Items by Betsy Marston

Snakes and guns
Hunting wildlife with silencers and pythons
Wildlife-tracking drones
And sheep with heart monitors
Queen of the Old Timers
And mountain lions in eastern Montana
Aggressive, cat-eating lizards
Also, Representative Denny Rehberg loves Jesus statues
Goat man in the forest
And other Western goat tales
South Dakota disses Montana
John Edwards' mistress fit right in to Aspen
Food and poetry
Mark Bittman hearts Wendell Berry
Don't panic when removing fishooks and leeches
Survival tips, and wolf-hunting mountain lions
Wearing hummingbirds
The lengths bird watchers go to, and yes, Arizona is still crazy
Sea lion squatters in So-Cal
They're not as cute as they first seem; animal crimes
Rattlesnakes in Walmarts, deer in malls
Also, national forests are ready for terrorists
The Forest Service hearts explosives
Don't turn your back on a billy goat, either
Hot hot Arizona, stubborn obituaries
Also, bear and mountain lion encounters
How to dispose of frozen cows
It's harder than you think; plus transforming the seedy side of Las Vegas
Library-loving geese intimidate kids
Kind billboards and locals forgoing cash for mineral rights
Making roads out of toilets
Impatient drivers get comeuppance; livestock larceny
Don't shoot that grizzly; she's combing her hair
Vain bears and lawbreaking sheriffs
A farewell to Montana's grand madam
A local icon dies; the Dakotas both beckon and push away
Falcon fear factor
Peregrines v. seagulls, Beaver v. beaver
Montana's hard core school bus drivers
Grand Junction, Colo. loves controversy; driving buses in wild weather
Exploding hog farms and mysterious missing birds
Calling 911 when Walmart is closed gets you a ride to the wrong place
Black bears named "Blue," pink Chinese dust
Pollution from Beijing could encourage Sierra snowpack
Hollywood turns wolves into man-killers
Movie makers hurt the cause of wolves; Las Vegas cabbies take prisoners for tips
Winning the wildfire jackpot
D.C. officials place bets on how many acres will burn; the car chase of his dreams
Ready-made solar houses
Homes built to generate electricity, stopping Salt Lake sprawl, the drug game
The warming properties of greenbacks
A lost snowshoer survives by burning bills; flirting in Fargo
No ski for you
After a skier complains, Montana Snowbowl refuses to sell him tickets; wacky words of Arizona politicians
China hearts cowboys
Jackson Hole moves to Asia, and a border security newspaper
Do not sink teeth into animal testicles
Of testosterone-fueled idiots, rule-breaking officials, and laws for a good life
All I want for Christmas is a rifle
Gun photos with Santa, dueling grizzlies
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