Writers on the Range
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- Pulling thistles, sowing hope
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A little may go a long way in the battle of invasive weeds
- By Susan Marsh
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- It takes all kinds
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Farewell to two radicals with a common goal: changing the West
- By Ernie Atencio
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- Shoulder to shoulder
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The West has too many visiting hunters, to the detriment of locals and wildlife
- By Andrew Carpenter
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- Home on the range
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Creative builders get rural housing done
- By Dave Marston
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- Getting skunked
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What to do with a stinky pest in the garden
- By Richard Rubin
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- No one size fits all
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Are beavers always the answer? Not really
- By Ted Williams
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- Firefighting goats
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Hungry livestock can be a forest’s best friend
- By Dave Marston
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- Enough is enough
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Let’s blow the whistle on public-land abusers
- By Rob Pudim
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- Speak up
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We can help shape this Utah monument
- By Jonathan Thompson
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- The Golden Rule
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Yes, there’s such a thing as trail etiquette
- By Marjorie "Slim" Woodruff
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- Remembering John Fielder
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Colorado's unofficial landscase photographer
- By Betsy Marston / Writers on the Range
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- Funding the frontline
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Wildland firefighters need our support, better pay
- By Gregory McNamee / Writers on the Range
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- Howdy, partner
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Just moved out West? Here are some tips to get acclimated
- By Betsy Marston
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- Say cheese
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Too many tourists follow a leader
- By Marjorie "Slim" Woodruff
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- Backcountry heroes
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SAR teams put lives on the line, often without compensation
- By Molly Absolon
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- The last wild places
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Mountains in wilderness don’t need climbing hardware
- By Dana Johnson
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- In need of a jolt
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Farmington grapples with post coal-fueled future
- By Dave Marston
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- Famous fossils
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Old bones can be a town’s movie stars
- By Adam Larson
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- A bad deal
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Federal land exchanges serve the wealthy, cost the public
- By Erica Rosenberg
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- Running out of time
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A dancing bird finally gets some protections, but is it too late?
- By John Horning/Writers on the Range
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- 01/22/2026
- Open concept
- By Missy Votel
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Local works with restaurants to bring European communal tables to Durango
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- 01/22/2026
- A pause on paws
- By Sam Brasch / Colorado Public radio
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Colorado won’t release wolves this winter after failing to find new source population
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- 01/15/2026
- Layers of history
- By Missy Votel
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‘Constellations of Place’ honors 150 years of statehood, as well as peoples who came long before
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- 01/15/2026
- A hiccup for coal
- By Allen Best / Big Pivots
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Trump’s latest effort to keep coal alive clumsy at best
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- Eyes on the snow
- 01/22/2026
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This winter, we’ve all had our eyes on the snow– or lack thereof – but the folks at the Colorado Avalanche Information Center are looking for a few more. The Friends of the Colorado Avalanche Information Center (FoCAIC) – the outreach, education, events and fundraising arm of the CAIC – recently launched its annual “Observations Challenge” for the 2025-26 season
- Whole lotta nothin'
- 01/15/2026
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Put your picket signs away: Durango is safe from Whole Foods, at least for now. According to a news release from the City of Durango on Monday, the owners of the Durango Mall and the Kensington Development Group have dissolved an agreement that would have brought a “national organic grocery store” and up to 270 rental apartments to the 20-acre mall property.
- Winter of discontent
- 01/08/2026
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As the stalemate drags on in Telluride over what is considered fair wages for the resort’s patrollers, local leaders say the strike and subsequent closure of Telluride Ski Resort is already exacting significant damage on the town’s economy.
- Losses and Gaines
- 12/18/2025
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Aspen has some more celebs to add to its roster. Chip and Joanna Gaines, of HGTV “Fixer Upper” fame, recently bought a property on the outskirts of town with the intent to not just make a “dream vacation home” for their family of seven but, of course, to document the transformation. The three-episode “Fixer Upper: Colorado Mountain House” debuted Dec. 9, and hijinks immediately ensued for the Waco, Texas, couple, including a run-in with a bear.