Companies deposit thousands of pounds of herbicides each year on Oregon forests.
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November 10, 2014
Timberland herbicide spraying sickens a community in Oregon, a look at why the current drilling boom is more sensitive to price fluctuations than its predecessors, California's sweeping new groundwater regulations, a desert-friendly cow and more.
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Current
LIDAR is about to become more widespread -- helping agriculture, pilots and homeowners.
The current drilling boom is more sensitive to price fluctuations than its predecessors.
Will the law finally mean better aquifer management for the drought-stricken state?
Mules are still needed to carry supplies in wild, roadless mountains.
A rancher and a researcher search for a better bovine — and think they’ve found one.
But the industry says it needs more timber.
“Exempt well” laws in most Western states allow domestic wells to be drilled without water rights.
Editor's Note
Essays
I spent my 20s in some of the most beautiful towns in the West.
Multimedia
The people affected by this timberland herbicide cocktail.
Book Reviews
Photographs from Utah’s Monument Valley to the Petrified Forest.
Review of ‘Wild Idea: Buffalo and Family in a Difficult Land’ by Dan O’Brien.
Review of ‘Undermining: A Wild Ride Through Land Use, Politics, and And Art in the Changing West’ by Lucy R. Lippard
Writers on the Range
Let people take all the images they want in wilderness areas.
Heard Around the West
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
Dear Friends
Welcome three new members, and farewell to naturalist Ann Zwinger.
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