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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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The slippery slope of e-bike access

By Marjorie “Slim” Woodruff

When I visited Bryce Canyon National Park recently, the shared paths were crowded with electric motorcycles. They say they are…

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The Park Record has published Writers on the Range for years because of the value it provides for our readers. In a community like Park City, tucked away in Utah’s Wasatch Range, connection to the broader region is critical, and our readers enjoy learning about important topics happening elsewhere in the West — as well as having their perceptions challenged through thought-provoking analysis and opinion pieces. And while we strive to provide that type of content through a number of means, we have found few better resources than the always-compelling offerings of Writers on the Range.

Bubba Brown, Editor
The Park Record, Park City, UT

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