Writers on the Range
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- The shape of change
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Fifty years on, Great Salt Lake’s morphing Spiral Jetty continues to inspire awe
- By Dennis Hinkamp
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- A lasting legacy
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Media maverick leaves behind a model for wildlife stewardship, land protections
- By Todd Wilkinson / Writers on the Range
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- Protections, not pilfering
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Utah Republicans are gunning – once again – for Grand Staircase-Escalante
- By Scott Braden / Writers on the Range
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- Missing the stoke
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Lack of runoff doesn’t just hurt landscapes and livelihoods but recreational bonds
- By Auden Schendler / Writers on the Range
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- Running on empty
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Staffing cuts, strained resources leave West’s wildfire response dangerously thin
- By David Calkin / Writers on the Range
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- Planting relief
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Volunteers in Tucson battle extreme heat – and inequality – one tree at a time
- By Karen Mockler
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- Power not proximity
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Relocating Forest Service HQ part of intentional plan to gut agency
- By Tracy Stone-Manning / Writers on the Range
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- Beyond billionaires
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Jackson Hole novelist celebrated mountain town's dirtbag heyday
- By Angus M. Thuermer Jr. / Writers on the Range
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- Our place
- By Stephen Trimble / Writers on the Range
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- Unmasking ICE
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Transparency, not secrecy, is essential to public safety and democracy
- By Benjamin James Waddell
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- Where the buffalo roam
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Wild bison deserve better treatment from Montana lawmakers
- By by Tyson Running Wolf and Tom France / Writers on the Range
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- A clearcut case
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BLM is running amok with environmental rollbacks, logging plans
- By Pepper Trail / Writers on the Range
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- Untapped potential
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As drought persists, does Durango need to rethink its water supply?
- By Dave Marston / Writers on the Range
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- Preying on superstition
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Utah plan to cull mountain lions to save deer unsound, dangerous
- By Ted Williams / Writers on the Range
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- Sneak attack
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Latest underhanded assault would strip protections from public lands
- By Stephen Trimble / Writers on the Range
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- A gray area
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Stepping up to protect public lands access via ‘corner crossings’
- By Karlee Provenza and Joshua A. Seckinger / Writers on the Range
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- Keeping the peace
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Sharing the cost of range riders helps prevent depredation, bridge urban-rural divide
- By Mitch Friedman / Writers on the Range
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- Tapping out
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Must water be enhanced and encased in plastic?
- By Marjorie "Slim" Woodruff / Writers on the Range
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- Back in the crosshairs
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Utah’s San Juan County continues to be a radioactive target
- By Zak Podmore / Writers on the Range
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- Small towns, big jobs
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What reporting on three West Slope city councils has taught me
- By Marty Durlin
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- 06/04/2026
- Tougher on trash
- By Missy Votel
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As human-bear conflicts rise, new state law targets ‘knowingly’ allowing attractants
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- 06/04/2026
- Redefining the business of art
- By Parker Yamasaki / The Colorado Sun
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Colorado’s new A Corp model helps creatives retain control while attracting investment
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- 05/28/2026
- Quick 'n' Dirty
- By Missy Votel
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Help for the Demon Bridge, Highway 550 N closure, and fire mitigation falls off
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- 05/28/2026
- Getting crafty
- By Haylee May / Colorado Public Radio
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Colorado brewers buck national trend by adapting to changing times
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- Getting gassed
- 06/04/2026
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Gas prices are once again giving America something to complain about. And while the local beer meisters at Ska Brewing can’t fix the price at the pump, the brewery is offering one small bit of relief: a new light beer that costs one cent less than the price of a gallon of unleaded gas.
Introducing Ska’s newest brew: West’s Easy Light Lager, because “everything else is so hard.”
- Short legs, big party
- 05/28/2026
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On most days, Tracy Harwood spends her time as a court clerk for the City of Durango. But next Thurs., June 4 – International Corgi Day – she hopes to bring something entirely different to town: short legs, wiggly butts and oversized personalities.
- River cowboy
- 05/21/2026
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It’s a mash-up made in Westernwear heaven. Sort of. Seems Chaco, the purveyor of the iconic strappy dirtbag river rat footwear, has joined forces with Wrangler, as in tight jeans, big belt buckles, bull riding and snap shirt fame.
- Making plans
- 05/14/2026
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Wondering what’s up with the old 9-R Admin building at the end of E. 2nd Avenue that was going to be a fire department, then wasn’t going to be a fire department and is now going to be City Hall and the Police Department?The City of Durango will demystify plans for the historic building during a public session Wed., May 20, 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the Durango Recreation Center.