It was no secret I didn’t want to leave the West.
Writers on the Range
Posted inSeptember 4, 1981: Super-trains breed super-terminals
The strategic minerals debate
Two writers debate whether the U.S. should become more self-sufficient in its extraction of minerals critical to industry. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/13.17/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
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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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Drought, Glen Canyon Dam, climate change and God
Stopping by the dam during a days-long experimental flood, it’s clear that even this massive feat of engineering can’t fix the arid West.
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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.
Posted inApril 16, 1982: The Big Secret: Highly toxic pesticides in the Rockies
Western chauvinism
To discredit a person’s testimony before a committee of the Idaho House of Representatives, all one need do is prove that the witness was born in some other state. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/14.8/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
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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.
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In the land of getting nothing done
A delegation of outdoor recreationists go to D.C. to lobby for climate action — and walk into the congressional shutdown.
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In describing weather, remember the caveats
The numbers get squirrely when it comes to explaining massive flooding.
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Why we don’t “get” climate change
Does humanity’s poor time-depth perception explain our lack of environmental coordination?