A reminder for private companies that public land use permits don’t make them owners.
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Climate anxiety is a real affliction
Understanding what “normal” weather is, in the context of history.
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Fracking in Utah’s Escalante canyons?
Powerless when a company comes to my small town.
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Oil shale never stays down long
The implications of Shell Oil’s abandonment of its oil shale project in western Colorado.
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On being away from my primal landscape
It was no secret I didn’t want to leave the West.
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We need younger hunters
Hunters are aging, and without new hunters to carry on conservation traditions, wild game and habitat will suffer.
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Will there ever be a 51st state?
When we work together, we work to form a more perfect union.
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Tree-sitters have changed since the 80s
The protest tradition continues with new demographics.
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Wolf populations should be assessed by packs, not individuals
The government’s decision to delist gray wolves is flawed.
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A uranium mining proposal threatens water supplies
This South Dakota project claims technology will trump nature.
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Boy Scout leadership needs higher standards
Do they fret too much about gays and not enough about some of their ill-trained youth leaders?
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Telluride voters will find sugar on the ballot
The pros and cons of banning sugary sodas in a mountain resort town of Colorado.
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Not all endangered species live in the forest
Struggling individuals in the rural West deserve as much support as, say, grizzlies.
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Fresh look at the wolf-grizzly relationship
An essay on the Yellowstone study that shows these predators’ fascinating survival dance.
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The bullet shortage: a self-fulfilling prophecy
It started with a fear of government intervention and ends with hoarding.
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Stand up for wildland firefighters
There’s a practical way to show respect for wildland firefighters who put their lives on the line for us.