Fanning the Flames of Hate in Oregon
“The present we are now enduring is the climate-change future that we have been warned about for decades.”
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MoreHouses Must be Built to Withstand Wildfire
That the scene has become familiar makes it no less wrenching: A distraught couple searches through the ash, char, and…
U.S. Forest Service Photo 2007. Grass Valley Fire in Southern California’s San Bernadino Mountains
MoreA Clear Warning About the Colorado River
For the West this summer, the news about water was grim. In some parts of California, it didn’t rain for…
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MoreThese Fires will Happen Again and Again
“This pattern of build-and-burn will continue..”
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MoreCovid-19 And Recreation: Too Much Poop, Too Many People
“Though conservation groups continue to point fingers at logging, mining and ranching, they’ve been slow to acknowledge impacts from outdoor recreation.”
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MoreA Goldmine by a Salmon Fishery is a Terrible Idea
The Bristol Bay salmon fishery is a renewable resource; the legacy of the Pebble Mine promises perpetual pollution
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MoreSchool + Pandemic = High Anxiety
“Before opening those classrooms to the lion that lurks inside, let’s ask ourselves one last time: Whose life is it worth? “
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MoreColorado Needs Wolves
“…we can efficiently and affordably undo our ancestors’ shortsighted decision to erase wolves from America’s wild place.”
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MoreWolves and lots of People Don’t Mix
“Wolf proponents see western Colorado as an empty wilderness, not acknowledging the combustion engine, or Interstate-70.”
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MoreIf You Like Fish and Birds, Hug a Cow
“Eighty-five percent of grazing lands — think sagebrush steppe or high desert landscapes — are not suitable for any other type of food production”
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MoreIf the Water Goes, the Desert Moves in
“Without water, you’ve got nothing around here.”
Photograph by David Marston
MoreThe wall with Mexico will come tumbling down
But one needs to read only a bit of world history to realize that walls can come down as a quickly as they were put up.
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