Will salmon finally win this year?
For the last 35 years I’ve been covering what we call the “salmon wars” in the Pacific Northwest, writing so…
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Annette Choszczyk lives in rural western Colorado these days, but when she was a kid, the Highline Canal in Denver…
Photo of North Fork Valley, Co, courtesy of Kenita Burns Moore
MoreThe “Keystone Pipeline” won’t make gas any cheaper
”A report that the Biden administration is weighing greater imports of Canadian oil is putting a renewed focus on the…
MoreTips for a new code of the West
It’s not always easy living in the rural West, with customs so entrenched that everybody takes them for granted. What…
Image credit: Pat Hunter
MoreFreedom in the West, but not for women
I moved to Wyoming a few years ago for its outdoor recreation, but I also liked the state’s history of…
MoreHow do you you-know-what in the woods
Poop talk makes everybody fidget and giggle uncomfortably. We like our poop to disappear. We want shiny white porcelain toilets…
MoreWe need every tool to fight today’s fires
We know now that the largest recorded fire in New Mexico history was started by an escaped “prescribed burn,” or…
MoreThe Colorado River Compact Hasn’t Aged Well
The Colorado River Compact turns 100 this year, but any celebration is damped down by the drying-up of the big…
The public launch ramp at Antelope Point, late March, 2021
MoreI’m a journalist and an optimist
Journalism has always been a tough way to make a living. It’s generally offered low wages, the constant threat of…
MoreBison — back where they belong
Early in the Covid-19 epidemic, I visited the Bison Range on the Flathead Indian Reservation in northwestern Montana. But the…
Bison by the Midway Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park
MoreA water-stressed valley needs to curb development
In my drought- and fire-plagued home valley, 40 miles north of San Francisco, a debate has been simmering for decades…
MorePlenty of food, but not for all farmworkers 
On a summer morning in southern Idaho, the day breaks early, before 6 a.m. The air is stale, never fully…
Farm workers harvesting yellow bell peppers near Gilroy, California.
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