It takes wisdom, patience and humanity to make federal land management work.
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Fly fishing conversations with a New York real estate developer
In 1972, a guide tries to help a pompous client hook a steelhead.
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What Abbey’s ‘Desert Solitaire’ means in these trying times
The book turns 50 this year, and is more relevant now than ever.
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The Endangered Species Act itself could go extinct
Congress and the Trump administration threaten an act vital to wildlife and habitat.
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Hemp is one town’s way out of a uranium mining past
A former mining region embraces a trade with a ‘hippie’ reputation.
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Logging isn’t the solution to our wildfire problems
We can’t ‘solve’ fire any more than we can ‘solve’ hurricanes.
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Native voices aren’t being heard on Bears Ears
Members of the Navajo Nation are not ‘conquered subjects.’
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In military matters, neighbors should get a say
A new Air Force base expands, without the input of locals.
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Does a river have a right to life?
No law gives a river a right to exist; at best, laws protect a river from harm caused by new development.
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Firefighters, your next mission might be next door
Many are still unaware of the dangers of living in the wildland-urban interface.
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Congress has rejected many of Trump’s budget cuts
Congress has pushed back on repeated efforts to ax environmental programs.
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We need a commission to take action on wildfire in the West
Two Forest Service veterans say we fail to manage our fire-dependent forests.
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The West grapples with history through its place names
A growing number of places have been renamed to honor their first inhabitants.
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Don’t trim Grand Staircase. If anything, expand it.
The Utah monument is sustaining small town tourism, a good substitute for extractive industry.
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Drones intrude on the outdoor experience
As drones become less expensive, they’re also becoming more ubiquitous outdoors.
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Hunters, it’s long past time we stood up for gun control
Hunting isn’t under attack, but our freedom from violence is.
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What are we fighting for?
Bell Prize winner: Through the trials of life, a young writer finds she’s fighting for our spirit.
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‘Helpless and culpable’ while fishing the pink’s peak run
2017 Bell Prize runner-up: A writer reflects on salmon as symbol.
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Zinke’s new sage grouse plans ignore years of work
The changes adhere with Trump’s goals of energy dominance on public lands.
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Our largest wildlife refuge is also the most vulnerable
The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is under threat from the Trump administration.