Without basic services, life on Pajarito Mesa is all about surviving.
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Audio: Water wonk
Matt Jenkins talks about the complex politics of the West’s most precious resource
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Don’t squeeze the geezers in the great outdoors
Public land fees hurt seniors and the disabled.
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Colorado River blues
Photos and audio stories of communities that live along the troubled Colorado River.
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A local business, and old friend, dies
The news came as a shock, but not a surprise. The Gambles store, a mainstay of downtown Salida, Colo., for more than 60 years, was going out of business. At heart it was a hardware store, but it sold nearly everything you could imagine. Every time our local newspaper ran one of those “best of” […]
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The Pesticide Wars
If the American Farm Bureau Federation has its way, the issue of whether herbicide spraying over water requires a Clean Water Act permit will be heard by the Supreme Court. A coalition of agricultural groups led by the Federation has petitioned the nation’s highest court to reverse an appellate court decision which found that such […]
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The roadless rule’s ground game
Earthjustice editor Tom Turner’s book provides more details
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The Wicked Witch of the West
Harriet Hageman could be roadless proponents’ worst nightmare.
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Audio: The joy of CX
The BLM’s categorical exclusions have allowed some questionable drilling permits.
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The roadless rule ground game
Earthjustice editor Tom Turner’s book provides more details
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Court decision leaves tribes dangling
Critics say the Supreme Court continues to give justification to gut treaties and rob tribes of their land.
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Slideshow: The tiny creatures of the Great Basin
Springsnails, up close and personal
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Audio: Big threats to small ecosystems
Madeleine Nash talks about the springs of the ‘heart of the American West’