Oregon forests are a test case for stripping protections

By Keats Conley

Picture a clear stream where spawning salmon undulate over clean gravels, pressing upstream through waters the iconic fish once vanished…

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Let’s celebrate the trailblazers who can inspire us today

By Heather Hansman

When I was 18 and first worked as a river guide, I assumed I had to be as tough —…

Georgie White running the Grand Canyon in the 1950s

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Wendell Berry, champion of rural life

By Betsy Marston

When Wendell Berry, 92, died this Monday, August 31, the West lost a writer who focused on the importance of…

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Trump administration legalizes extinction of the Gunnison sage-grouse

By Ted Williams

Had Donald Trump been president in 1973, when Richard Nixon signed the Endangered Species Act into federal law, the Gunnison…

Gunnison Sage Grouse. Courtesy Bureau of Land Management Bob Wickjpg

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