Writers on the Range
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- Wolf tales
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Biologist details 40 years of living with wolves in northern Montana
- By Ben Long / Writers on the Range
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- Fire on the mountain
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When fire danger is high, hikers turn into smoke-battling vigilantes
- By Zeke Lloyd / Writers on the Range
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- Beyond net zero
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Utilities should focus on better batteries and smarter management
- By Auden Schendler / Writers on the Range
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- Silence is golden
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'Almost there," "good job" and other sayings to annoy fellow trail-users of a certain age
- By Marjorie "Slim" Woodruff / Writers on the Range
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- Ties that no longer bind
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Montana once prided itself on politicians with ties to the land; that’s changing
- By John Clayton / Writers on the Range
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- A precipitous decline
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Ban on new coal leases follows market, law and public opinion
- By Peter Gartrell / Writers on the Range
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- The power of one
- By Katie Klingsporn / Writers on the Range
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- Keeping it wild
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As pressures on untrammeled Wilderness grow, so does need to keep it sacred
- By Kevin Proescholdt / Writers on the Range
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- What not to do
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Thinking of taking a guided backcountry trip? Read this first ...
- By Marjorie "Slim" Woodruff / Writers on the Range
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- A leaky argument
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As much as some don’t like them, ditch inefficiencies give us wetlands
- By Richard Knight / Writers on the Range
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- A looming threat
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Proposed cell tower will be ‘spear in the heart’ of Bears Ears
- By Mark Maryboy / Writers on the Range
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- The other side
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Teton Pass road collapse exposes more than just geographic divide
- By Molly Absolon / Writers on the Range
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- A perfect storm
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Navigating a way through the increasingly fraught home-insurance forest
- By Dave Marston / Writers on the Range
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- Changing the story
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Unlike in big cities, bookstores are thriving in small towns
- By John Clayton / Writers on the Range
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- What Aspen can teach us
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‘Greedheads’ can’t be stopped, but they can be pressured to do the right thing
- By Jacob Richards / Writers on the Range
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- Leaving tracks
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As Iron Horse turns 52, remembering its roots and founder
- By David Marston / Writers on the Range
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- We won't forget
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“100 Years of Silence” draws attention to brutal incarceration of Utes
- By Shaun Ketchum Jr. / Writers on the Range
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- A valuable tool
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In defense of big cat hunting and rejecting 'ballot box biology'
- By Andrew Carpenter
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- Cat fight
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Bobcats and other wild cats need protection, not ruthless killing for their pelts
- By Ted Williams / Writers on the Range
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- Lightening the load
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Perhaps the best way to deal with belongings is to give – not store – them away
- By Rich Wandschneider / 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.