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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- A 'force of nature'
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How Ben Nighthorse Campbell bucked political norms and got things done
- By Dave Marston / Writers on the Range
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- Selling out
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Trump BLM nominee Steve Pearce wants to liquidate public lands
- By Aaron Weiss / Writers on the Range
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- Walking in gratitude
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In nature, the reasons to be thankful are all around us if we only look
- By Pepper Trail / Writers on the Range
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- Advice from a part-time pro
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From ski bumming to guiding, seasonal jobs have their pluses – and pitfalls
- By Kira Cordova / Writers on the Range
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- Ranger danger
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What happens to our national parks when staff disappears?
- By Alex Johnson
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- Back from beyond
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How small mistakes can have big consequences in the outdoors
- By Molly Marcello
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- The overlooked disaster
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Storms trigger a humanitarian crisis in western Alaska
- By Tim Lydon / Writers on the Range
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- Fight like h*ll
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Channeling Jane Goodall to stop OHVs in national parks
- By Stephen Trimble / Writers on the Range
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- Wake-up call
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More grizzlies are dying, and we’re a big part of the problem
- By Molly Absolon / Writers on the Range
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- The $340 dilemma
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Artificial intelligence wants to inhale my Montana book
- By John Clayton / Writers on the Range
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- Fool's errand
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Stop pointless roadless rule rodeo and focus on forest restoration instead
- By Ben Long / Writers on the Range
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- Feeling the burn
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Midnight poutine, sand, wind, rain and 80,000 of your closest friends
- By Dennis Hinkamp / Writers on the Range
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- The other gray wolf
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The Southwest’s critically endangered Mexican lobo faces hard road to recovery
- By Ted Williams
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- Talking trash
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From cremains to corned beef, hikers leave plenty of traces
- By Marjorie "Slim" Woodruff
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- Forest for the trees
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The push is on to strip big trees, protections from our public lands
- By Mitch Friedman / Writers on the Range
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- Wyoming reckoning
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Felony charges in wolf-killing may signal a shift in the Cowboy State
- By Wendy Keefover / Writers on the Range
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- Fanning the flames
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The West is on fire as Washington guts land agencies
- By Tracy Stone-Manning
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- The other half (of the 1%)
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A dirt-baggers’ beer and bike mission to second-place Aspen
- By Angus M. Thuermer Jr.
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- The price of 'progress'
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Boosting coal at the expense of renewables a major step backwards
- By Jonathan Thompson
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- 06/11/2026
- Wild at heart
- By Luke Mehall
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Remembering Katrina Blair’s crusade to reclaim the power of wild plants and lands
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- 06/11/2026
- Book Burro hits the road
- By Missy Votel
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Maria’s vintage Airstream-turned-bookmobile aims to deliver free books across region
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- 06/11/2026
- Picking up speed
- By Missy Votel
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Propelled by $1.1M in grants, Phase 2 of Silverton’s Baker’s Park to begin this summer
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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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- Not so fast
- 06/11/2026
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Remember last year, when the Trump administration asked national park goers to “report any signs or other information that are negative about either past or living Americans or that fail to emphasize the beauty, grandeur and abundance of landscapes and other natural features”?
Well, it seems park-goers have pushed back, bigly.
- 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.