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Jane Goodall told us never give up

By Stephen Trimble

In her “Last Words” interview that was broadcast after her death, Jane Goodall talked about her calm in the face…

The Lee-Curtis proposal would bring OHV traffic into the wildness and quiet of Cathedral Valley in Capitol Reef National Park. Photo courtesy Stephen Trimble

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Can we learn to co-exist with grizzlies?

By Molly Absolon

This summer, a grizzly cub in Grand Teton National Park gained international fame after an adult male bear killed the…

A grizzly bares its teeth in Yellowstone. Photo Courtesy Taylor Wright via Unsplash

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Artificial intelligence wants to inhale my Montana book

By Writers on the Range

Recently, my publisher told me that a major technology company involved in the development of artificial intelligence (AI) wants to…

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Let’s get to restoration and halt the roadless rodeo

By Ben Long

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

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By now, it’s a bizarre tradition of the West

By Dennis Hinkamp

Going into my 26th Burning Man, I admit I was crestfallen at the news that “Midnight Poutine” was not returning. The…

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Rare wolf faces hard road to recovery

By Ted Williams

Most people are familiar with the gray wolf, which was reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park in 1995, and has since…

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Some hikers leave plenty of traces

By Marjorie “Slim” Woodruff

Part of my job as a Grand Canyon educator is picking up stuff a hiker drops or leaves behind next…

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The push is on to strip big trees from our national forests

By Mitch Friedman

It didn’t get much notice, but President Trump has turbocharged logging on public lands in ways that are likely to…

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The wolf-killing case that could change Wyoming

By Wendy Keefover

The Wyoming man who deliberately ran down a wolf with his snowmobile in 2024 didn’t face any consequences, unless you…

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The West is on fire as Washington fans the flames

By Tracy Stone-Manning

This summer, millions of Americans are hiking, camping, fishing and making lifelong memories in our national parks, forests and other…

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Beer and clothing in second-place Aspen

By Angus M. Thuermer Jr.

In December, Teton County, Wyoming, residents learned they were the wealthiest people in the country, making an average of $471,751…

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Coal gets a boost as renewables are gutted

By Jonathan Thompson

A few years back, my friend Norm told me that when he was growing up in northern New Mexico in…

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Writers on the Range has been a godsend for the Las Vegas Sun, filling a critical need for columns on regional issues of importance to our community, to Southern Nevada and our entire state.

Although the Sun is well-served through contracts with the New York Times News Service and Tribune News Service, the columns we receive from those syndicates tend to focus mostly on national issues. That’s where Writers on the Range has been invaluable to us. The group’s focus on Western issues – water conservation, the drought and climate change, environmental protection for fragile desert areas and more – allow the Sun to provide its audience with content that illuminates and adds to the public dialogue
on policy.

The Sun strongly supports the group, and hope it continues to operate for years to come. 

Ric Anderson, Editorial Page Editor
Las Vegas Sun, Las Vegas, NV

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