked everywhere they go, can they still be considered wild animals?
by George Sibley, Nov 17, 2009 -
Stopping by apples in the land of condos
The small courtesies of gleaning urban fruit.
by Joanne Wilke, Nov 17, 2009 -
Advice from the Loser School of Hunting
Even a poor student gets a second chance in the Loser School of Hunting, where if at first you don’t succeed, you try, and try again.
by Ari LeVaux, Nov 12, 2009 -
Mystery unsolved -- and that's a good thing
The recent discovery that bones found in the Southwest did not belong to the long-lost poet-wanderer Everett Ruess keeps one more evocative Western mystery alive.
by Jeff Osgood , Nov 12, 2009 -
Climate change threatens our livelihoods -- and yours
The CEOs of two outdoor-recreation-based companies favor strong legislation to stave off climate change, not just to save the planet but to help the economy.
by Steve Rendle and Mike Kaplan, Nov 12, 2009 -
Confessions of an off-road outlaw
A hunter who once tore through the woods on his ORV rethinks his ways after he realizes that he’s scaring off wildlife
by Garrett VeneKlasen, Nov 06, 2009 -
On the road in lonely Wyoming
A late-night encounter with a cop on a lonely Wyoming highway is a quintessentially Western experience.
by Sharon O'Toole, Nov 05, 2009 -
Phosphate mining: a toxic tradition
Simplot plans for a phosphate mine in southeast Idaho endanger a family's ranching lifestyle.
by Jeff Welsch, Nov 03, 2009 -
Polygamy tours? Why not?
For $69, two former "polygs" will guide you through fundamentalist towns on the Utah border.
by Beth Kampschror, Oct 29, 2009 -
Whose sovereignty is it?
The Hopi and Navajo governments have played the tired old card of locals vs. environmentalists. They got it wrong.
by Jonathan Thompson, Oct 27, 2009
