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Native Americans on Route 66

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On November 21, 2014
I admit I've always found the fascination with Route 66 a bit perplexing, since it's really just another road that, outside of New Mexico, does not really go through our most fascinating landscape. Even in New Mexico, that's a less than compelling road as far...
In the last 50 years, there's been a lot of sadness in the environmental community over the destruction caused by many western dams. Glen Canyon is the most famous case, but a lot of beautiful land was erased by the West's insane dam building mania...

Today in Bundyism

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On May 11, 2014

There should be arrests and prosecutions: An illegal all-terrain vehicle (ATV) ride planned this weekend through Recapture Canyon in Utah is the latest flashpoint between anti-government activists and federal land.

Sagebrush Rebellion Returns

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On April 13, 2014
The Sagebrush Rebellion is alive and well among yahoo western ranchers who rely on the federal government to survive but resent its presence when it does anything but facilitate private interests. Fearing for their safety as armed protesters gathered in the Nevada back country, federal...
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Soldiers cutting up abandoned horse during General George Crook's "Horsemeat March" to punish the Lakota after the Battle of Little Bighorn, 1876. It was called this because the American troops had few supplies and so had to eat some of their horses. Just think, this...

Desalination

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On January 7, 2014

Yesterday, we discussed the serious problems the American West has with its water supply and the very real threats this portends for the region's future. Those who truly believe technology.

Water in the West

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On January 6, 2014

Although urban planners and environmentalists worry about these issues constantly, the blind faith by which most people involved with western development have assumed that water supplies would be found is.

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