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April is the cruelest month (to the snowpack)
Mining Monitor: Lithium operation gets water permit; some hype comes to fruition
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The 1881 killing of Clayton Ogsbury
An episode from a particularly violent chapter in Four Corners Country history
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Good News from the Clean Energy Beat
Solar for All! Clean Energy Powers California!
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Luxury houseboat sinks on Lake Powell
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About that FB EV-bashing meme
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My life with bikes
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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 flurry of public land protections
Biden's rushing to get new rules in place, just in case ...
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Notes from the energy transition
A little trip through the San Juan Basin
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Data Dump: Exporting hay (and water)
Western states export hay, but maybe not as much as you think
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Pondering Moab, the Old West vs. New West, and cows vs. condos
A meandering essay
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Aridification Watch: Snowpack is normal in most places -- for what it's worth
Also: The West loses a fierce voice
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Photo Tuesday: A road trip around a corner of the Colorado Plateau
Over the last few days, the Silver Bullet and I followed an erratic course across the Colorado Plateau, beginning on the banks of the Animas River and…
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Lamenting the McElmo effect and loss of irrigation-landscapes in an era of aridification
On the side-effects of necessary water use cuts
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