Writers on the Range
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- Ripple effect
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Trade war uncertainty continues to plague farmers, businesses
- By by Crista V. Worthy
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- Stopping the steal
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Think public lands will never be sold? Think again ...
- By Tracy Stone-Manning
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- A fool's errand
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Answer to extinction is not high-tech “franken-animals” but better protections
- By Pepper Trail / Writers on the Range
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- Eroding the rule of law
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Increasingly more militaristic ICE disregards basic human rights
- By Benjamin James Waddell
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- Net gains
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Net metering, solar battery storage win-win for offsetting costs, unplanned outages
- By Andrew Carpenter
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- People, get ready
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La Plata County hosts Emergency Preparedness Week to get residents wildfire-ready
- By Dave Marston / Writers on the Range
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- Digging in
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When environmental reality weighs us down, action is the antidote
- By Richard Knight / Writers on the Range
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- Crying wolf
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When it comes to elk and CWD, wolves are our allies, not enemies
- By Ted Williams / Writers on the Range
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- How the West was lost
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Despite anti-fed sentiment, rural areas depend on government presence
- By Stephen Trimble / Writers on the Range
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- At the precipice
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Alarming signs of climate change everywhere in New Mexico
- By Laura Paskus / Writers on the Range
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- The blame game
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Mountain lions deserve protections, not scapegoating
- By Wendy Keefover / Writers on the Range
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- The ripple effect
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Mass federal worker firings cut the muscle, not the fat
- By Riva Duncan / Writers on the Range
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- Stagflation nation
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How Trump’s disastrous policies could bring us to the economic breaking point
- By Dave Marston / Writers on the Range
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- A Trojan horse
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Poking holes in the seemingly altruistic push to use public lands for housing
- By Ben Long / Writers on the Range
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- Just weird enough
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The quirky, kitschy and beautifully morbid allure of the Salton Sea
- By Dennis Hinkamp / Writers on the Range
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- Hey, Utah
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Americans love their public lands, so stop trying to get rid of them
- By Aaron Weiss / Writers on the Range
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- A false solution
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It’s time to get real about plastic recycling – or lack thereof
- By Karen Mockler / Writers on the Range
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- A wake-up call
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Devastation of L.A. fires could happen anywhere – even Durango
- By Dave Marston / Writers on the Range
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- Savoring darkness
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Alaska’s endless nights offer cool respite from Earth’s encroaching heat
- By Tim Lydon / Writers on the Range
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- Of bears and Bears Ears
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A rundown of what Westerners cared about in 2024
- By Betsy Marston
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- 05/15/2025
- End of the trail
- By Andrea Dukakis / Colorado Public Radio
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Despite tariff pause, Colorado bike company can’t hang on through supply chain chaos
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- 05/08/2025
- Shared pain
- By Allen Best / Big Pivots
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Dismal trend highlights need to cut usage in Upper Basin, too
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- 04/24/2025
- A tale of two bills
- By Allen Best / Big Pivots
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Nuclear gets all the hype, but optimizing infrastructure will have bigger impact
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- 04/24/2025
- Power play
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Nine hopefuls vie for four open seats on LPEA board
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- Creative endeavor
- 05/15/2025
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Create Art and Tea may have closed its doors earlier this month, but the nonprofit Art Guild of Create Durango that was housed there is still going strong.
- A slow roll
- 05/15/2025
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Durango has a speed problem. And in the interest of public safety and reducing accidents, the City of Durango has announced a new Speed-Management Plan. But first it wants to hear what you have to say. Through May, the City is conducting an online survey on speed and safety on city streets.
- Ride on!
- 05/08/2025
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Durango is the 33rd most-populated city in Colorado, yet, it boasts one of the largest bike swaps in the state. And this year’s swap, the 16th annual held April 25-27 at Chapman Hill, was the most successful yet, according to organizers.
- Out there ...
- 05/01/2025
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This week, Jonathan Thompson brings us a story (p.8-9) about Ol’ Big Foot, the last known wolf to roam southeastern Utah in the 1910s. But Sarah Melotte, writing for the Daily Yonder, has a story on the Bigfoot, as in the hairy, mysterious, man-beast said to roam the wilderness and haunt our days and nights.