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Why the West needs Mythic Cowboys

June 9, 2008

Jeffrey Lockwood believes that the modern West could use an infusion of old-fashioned Cowboy Mythology.

Feature

Why the West needs Mythic Cowboys
Jeffrey Lockwood believes that the modern West could use an infusion of old-fashioned Cowboy Mythology.
Jeffrey Lockwood June 9, 2008 From the print edition

Editor's Note

Cowboy up to the energy boom
In today’s complicated West, where retirees battle energy companies and environmentalists fight transmission lines carrying green power, maybe we need some heroic cowboys to help straighten everything out.
Paul Larmer Opinion June 9, 2008 From the print edition

Uncommon Westerners

Warp, weft and Wal-Mart
Navajo weaver Marie Begay makes beautiful rugs from the wool of the sheep she raises, and looks forward to spending the money she earns at Wal-Mart.
Joslyn Green June 9, 2008 From the print edition

Essays

Conservation groups come and go. Why?
Pat Munday decries the “professionalization” of environmental groups.
Pat Munday Essay June 9, 2008 From the print edition
The luckiest horse in Reno
After a herd of wild horses is massacred in Nevada, Deanne Stillman ponders the bones in the desert.
Deanne Stillman Essay June 9, 2008 From the print edition

Heard Around the West

Heard Around the West
Biodiesel pirates; dinosaur bones for sale; archaeological developments; hot weather and cool bankrobbers; what to do with a big dead moose.
Betsy Marston June 9, 2008 From the print edition

Dear Friends

Dear friends
Visitors; Jared Farmer’s new book and Pete McBride’s new job; correction; Utah Phillips “catches the westbound.”
Jodi Peterson and Marty Durlin June 9, 2008 From the print edition

News

Life, liberty and the pursuit of … game?
The National Rifle Association wants to enshrine the right to hunt in state constitutions, but even some hunters have their doubts about the wisdom of doing so.
Nathaniel Hoffman June 9, 2008 From the print edition
Easing into development
A backroom agreement between the Forest Service and Plum Creek Co. leaves Montana counties out of the picture when it comes to access to and development of national forest inholdings.
Jodi Peterson June 9, 2008 From the print edition
The latest trend in name-calling
Just because you disagree with someone about energy drilling or off-road vehicles doesn’t mean your opponent is a communist pinko – or an eco-terrorist.
Ed Quillen June 9, 2008 From the print edition
Uber Recycling
Garry and Diann Fulks have been recycling large metal objects for 35 years at their scrap yard in Montrose, Colo.
Jonathan Thompson June 9, 2008 From the print edition
Walking on a Wire
Los Angeles needs green power, but some environmentalists are up in arms over plans to build transmission lines across the Mojave Desert.
Judith Lewis June 8, 2008 From the print edition

Two Weeks in the West

Two weeks in the West
On public lands throughout the West, hikers, bikers, horseback riders and off-roaders compete for trail space, while beleaguered land-managers struggle to come up with workable forest management plans.
Sarah Gilman June 9, 2008 From the print edition

Letters

Doom! Doom!
Doug Meyer June 9, 2008 From the print edition
The most dangerous game
Don Hagedorn June 9, 2008 From the print edition
Sticks and stones
Grant Wiegert June 9, 2008 From the print edition
Every picture tells a story
Don Corbeil June 9, 2008 From the print edition
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