An Idaho town hopes changing Craters of the Moon to park status will boost its economy.
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Did Colorado leave residents of the Raton Basin with bad water?
Regulators don’t link industry to contamination — but testing shows the pollution came after drilling.
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How some Western cities are leading on climate action
Despite faltering national policy, some communities are forging ahead.
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PZP: Where hope, science and mustangs meet
The longtime mustang advocate, TJ Holmes, and I head into southwestern Colorado’s Spring Creek Basin Herd Management Area, searching for mustangs. We do this regularly. TJ has documented these mustangs for eight years, working in partnership with the Bureau of Land Management. A big part of her work is administering PZP, the fertility-control vaccine (porcine […]
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Where private land meets public interest
A group of landowners on the Colorado-New Mexico border aim to conserve a contested landscape.
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Which stories held your attention this year?
From the Animas to Washington wildfire, here are the stories that our readers spent most time on in 2015.
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These are your state’s gun laws
In the wake of mass killings, a state-by-state look at Western gun policy.
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Highway injustice in Denver’s Latino neighborhoods
Poor districts have breathed I-70’s pollution for decades. Now they’re facing its expansion.
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Pet the nipping pup and hide your newcomer roots: tips from a failed campaign.
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
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Western nativism has a rotten odor
Back in my railroad days, we often said that something had “a bad smell.” “I smell a bad order!”— lingo for a car that was rolling wrong and needed to be removed from the train. The alarm was shouted down from the conductor up in the “angel’s seat” in the caboose, back when a person actually […]
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Colorado citizens can now report health problems from oil & gas
The nation’s first ‘health response’ program launched this fall.
Posted inDecember 7, 2015: Good Neighbors
Coal comfort, secretive powerbrokers and dastardly Ducks Unlimited
Hcn.org news in brief.
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BLM may cancel oil and gas leases in Colorado’s Thompson Divide
Fate of disputed leases could show ongoing shift in the Bureau of Land Management.
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A subtle love in small-town Colorado
A review of Kent Haruf’s new book, ‘Our Souls at Night.’
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Latest: Investigation proves wild horses were sent to slaughter
Management of the West’s wild horses have proved controversial for decades and spawned rumors of maltreatment.
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How a plan to save southeastern Colorado went off the rails
Heritage tourism offered a way out of economic doldrums. Why did it go wrong?
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Why are Western attorneys general going rogue?
Attorneys general sue the federal government, despite state governors’ objections.
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Coal mining rejected for climate risks is back on the table
The Colorado mine expansion could cost society billions of dollars in climate impacts.
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Colorado, other Western states support Syrian refugee program
Governors choose sides on Obama’s Syrian resettlement program.
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Will a new state plan solve Colorado’s water troubles?
After years of growing scarcity and population pressure, Colorado finally has a plan of action.