Coal continues its precipitous decline
The coal mining industry reacted with outrage when the Bureau of Land Management recently announced plans to stop issuing new…
MoreOne person who cares can change a student’s life
By the time she took the dais at the Arapaho Charter High School graduation this spring, Principal Katie Law was…
Katie Law hands out a diploma, Katie Klingsporn image
MoreMountain bikers push to ride through wilderness
“Something will have gone out of us as a people if we ever let the remaining wilderness be destroyed…” —…
Denali Wilderness, Alaska, courtesy Wilderness Watch
MoreBefore you sleep on the ground, read this
What fun: You’re going on a guided outdoor trip. As you get ready, here are some tips from actual guides…
Backpackers in the White Goat Wilderness, Alberta, Canada
MoreDitch “inefficiencies” give us wetlands
Imagine Westerners waking up one morning only to discover that many of their most cherished wetlands have dried up, gone….
Since 1917, five generations have lived along the Animas Consolidated Ditch outside of Durango, CO, Patty Zink pictured, courtesy Dave Marston
MoreAn ugly tower threatens Bears Ears National Monument
My Navajo homeland is the great expanse of land between four sacred mountains in Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado and Utah….
MoreRoad failure in Wyoming reveals a housing crisis
I live in Victor, Idaho—one of Jackson, Wyoming’s, bedroom communities. Every day, roughly 3,400 Idaho residents drive over Teton Pass…
Photo courtesy Wyoming Dept. of Transportation
MoreIt’s a perfect storm for fire insurance
Westerners have begun looking at their homes differently these days. Are those trees too close? Should I move all that…
House in Douglas County, CO, courtesy Lena Deravianko, Unsplash
MoreIn small towns, bookstores are thriving
“I love to spend my day in a bookstore,” said Amy Sweet. She lives in Red Lodge, Montana, and was…
beartooth books, Red Lodge, Montana, John Clayton
MoreWhat Aspen can teach us
Back in the ‘90s, when writer Hunter S. Thompson held court at the Woody Creek Tavern just outside of Aspen,…
MoreWe won’t forget what happened 101 years ago
One hundred and one years ago, my Ute ancestors were forced to live within a barbed-wire camp in Blanding, a…
La Sal Range in Northern San Juan County, Utah, courtesy Wikimedia Commons
MoreHunting is a valuable tool in managing lions
Asking the public to decide if it’s a good idea to ban hunting mountain lions and bobcats is no way…
Mountain lion, courtesy Writers on the Range
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