Lawmakers need to protect public access for corner crossers
Last summer, hunters and anglers stepped up in a huge way to help defeat a proposal by Utah Senator Mike…
A landscape of the Birhorn Mountains in Wyoming.
MoreOn their own, wolves walk into Washington state
In 2008, Canadian wolves didn’t wait for an invitation from biologists to move them into Washington state. Instead, they trotted…
MoreSoutheast county in Utah has a radioactive target on its back
In the early 1980s, southeast Utah was targeted as a potential dump site for high-level nuclear waste, the kind that…
MoreLet’s get to restoration and halt the roadless rodeo
Grounded in common sense, the Roadless Rule that the Trump administration wants to eliminate has not been controversial for 24…
Hermosa Creek Roadless Area from the Colorado Trail, Photo Courtesy Bertrand Poitier
MoreAmericans face a test of community and citizenship
Each of us Americans conducts our daily life in bubbles, all shockingly siloed from each other. These days, we don’t…
MoreEnergy dominance harms our public lands
I live in Jackson County, in northern Colorado, where hundreds of inactive and abandoned oil wells litter the landscape. Not…
MoreFor waste and ineficiency you can’t beat ethanol
Corn ethanol, also known as grain alcohol, has been burned in gasoline engines and human stomachs since before Henry Ford…
An ethanol production plant in South Dakota. Credit: photos by jim
MoreThe threat of tariffs is already my problem
Unless revoked or substantially reduced to what they are now, 30 percent for 90 days, President Trump’s tariffs will still…
MorePublic lands are a national treasure and must not be sold
Public lands are one of our country’s great equalizers. It doesn’t matter how much money you have—a billionaire and a…
MoreICE is eroding the rule of law
“I got lucky,” José told me. “Because they got the wrong person.” José, 28, who did not give his last…
MoreWolves need federal protection to survive
On January 31, the 30th anniversary of wolves getting reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park, congressional representatives Lauren Boebert (R-CO) and…
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MoreWe see the climate change in New Mexico
Here in New Mexico, our growing season has lengthened since the 1970s, even as stream flows have decreased. Fire season…
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