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Nov. 6, 2009
Embracing the green economy: Making homes more energy efficient, renewable-energy industries could provide a threefold benefit to Montana, the Northwest
Sept. 28, 2009
Place-based forest law: Questions, opportunities presented by Montana Sen. Jon Tester's Forest Jobs and Recreation Act
Aug. 20, 2009
Searching for the soul of America: Report highlights challenges to National Landscape Conservation System, recommends actions to address those challenges
Aug. 6, 2009
Oil shale and its not-so-repetitive past: The Center of the American West probes the West's oil shale resources and the past and future efforts to pull the oil out of its rocky bed
June 25, 2009
Building a living: Missoula's homebuilding industry shows signs of life
as developers seek new markets, products
June 11, 2009
Will our children thank us? The Colorado College State of the Rockies 2009
Symposium and Report Card looks ahead 50 years
May 28, 2009
Montana's local food movement: The Montana Food System Council works to advance the growth of a sustainable and self-reliant food system for the Big Sky State
April 22, 2009
Interview with Mark Rey : Martin Nie talks with the former undersecretary of Agriculture about some of the hot-button issues during his tenure in office
March 25, 2009
New Public Lands Agenda: A new report details pressing public-lands issues for the Obama administration, lays out options for action
Dec. 11, 2008
Livestock and wolves: Defenders of Wildlife's proactive guide provides ranchers, land managers ways to protect stock -- and save wolves
Nov. 20, 2008:
Sustainable change: It's time for sustainable solutions that benefit both the environment and Montana's workers, not more of the same
Nov. 6, 2008:
Harvesting forests' energy: Forest Guild report provides case studies on 45 biomass projects across the United States
Oct. 14, 2008
Mountain Megas: Intermountain West emerges as the economic, political New American Heartland
Aug. 14, 2008
WGA on energy, water: As Chairman of the Western Governors' Association, Utah governor lays out agenda on energy and water
July 24, 2008
Hotter, drier times ahead: The Clark Fork Coalition crunches the data to bring the impact of global climate change home to Montana's Clark Fork River basin
June 12, 2008
Overflow communities: Sonoran Institute's latest publication explores the result of development cascading into Wyoming, Idaho counties from Wyoming's Teton County
May 8, 2008
Rating the Rockies: The 2008 State of the Rockies Report Card provides
talking points for counties' officials, West's residents, by David Havlick and Christopher B. Jackson of the Colorado College
March 20, 2008
Continental Divide Trail: Continental Divide Trail Alliance uses volunteer labor to carve out passage through five Western states one section at a time, by Josh Shusko of the
Continental Divide Trail Alliance
March 8, 2008
Sea change for West's Water: Climate change, population growth challenge
traditional western water policies, by Sarah Bates of Western Progress
Nov. 16 , 2007
Green from the ground up: Dedication, doggedness and an angel donor helped Bozeman reach its goal of building an energy-efficient, environmentally sensitive public library, by Paula Beswick
Oct. 4 , 2007
From forum to fruition: Montana conference provided fertile ground for sharing ideas, and new projects are sprouting up across the West, by Piper Foster.
Sept. 20 , 2007
A new road on wildfire management: Rattlesnake Fire shows how much has changed in Idaho national forests' wildfire policy over the past four years, by Bill Boyd.
Aug. 16, 2007
Western Growth and its Discontent: New book lays out strategies to direct growth, and save the special qualities of the region, by Tom Kenworthy. July 12 , 2007
Appeal to Western Pride: Conspicuous conservers could use their energy-efficient behavior to drive social change, by Patty Limerick from the Center of the American West and Howard Geller of the Southwest Energy Efficiency Project.
June 14 , 2007
How the West can Save: A new report examines how Westerners' relationship with energy is destined to change, by Patty Limerick and Jason Hanson.
May 3, 2007
The West by design: Sonoran Institute's new project showcases what's right with development in the Northern Rockies, by Dennis Glick.
April 23, 2007
Much ado about Idaho elk: Escaped elk from Idaho game ranch heated up legislative debate, but only one law passed, by Nathaniel Judd Hoffman.
March 15, 2007
Watering the West: A new report helps fill in the missing link between land-use and water planning, by Sarah Van de Wetering.
February 15, 2007
Agreeing to move forward:
Montana coalition of diverse stakeholders work together
to create a sustainable, workable plan for a national forest, by Marianne Roose.
Jan. 4, 2007
A Watershed Approach: There's a new homegrown democratic process at work in Montana and the West, by Karen Filipovich.
Dec.14, 2006
Peace out: The conflicts between environmentalists, industry and the Forest Service has subsided, but the real work is just beginning, By Char Miller.
Nov. 30, 2006
Taking the plunge: Colorado water basins explored research, data tools for regional water decisions, By Bridget Julian.
Nov. 9, 2006
Western primary, regional focus: Western states' primary could create some interest in issues important to the region. By Jennifer Robinson.
October 26, 2006
Lessons from the Clark Fork: Montana
conference explores trends in ecosystem restoration law and
policy. Read part I and Part II. By Sarah Van de Wetering.
October 12, 2006
From place to space: Idaho Land Use Summit explored
avenues to slow development and preserve the state's rural
nature
By Dennis Murphy.
September 14, 2006
A $5 million growth solution: Watch-dog
groups could follow comprehensive plans to bridge the disconnect
between concept and reality By William Travis.
August 29, 2006
Good Samaritans: Proposed legislation would
clear the way for abandoned mine cleanup efforts in the
West by Janet Napolitano, Governor of Arizona
August 10, 2006
Place Matters: Public
officials, private parties working in concert can create sustainable
communities in the West
July 6, 2006
Seeing Montana’s Restoration Economy:
Projects big and small help return natural functions to our forests and watersheds and jobs to our communities June 1, 2006
Coal's burning question:
New coal technology offers environmental and economic benefits
for the West
April 27, 2006
Distilling the West:
Sopris conference features projects and solutions that are
replicable at reasonable cost in communities all over the
West.
April 13, 2006
Conserving Canada's Bears:
Alberta's three-year suspension of its
grizzly bear hunt offers a reason for hope.
April 6, 2006
A Region that Makes Sense:
A preview of the 2006 State of the Rockies Report Card provides
a path to a more unified West.
Feb. 23, 2006
Land for Schools:
Bipartisan efforts have come up with creative ways to provide
revenue for rural counties and schools in the past and can
again .
Jan. 19, 2006
Money and Politics:
Western lawmakers played a role in past political scandals,
and were at the vanguard of progressive reforms.
Dec. 15, 2005
Primary Progression:
Rule changes proposed by a Democratic panel moves
the West closer to becoming a player in presidential politics.
Nov. 17, 2005
Senate's role is balance:
Western senators should lead the way to broaden the focus
of Supreme Court nomination hearings.
Oct. 27, 2005
Cities in the New West: Urban
planning will best determine how the region will grow.
Oct. 6, 2005
ESA Reform and the West: Ideologues
on both sides of the aisle and the issue may stall any Endangered
Species Act reform and the process itself.
Sept. 22, 2005
Thinking Like a Region: What
lies at the core of the emergence of regionalism in the eight
Western states that stretch along the Rocky Mountains.
Sept. 8, 2005
Western Primary: In
order for Westerners' voices to be heard, Western states must
work together to hold a presidential primary in 2008.
June 22, 2005
Wrangling Water: International
water experts and officials gather in Boise
to discuss rising demands and decreasing supplies.
May 11, 2005
Consensual success: Annual
report on counties of the Rocky Mountain West finds collaborative
effort, prosperity go han0d-in-hand.
April 27, 2005
Plowing a niche: Three
farmers in Montana take very different routes to stay on their
land and maintain their livelihoods .
April 13, 2005
Role Reversal: As
grizzly bears become increasingly threatened north of the
49th parallel, Canadians look to the U.S. for solutions.
March 30, 2005
Federal flush fund: Pouring
millions of dollars of federal funding into new projects will
not solve the water crisis facing the West.
March 16, 2005
Saving sage grouse: Western
officials want to rewrite federal species law
based on their success at saving sage grouse habitat.
March 2, 2005
Making Merc work: When
Powell, Wyo., lost its main retail clothing store,
residents rolled up their sleeves and opened their own.
Feb. 16,
2005
Nonprofit clout: Little-known
and less appreciated, nonprofit groups
are the third-largest source of private jobs in Wyoming.
Feb. 2, 2005
Local power: Call it collaboration or
consensus, a new book explores ways Westerners can get things done with less
conflict.
Jan. 19,
2005
Park deficits: The administration spent
more
on
national
parks, but
it's not fixing physical facilities or preserving culture.
Jan. 5, 2005
Endangered Act: The
Endangered Species Act needs a better definition,
a recognition of balance and incentives for landowners.
Dec. 22,
2004
Inside Interior: Gale
Norton is the current Interior Secretary, confirmed in January 2001 and expected
to remain through President George W. Bush's second term.
Dec. 8, 2004
Forest planning: In the Forest Service's next century, the big goals
are ever more complicated by demographics and politics.
Oct. 27, 2004
Watershed planning: A
piecemeal approach to either managing or restoring
the Colorado River basin ensures
success for neither.
Oct. 13,
2004
Warming: U.S.
policy has vigorously ignored global warming,
but the effects on the West and the world aren't waiting.
Sept. 30, 2004
Roadless: The
proposed roadless rule won't result in less litigation, but
it might well let the Bush administration off the hook.
Sept. 15, 2004
NewVoices/NewWest: For
the Northern Cheyenne, water is culture and life, and
off-reservation coalbed methane development threatens both.
Sept. 1, 2004
Access or excess: Forest
officials will decide where off-roaders can ride, and what
the agency, the land and the public can afford.
Aug. 18, 2004
Drought warning: Agencies
have sophisticated and coordinated tools
to deal with most natural disasters, except drought.
Aug. 4, 2004
Wilderness management: Much
of the Southwest's de facto wilderness needs work, including
with chainsaws, or natural landscapes will disappear.
July 21, 2004
Government labs: Federal
research has vanquished many diseases, and opposition to an
upgraded Montana lab doesn't wash
July 14, 2004
Inside Interior: Bruce
Babbitt was the architect of some of the most controversial
national monument designations and a leader in restoring public
lands.
June 30, 2004
Cost of the scenery: Businesses
can't continue to bet the region's beauty will attract workers
despite bargain-basement wages
June 23, 2004
Rural towns: Agriculture
still drives the economy in Endicott, Wash., but the commuters
are coming, with mixed blessings
June 9, 2004
Energy: A Colorado
group's study indicates most of the chronic problems of generating
more electricity can be eased with a larger emphasis on renewable
sources.
May 26, 2004
Water, growth and agriculture: Unrestricted
growth and unrelenting drought threaten the future of farms
and ranches in the Mountain West.
May 12, 2004
Growth solutions: Gateway
communities are ground zero for the clash between old and
new, and for pursuing mutual interests.
April 28, 2004
Economy: State of the Rockies:
Some communities across the region have found ways to leverage
the assets of rapid growth to ease the pains.
April 14, 2004
Growth:
It's
been five years of conflict, but Durango residents may have
found a growth plan that fits their ideals.
April 7, 2004
Interior: James
Watt was President Ronald Reagan's controversial Secretary
of the Interior from 1981 to 1983 during the Sagebrush Rebellion.
March 31, 2004
Interior:
John C. Whitaker was Undersecretary of the Interior during
some of the key environmental achievements of the century,
during the Nixon administration.
March 17, 2004
Community: Latino
influx and influence has long been a factor in the region's
culture; it's just now getting the attention it's due.
March 3, 2004
Growth: Everybody
wants protection from unbridled growth, but so few are willing
to adopt the necessary principles.
Feb. 18, 2004
A West that works: There's
a new conservation movement across the West that favors cooperation,
not conflict, to restore the land.
Feb. 4, 2004
Environment and politics:
The Bush administration's eagerness to give away public resources
is too much for some party faithful.
Jan. 21, 2004
Tribes: Both
tribal and local economies would reap the rewards if reservation
land and revenue were returned to tribes.
Jan. 7, 2004
Interior : Alaska Gov. Walter
J. Hickel was Secretary of the Interior from 1969 to 1970,
until Nixon fired him for his outspoken opinions on the Vietnam
War.
Dec. 17, 2003
Grazing : Reformers
rallied around a landmark book, but the West has more complicated
issues at stake.
Dec. 3, 2003
Interior: Udall
ushered in landmark legislation on wilderness, Alaska lands
and scenic rivers under Presidents Kennedy and Johnson.
Nov. 12, 2003
Media: Growth
is the West's biggest issue, but most of the region's daily
papers sacrifice coverage for profits.
Oct. 29, 2003
Water: Using endangered
species to force states to manage their water is the wrong
approach to the right goal.
Oct. 15, 2003
Fire policy: It should
be obvoius to all by now that doing nothing about fire risks
will not preserve the forest's status quo.
Oct. 1, 2003
Politics: Republicans
are losing their grip on the West, by losing touch with its
changing constituency.
Sept. 17, 2003
Predators: The biggest barrier
to restoring and maintaining viable populations of large predators
is attitude.
Feb. 19, 2003
Feds'
attempt at uniform electricity plan draws heat and sparks
across the West.
Feb. 12, 2003
Federal
agencies clash with state commissions over who dictates energy
and telecom policies.
Feb. 5, 2003
The
Bush administration is intent on running national parks and
forests just for the profit.
Jan. 29, 2003
Noise
levels in national parks has both sides yelling about limits
on their rights.
Jan. 22, 2003
Subsidized
grazing won't keep the West from being subdivided and paved.
Jan. 15, 2003
Indian
tribes flex new muscle; Interior's McCaleb caught in the grip.
Jan. 8, 2003
Forces
of change will create a different region in the not-so-distant
future.
Dec. 18, 2002
Legislators
across the region to patch gaping budget holes.
Dec. 11, 2002
States
need the power to preserve, as well as sell, school trust
lands.
Dec. 4, 2002
Montana's
growth is placing too many septic tanks too close to too many
wells.
Nov. 27, 2002
Ranchers
are manipulating their operations out of business; better
to mimic nature.
Nov. 20, 2002
The
LDS Church has multiplied its numbers and spread its faith
around the globe.
Nov. 13, 2002
Smugglers,
illegal immigrants make Arizona public lands a dangerous place.
Nov. 6, 2002
For
a taste of a town's personality, eschew the McArches, order
at the cafe.
Oct. 30, 2002
Despite
the myths, Colorado food banks feed mostly working U.S. citizens
with kids.
Oct. 23, 2002
Traditional
Navajo and Hopi warned against strip mining Black Mesa.
Oct. 16, 2002
A bigger
Waterton Park would protect many resources, including quiet
reflection.
Oct. 9, 2002
Ranchland
provides half of winter range in Wyoming and most of the benefits.
Oct. 2, 2002
Canada's
attitudes and political structure ensure cities have to beg
for funding.
Sept. 25, 2002
A dose
of straight communication would greatly improve forest health.
Sept. 18, 2002
Good
drought management means balancing range health against cash
flow.
Sept. 11, 2002
Zero-cut
campaign forces bad ideas, such as Bush's Healthy Forests
plan.
Sept. 4, 2002
The
way we debate resource issues may guarantee no middle ground.
Aug. 28, 2002
Study
says conservation can double water supplies for drought-stricken
cities.
Aug. 21, 2002
Smart
Growth isn't working; let buyers decide what fits.
Aug. 14, 2002
Research
on U.S. and Canadian nations indicates jobs come with tribal
control.
Aug. 7, 2002
Wyoming
is the nation's least-populated state, but second homes occupy
much of its open space.
July 31, 2002
Drought
may pit cities against country, and hasten the demise of ranching.
July 24, 2002
Idaho
groups find it's possible but not easy to reach consensus.
July 17, 2002
Water
can't be used to control growth, but growth has profound effects
on water.
July 10, 2002
New
Economy ties the West more tightly to national trends, for
better or for worse.
June 26, 2002
Our
icons reflect our passion for remembering events as we want.
June 19, 2002
Game
farms provide ideal conditions to spread chronic wasting disease.
June 12, 2002
It takes
time, practice and awareness to manage a ranch by heeding
the land.
June 5, 2002
Greater
Denver looks to smart growth to accommodate another million
people by 2020.
May 29, 2002
The
number of sites, the costs and the need grow, as Bush guts
the program.
May 22, 2002
B.C.
government can't ignore aboriginal rights, but it's increasingly
out of the loop.
May 15, 2002
Montana
can't afford to ignore smart growth.
May 8, 2002
Gambling
is not a long-term answer to reservation unemployment.
May 1, 2002
Montana's
future depends on its students understanding the place in
which they live.
April 24, 2002
Campaign
to buy ranchers' grazing permits is the way to save public
range.
April 17, 2002
Waterton-Glacier
is an icon for economic fairness and environmental stability.
April 10, 2002
B.C.
Liberals' 'New Era' could be beginning of the end for some
ecosystems.
April 3, 2002
Grand
Canyon's seeps and springs are fed by irreplaceable ground
water.
March 27, 2002
Stewardship
contracts give National Forest rangers the latitude to fix
the forest.
March 20, 2002
Rural
Western economies haven't faded with the timber industry,
they've grown on the strength of forest amenities.
March 13, 2002
The
guru of intensive grazing says Western ranges will recover
better with cattle grazing.
March 6, 2002
The
rural West's economic development depends on the value of
its amenities.
Feb. 27, 2002
Montana's
Rock Creek Mine would undercut wilderness.
Feb. 20, 2002
Collaboration
and consensus emerge as new ways to manage public lands.
Feb. 13, 2002
Utah's
newest monument proposal could be a chance to mend political
fences.
Feb. 6, 2002
Idaho's
newest judge illustrates the rising influence of Hispanics.
Jan. 30, 2002
Forest
Service learned little from 30 years of controversy on Montana
forest.
Jan. 23, 2002
Economist
Tom Power and the West's Post-Cowboy Economy
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