Writers on the Range
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A lesson in engagement from Mary Page Stegner
A talk with Wallace Stegner’s 91-year-old widow, Mary Page Stegner, reminds the writer of all that Stegner taught us, and of all we still have to learn from him
by Terry Tempest Williams, Feb 17, 2003 -
Why the growth apologists are wrong
Western communities don’t have to surrender to uncontrolled growth and sprawl
by Norm Wallen, Feb 10, 2003 -
Talking trash in a national monument
A penny tax on containers could help fund the huge job of cleaning up litter on highways and public lands
by Gail Binkly, Feb 10, 2003 -
There are perils in cowboy diplomacy
The symbolic "cowboy politics" and Old West-style attitudes of George W. Bush, like those of his predecessor, Reagan, often confuse other cultures
by Mary Greenfield, Feb 10, 2003 -
Come in, Krispy Kreme
A plan to pay for new police cars in Blackfoot, Idaho, by selling ad space on them is an amazingly bad idea
by Stephen J. Lyons, Feb 03, 2003 -
Dreams for sale in Leadville, Colorado
Every year, a new team of economic-development consultants comes to Leadville, Colo., to peddle false hopes about the troubled town’s future.
by Steve Voynick, Feb 03, 2003 -
Reporters need to play a better numbers game
None of the reporters covering the prospect of drilling in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge have gotten the numbers right on how much oil might actually be there
by John Krist, Feb 03, 2003 -
Compromise can take more courage than taking a stand
Sometimes opponents have to work together to deal with thorny issues, as environmentalists and ranchers are trying to do in Idaho’s Owyhee County.
by Rocky Barker, Jan 27, 2003 -
Lewis and Clark: Their footprints are gone
A writer retraces the journey of Lewis and Clark, but finds that Montana’s growth and development have destroyed the wild West the explorers saw
by Alan Kesselheim, Jan 27, 2003 -
The West’s cities should trump agriculture
California’s agricultural elite is holding onto water that could better serve the state’s cities
by Hal Rothman, Jan 27, 2003
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