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December 21, 2015
The researchers digging up mysteries of the ocean in Nevada's desert, plus death by cop and gun control in the West. Cover illustration: Shonisaurus popularis and Californosaurus perrini, depicted by Boise illustrator Todd Marshall.
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Jack Yantis, an Idaho rancher, raised the profile of rural police brutality.
In the wake of mass killings, a state-by-state look at Western gun policy.
Poor districts have breathed I-70’s pollution for decades. Now they’re facing its expansion.
White bark pines are dying from infection across the Northern Rockies.
A rancher fights to protect a restored wetland against torrential rain and other threats.
As ski resorts push for a mega-connection, backcountry skiers try to save some wild.
The project will start environment reviews, but it's far from a done deal.
The Four Forest Restoration Initiative was supposed to be the largest such project ever attempted.
News in brief.
Editor's Note
Essays
A writer and her family court the unknown.
Book Reviews
A review of William T. Vollmann's “The Dying Grass”
Review of Benjamin Percy's “The Dead Lands.”
Writers on the Range
Heard Around the West
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
Dear Friends
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