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Study: Something's gotta give on the Rio Grande
Climate change and overconsumption are drying up the Southwest's "other" big river
Nov 21
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Moab seeks bigger crowds?
Plus: Car Chronicles (and a poll)
Nov 18
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USDA looks to expand public lands grazing
Plus: Data Center Watch, Mining Monitor, Messing with Maps 1940 edition
Nov 14
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Jonathan P. Thompson
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I was wrong about Trump, okay!?
Oct 7
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Public land sell-off amendment is a test
May 9
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BREAKING: Mike MAGA Lee changes public land sell off bill
Jun 24
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On DOGE and Keystone XL and lost jobs
Feb 28
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OPEN LETTER TO THE PEOPLE
Aug 8
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The West's Sacred Cow
Jan 31
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Trump picks Pearce to run Bureau of Land Management
Also: Drill, baby, drill continues during shutdown; appropriately sited solar
Nov 7
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Dinosaurs, big rains, thin snowpack, oh my
🦖 Fossils 🦕
Nov 4
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Jonathan P. Thompson
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Et tu, Cisco? Developer looks to turn Utah "ghost town" into "our town."
Plus: Surfing and gentrifying the desert; Parting shots
Oct 31
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Jonathan P. Thompson
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The Weminuche Wilderness at 50 -- and a way forward for public lands
The creation of Colorado's wilderness area was remarkably nonpartisan
Oct 28
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Jonathan P. Thompson
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Notes from the Road: SW Oregon to SW Colorado edition
Also: Vaya con Dios Silver Bullet
Oct 21
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Friday quick takes: Energy impotence? Uranium. Floods and reservoirs.
🔋Notes from the Energy Transition 🔌
Oct 17
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Jonathan P. Thompson
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Flooding in the Four Corners Country
The San Juan River in Pagosa Springs hits major flood level for the second time in days
Oct 14
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