People often assume private providers will be cheaper and more efficient; often the opposite is true.
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Bail out coal communities, not coal executives
The good times are over for the coal industry. It’s time to move on.
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It’s too soon for #MeToo apathy
The hard work on reforming federal agencies rife with harassment is just beginning.
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Republican politicians should support the outdoor industry
Public lands should be conserved — not exploited for short-term gain.
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We can’t lose the wild to save the domestic
A few months ago, a coyote ate one of our cats. But I would never kill it for revenge.
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The business of climate change, in market terms
Climate change solutions are socially and politically divisive, but they needn’t be.
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It’s time to read more books by Native women
A list of female Native authors who are due for more recognition.
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What Westerners take for granted
“I never really considered the concept of public lands until I moved to Iowa.”
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A corporate takeover of legal weed looms in California
Thousands of small-scale marijuana growers could be replaced by Big Ag.
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No one needs an AR-15
Mental illness exists everywhere in the world, of course, but mass shootings do not.
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Don’t give up on riding the rails
A writer muses on a recent loss of confidence in the West’s rail system.
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A Western town says ‘no’ to guns in schools
School shootings raise a question that once seemed settled in Mancos, Colorado.
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Policies affect people, we affect policies
President Donald Trump’s reversals of decades of immigration policy bring families to the brink of exile.
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Protected lands generate big-time revenue
In Alaska, sustainable recreation dollars help advocates for protected areas.
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Art and education fuel young public lands advocates
At University of Montana, students foster a conservation vision for the future.
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Animals’ advice for surviving trying times
Are you the political equivalent of an armadillo, ant or tiger?
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To save our oceans, let’s start with our rivers
Dams and pollution affect rivers across the West, to the detriment of our oceans.
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The power of fossil fuels is fading
Will Western states react in time to save local economies?
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The hidden health inequalities that Indigenous peoples face
Disparities are shaped by social inequality, historical trauma and discrimination.
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Wild horses aren’t overrunning the West
A Trump administration proposal sets wild horse populations at extinction levels.