Maintenance issues abound, a new Civilian Conservation Corps could lend a hand.
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Should we accept invasive species that don’t cause harm?
Amid a national immigration debate, the collared dove raises questions about acceptance.
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Which way? A new approach to navigating the Pacific Crest Trail
Thru-hikers can stay on the hugely popular trail with a cellphone app.
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Getting over the ‘taboo’ in a gun-rights conversation
In Montana, the gap between gun rights supporters and opponents begins to shrink.
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Trekking across Colorado’s fragmented wildernesses
Thru-hiking the Colorado Trail exposes a “wilderness” that is anything but.
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Want to move to a charming rural town? Ask about the sewage disposal system
Wastewater inundation causes a commotion in South Dakota.
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It’s time to come to terms with euthanizing wild horses
The wild horse and burro debate in the West has devolved to knee-jerk rancor.
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Wyoming needs to stop stalling wind power
What’s at stake with the Republican push to tax renewable energy companies
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Replacing Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day isn’t enough
To better honor their history, activists want “justice, not gestures.”
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Remembering a ‘free man’ who died at the Grand Canyon
A transient outdoorsman, he only wanted to be in the mountains or down some canyon.
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What it takes to save an imperiled fish
The impressive effort to restore the Arctic grayling in a Yellowstone National Park stream.
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Vegan food may not be as “vegan” as you think
Plant-based food processing collides with the ugliest side of animal production.
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An argument against internet access in parks
Tethered by their devices, “younglings” of today don’t want to camp.
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How this year’s general election repeats history
The messy 2016 presidential election echoes deeply flawed candidates of the past.
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Chasing the rarest bumblebee in the world
A group of Oregonians searches for the disappearing Franklin’s bee.
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If you can’t beat the weeds, eat them
How nature — and marmots — thwarted a plan for an urban garden.
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Can a Montana community run its own forest?
Local citizens collaborate to restore, protect, and utilize Alvord Lake.
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Defense bill threatens sage grouse survival
A sneaky amendment would block protection under the Endangered Species Act.
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Rural Colorado can’t afford to lose more water to Denver
Is diverting water through the Gross Dam-Moffat Tunnel project still necessary?