And this one is close to sweeping away a historic chalet.
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77 years later, here comes pot
The history of marijuana is clouded by racism and muddled thinking.
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Water and waste are an old story
This resource in the American West will always be dammed, diverted or otherwise purloined.
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A rock star was my teacher
Re-encountering a science nut who instilled in me a love of wilderness.
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Recapture Canyon and an illegal ATV trail
A Utah county attempts to gain right of way on an illegal ATV trail built on public land.
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I admit it: I’m an environmental hypocrite
Yup, I hang my clothes to dry – right after I burn fossil fuels to get them clean.
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Mountain bikes and wilderness don’t mix
To loosen wildland restrictions now starts us down a slippery slope.
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Got a local issue? Here’s how to organize
How a small group of people committed to academic freedom organized to turn around a school district.
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Don’t forget what the Exxon Valdez taught us
On the regulatory laxness that led to the spilling of 11 million gallons of crude oil into Prince William Sound 25 years ago.
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An Iraq War veteran fights for public lands
Finding much-needed solace in Colorado’s Browns Canyon and hoping it becomes a national monument.
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Between a rock and a dry place
How the “mega-drought” facing the region got its start.
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Megaloads and wild-and-scenic rivers don’t mix
Opinion: These loads of mining equipment to Canada don’t belong on a narrow, scenic road that winds through my part of Idaho.
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Gliding past while bullets fly
Rafting the Yellowstone River while hunters shoot ducks out of the sky.
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On the ground with economies built on snow
It has been snowing in Crested Butte, Colo., where people pray and dance for snow; the whole winter economy is predicated on snow. Crested Butte’s old miners used to call snow “the only crop that never failed.” They also used to say, “You can’t eat the scenery.” But Crested Butte and most mountain communities have […]
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Who speaks for the sage grouse?
Across the West, politicians and oil and gas industry spokesmen are wringing their hands, shaking their heads and saying “no” to Bureau of Land Management proposals to set aside large swaths of land for the greater sage grouse, and for federal plans to list the separate Gunnison sage grouse as an endangered species. Colorado Gov. […]
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The sounds of silence, Eastern style
I once read about a lock-tender who spent his life accompanied by the sound of rushing water going over the lock’s dam. Then, the dam was taken down, ending a lifetime of constant background noise, which, although perhaps a pleasant-enough sound, was still, well, constant. His greatest surprise was finally being able to hear the birds. I […]
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Words to live by as the year winds down
Adages, quotes and sayings to inspire in 2014.
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Will the nation accept horse slaughter?
Opinion on the recent opening of two slaughterhouses: why horsemeat isn’t such a radical idea.
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Uranium belt towns face bleak economics
A new documentary gets a good reception from both sides of the issue.