A water battle, of the inflatable sort
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The federal government says sage grouse deserve protection, but delays listing the birds under the Endangered Species Act.
Turn up the volume and watch the street artist Jetsonorama at work.

The thousands of RVers who gather in Quartzsite, Ariz., every winter create in an impromptu community that might as well be in a Wal-Mart parking lot.

Skipped issue; Paonia's "Miracle of the Market"; Sam Hamilton's obituary
Feds say iconic bird needs protection, but won't give it because of higher priorities

Some Westerners want to blame our environmental woes on overpopulation, but the problem is not that simple.

An internally conflicted rant on Obama's "secret list."
It could put wind on par with fossil fuels in the nation's energy colony
Try a trip Down Under
McMansion condos and affordable estates
The right to bear arms . . . and brews
Apocalyptic aliens, inclement weather, economic hangover . . . oh my!

Wolves may be returning to Colorado on their own 70 years after their deliberate extirpation from the state.

Western water agencies reluctantly confront the fact that there’s simply not enough water to go around.

A collage of images from Wyoming's wind country, where turbines are sprouting madly, and forces within the state are blowing back.

No one knows how wind energy will impact sage grouse. But many greens aren't ready to take any chances.

Wyoming is one of the best places in the world to generate power from wind. But the wind rush is running into opposition from greens, and the fossil fuel industry.

Wyoming's sage grouse protection strategy gives fossil fuel elbow room while leaving wind energy out in the breeze.

As Native Americans use religion to save their sacred places, they need to remember that conflicts framed around faith often have unhappy endings.
From the skiocracy; factory farms everywhere; and of course, the republic of Sortofgreenski

Languages like Arapaho are dying all over the world, but is it possible, or even necessary, to try to save them all?

Recent scandals at the Interior Department – this time involving environmentalists – pale in magnitude (and luridness) compared to the agency's dalliances with industry.
This has got to be the weirdest thing I've seen today.

Our cheap food has a high price tag, especially for workers on the West’s big dairy farms.

The Hopi and Navajo governments have played the tired old card of locals vs. environmentalists. They got it wrong.

Immigrants from around the world are changing traditionally white Western communities such as Boise, Idaho.

In a controversial resolution, Hopi and Navajo politicians have told environmentalists – including grassroots Indian groups – that they are not welcome on the Rez.
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