A review of ‘Wyoming Grasslands.’
Wyoming
Posted inOctober 26, 2015: Clean Energy's Dirty Secret
Where nuns are ranch hands
Colorado’s Abbey of St. Walburga is a spiritual refuge — and a working ranch.
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Can studying morality help Yellowstone’s wolves and bison?
Sociologist Justin Farrell plumbs the spiritual depths of environmental struggle.
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Groups sue Wyoming over ‘data trespassing’ law
The laws make it a crime to collect data on open land if the collector lacks certain permissions.
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Hidden camera traps capture wildlife in Wyoming
An ecologist uses a scientific tool for artistic purposes.
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Why Jim Unger came West: a Yellowstone love affair
There are tourists, and then there’s Jim Unger, a Pennsylvania resident who headed out this summer on his 41st pilgrimage to some of the places that have become his second home — the national parks, monuments and historic sites of the West. It all started in 1971, when Jim and his wife, Sandy, both elementary […]
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Are nonprofit models an answer for small ski areas?
As climate and economic challenges mount, some community ski hills find a new path.
Posted inAugust 31, 2015: Unlocking the Methane Mystery
Renewal through exploration in Greater Yellowstone
Review of ‘The Wild Excellence: Notes from Untamed America’ by Leslie Patten.
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New research on how drilling affects deer in northwest Colorado
Landscape-level planning could help mule deer cope with the impacts of oil and gas.
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Wyoming town wants low royalties for coal companies
In Interior Department listening session, Gillette miners air fears of new regulations.
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Fatal shooting in Wyoming raises questions about racism
Were two tribal members the victims of a hate crime?
Posted inJuly 20, 2015: Shredded
Readers’ essays on favorite spots to recreate
Tell us where we can find you paddling, walking and hunting.
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Illegal flights persist despite national park drone ban
Early season drone reports are outpacing the number of incidents last year.
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Dam bill for Green River revives industrialist dream
Boosters want Fontenelle Dam to divert more water in southwest Wyoming.
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A door squeaks open for rural energy independence
A Colorado co-op just won some freedom from its giant power supplier. Now what?
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Wyoming trespass law is the latest in grazing battle
Questions remain over whether the bill prohibits certain data collection on federal land or just private and state.
Posted inMay 11, 2015: The Wetland Wars
A photographer traces footsteps of an early-20th century predecessor
Review of “Wyoming Revisited: Rephotographing the Scenes of Joseph E. Stimson” by Michael A. Amundson.
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A coal terminal would bring profit to one tribe, damage to another
Photos of the communities for and against the proposed Washington port.
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Hundreds of lapsed permits found on Forest Service land
Expired water permit for Nestlé draws attention to flawed federal supervision.
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Political sparring over the Land and Water Conservation Fund
A Wyoming canyon is the focal point of the dispute over the program’s future.