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Fear and love in Oregon’s forests
Fear and love in Oregon’s forests
How far will you go for the person you love?
Karen Piper Essay Nov. 12, 2018 From the print edition
Edward Abbey’s warnings were right
Edward Abbey’s warnings were right
Author Amy Irvine’s answer to the classic ‘Desert Solitaire’ on its 50th anniversary.
Amy Irvine Perspective Nov. 12, 2018 From the print edition
In southern Utah, Navajo voters rise to be heard
In southern Utah, Navajo voters rise to be heard
San Juan County’s Navajo population has lived for decades with a minority white government. This election could change that.
Graham Lee Brewer and Anne Helen Petersen Oct. 28, 2018
The afterlife of cotton
The afterlife of cotton
Through the present and past of a border town, on the trail of literary legend José Revueltas.
Cristina Rivera Garza Essay Sept. 19, 2016 From the print edition
How humans nurtured the hated mosquito
How humans nurtured the hated mosquito
Alexander von Humboldt and the spread of Aedes aegypti.
Maya Kapoor Essay Sept. 19, 2016 From the print edition
What hospital closures mean for rural California
What hospital closures mean for rural California
The very economic decline that contributed to their closure is likely to be worsened by their disappearance.
Elizabeth Zach Sept. 5, 2016 From the print edition
Meet the man helping the Park Service prepare for a hotter future
Meet the man helping the Park Service prepare for a hotter future
Patrick Gonzalez walks the walk when it comes to climate action.
Elizabeth Shogren Aug. 22, 2016 From the print edition
Why has the National Park Service gotten whiter?
Why has the National Park Service gotten whiter?
The agency is trying to hire more racially diverse staff — but can’t seem to make headway.
Glenn Nelson Aug. 22, 2016 From the print edition
Line of descent: How poor management left Mexican wolves dangerously inbred
Line of descent: How poor management left Mexican wolves dangerously inbred
Missteps and conflict between the state and the feds have hounded the recovery of Arizona and New Mexico’s remaining wolf packs.
Cally Carswell Aug. 8, 2016 From the print edition
Salmon power
Salmon power
A historic legal victory could give Alaska tribes more control over their fish, wildlife and homelands.
Krista Langlois July 25, 2016 From the print edition
The grand plan to save the Yellowstone River
The grand plan to save the Yellowstone River
Can one man’s pie-in-the-sky idea save one of the West’s most iconic and underloved rivers?
Ben Goldfarb June 27, 2016 From the print edition
What if I’m not white?
What if I’m not white?
A former sports writer tries to find a place for himself in the outdoors.
Glenn Nelson Essay June 27, 2016 From the print edition
When water turns to dust
When water turns to dust
In Oregon, a cluster of lakes is drying up — with dire impacts for the millions of migrating birds that survive off them.
Hillary Rosner June 13, 2016 From the print edition
Trial by fire
Trial by fire
Women in the male-dominated world of wildland firefighting still face harassment, abuse and sexism.
Krista Langlois May 30, 2016 From the print edition
Silverton’s Gold King reckoning
Silverton’s Gold King reckoning
How the Animas River disaster forced Silverton to face its pollution problem — and its destiny.
Jonathan Thompson May 2, 2016 From the print edition
Can a legal victory make Indian Country whole again?
Can a legal victory make Indian Country whole again?
For over a century, federal law has split Native American land holdings into tiny pieces. A settlement unites some of the splinters, but at a steep cost.
Sierra Crane-Murdoch April 4, 2016 From the print edition
The darkness at the heart of Malheur
The darkness at the heart of Malheur
A Westerner traces the roots – and meaning – of the Oregon occupation.
Hal Herring March 21, 2016 From the print edition
Protecting the Oregon Trail from the development it helped create
Protecting the Oregon Trail from the development it helped create
Dedicated volunteers fight to preserve one of the trails that brought settlers west.
Sarah Gilman March 7, 2016 From the print edition
Tracing America’s borderlands history along the Anza Trail
Tracing America’s borderlands history along the Anza Trail
Immigrants still follow Juan Bautista de Anza’s historic route.
Sarah Tory March 7, 2016 From the print edition
The fractured terrain of oil and gas opposition
The fractured terrain of oil and gas opposition
In one of the West’s biggest arguments, the battle lines are complicated and opaque.
Patty Limerick Feb. 22, 2016 From the print edition
The rise of the Sagebrush Sheriffs
The rise of the Sagebrush Sheriffs
How rural ‘constitutional’ peace officers are joining the war against the feds.
Jonathan Thompson Feb. 2, 2016 From the print edition
Sugar Pine Mine, the other standoff
Sugar Pine Mine, the other standoff
How a small-time mining dispute in Oregon readied a network of militias for the Malheur occupation.
Tay Wiles Feb. 2, 2016 From the print edition
Wildlife Services and its eternal war on predators
Wildlife Services and its eternal war on predators
The federal agency has been researching nonlethal means to protect livestock for decades. So why is it still killing so many carnivores?
Ben Goldfarb Jan. 25, 2016 From the print edition
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