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Tuesday Thread: How are you coping?
I realize the header picture is a bit grisly, and I apologize, but it sort of fits my mood today.
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Jonathan P. Thompson
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Trump's fossil fuel foxes are guarding the public lands henhouse
Plus: Going down the pipeline wormhole; Funding freeze wrecks the West
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Messing with Maps: Pipeline edition
🗺️ Messing with Maps 🧭
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West's Sacred Cow part II: Indian Creek case study
Plus: Monarchs in trouble, Wacky weather, Living in f#$%ed up times
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Jonathan P. Thompson
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Trump's trade war fallout
Plus: Snowpack check-in; Lees Ferry photos
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January 2025

The West's Sacred Cow
Public land grazing makes it through another administration unreformed
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Water, water everywhere ... ?
USGS water assessment, data center water use, and some good news
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Trump Ticker: "Unleashing energy" edition
Looking at the discombobulated slew of early-term executive orders
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Open Thread: Share your fears, hopes, and predictions for the second Trump administration
Yesterday morning, in the hours before Donald Trump was inaugurated, I figured it was a good time to ask y’all about your predictions, hopes, and fears…
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The Donald Trump Burr Trail? Oy!
Plus: More Biden public lands action; uranium mine safety violations
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SCOTUS kills Utah land grab
Plus: Mining Monitor; Reading the L.A. fires
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Bill Simon, 1944-2025
Plus: Thoughts on L.A. fires and Mining Monitor
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