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Sprawl of the Wild
My first article for the Rocky Mountain Bullhorn, from January 2005, covering illegal poaching of elk in Estes Park, outside Rocky Mountain National Park. Six years later, wildlife management, including wolf reintroduction, remains an enigma in the region.
Continue reading...Tancredo’s Crash Course
18. October 2010
Anti-immigration politician Tom Tancredo has survived his own outrageous claims and stances to make a serious run for Colorado governor. In 2005, I interviewed and profiled him for the Rocky Mountain Bullhorn.
Continue reading...Wardrobe Malfunction
26. February 2010
It can hardly be considered a coincidence that West Nile virus swarmed America, and then the insect-repellent garment industry had a breakthrough. An essay on pesticide-laced clothing, from 2005.
Continue reading...Buffalove
19. November 2009
One of my favorite reporting assignments remains the few days I spent with the Buffalo Field Campaign near West Yellowstone, Montana, in late winter 2005. Perched along Hebgen Lake, the BFC uses direct action and around-the-clock field surveillance to protect Yellowstone-area buffalo and oppose the management policies of the state of Montana, which insists on [...]
Continue reading...Cloudy with a chance of…
16. October 2009
Cloud seeding is some sort of great proof in the indomitable human spirit, or at least the bliss of uncertainty and ignorance. Water suppliers, ranching associations, ski resorts, and even Olympic host nations regularly spend millions of dollars sending silver iodide crystals into the sky with the prayers that the practice will increase precipitation. The [...]
Continue reading...Fire Water
10. July 2009
Gasland is taking hydraulic fracturing to the Oscars. In 2005, we reported across Colorado to see how frac'ing and gas drilling were affecting families and their land. It wasn't pretty and, six years later, the problems are lingering.
Continue reading...Homecoming
10. June 2009
Each November, Cheyenne and Arapaho tribe members remember the unprovoked slaughter of hundreds of Indians in 1864, known as the Sand Creek Massacre. In 2005, members of the Northern Cheyenne tribe invited me to tag along during a journey that began in Montana to return ancestors' remains to the massacre site in southern Colorado. My feature appeared in the Bullhorn in November 2005.
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17. January 2011
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