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Messing with Maps: John C. Fremont edition
Tracing the route of an 1844 Western expedition
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Jonathan P. Thompson
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Project 2025’s extreme vision for the West
The demolition of public lands, water and wildlife protections are part of conservatives’ plan for a second Trump term.
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Michelle Nijhuis
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Erin X. Wong
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Friday Quick Hits: Clearing the desk of public lands news!
🌵 Public Lands 🌲 The long-running debate over the future of the Lower Dolores River corridor in western Colorado continues, with federal lawmakers…
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Luxury houseboat sinks on Lake Powell
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My life with bikes
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About that FB EV-bashing meme
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Photo Tuesday: A road trip around a corner of the Colorado Plateau
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Feds publish "unprecedented" Bears Ears plan
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On vanishing in the age of surveillance
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A few thoughts on this fraught moment in time
When a man named John Hinckley shot President Ronald Reagan on March 30, 1981, my family and I were on a camping trip in what is now Bears Ears National…
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Coal's Big Breakdown is Back!
A chart for a sizzling Friday
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Jonathan P. Thompson
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Climate change's coal-smudged fingerprints
A survey of heat-related news from across the West
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Jonathan P. Thompson
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Visualizing uranium mining, past and present
With a new Land Desk map, plus Piñon Plain visualizations from the feds and the Grand Canyon Trust
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Jonathan P. Thompson
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A Dog Day Diatribe on AI, cryptocurrency, energy consumption, and capitalism
🐐 Things that get my Goat 🐐
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Jonathan P. Thompson
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Data Dump: Colorado River Consumption Drops
PLUS: Biden has not issued more drilling permits than Trump
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Jonathan P. Thompson
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Summer Solstice Storm Summary
Well, hotdamn! What a wild entrance to summer: Searing heat followed by mega-severe storms and flash flooding of the kind that usually isn’t seen until…
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