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Wolves by Ted Vanegas: I live in "wild Idaho", where its citizens seem to...
Thank you! by Crista Worthy: Bravo! This might just be my favorite essay tha...
wolf attacks by jeff: if you dont like the wild, live in another contine...
Bowden's War by Paul Zeiger: Well, Charles Bowden’s essay “The War Next Doo...
East to the West essay by Bill Richey: I appreciated the descriptions of the from the int...

East to the West | A writer contemplates where the West begins, both ...
No ESA for sage grouse | Feds say iconic bird needs protection, but won't g...
Three cheers | Here's to an anonymous donor, Target and 11 scient...
Shooting bullets, not blanks | A tremendous posterity, and firearms in National P...
Too many homes on the range | Custer County, Colo., used to be the third-fastest...

Charles Bowden on The War Next Door | On the U.S.-Mexico border, the corrupt and futile ...
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Mobile Nation | Every winter in Quartzsite, Ariz., tens of thousan...
The myths of Native American identity | Paul Chaat Smith's latest book, Everything You Kno...
Water fallout | A nuclear power plant proposed for Green River, Ut...

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