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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...Waste Not, What Now
4. October 2010
Increased recycling and capturing methane at the local landfill are helping reduce waste in northern Colorado. But the recession and financial motives are also having their impacts at the dump.
Continue reading...Flight Risk
20. September 2010
The good news for birds facing changing climates: they can fly away from harsh conditions. The bad news: their food usually can't. A short article from the Autumn 2010 issue of Nature Conservancy Magazine.
Continue reading...Beefing Up Family Farms
13. September 2010
This August, Fort Collins hosted "the most important day" in the history of the U.S. cattle industry, and -- giddy-up -- I covered the proceedings for MatterDaily.
Continue reading...B-schools Get Their Green On
7. September 2010
Two years after the financial meltdown on Wall Street and across the nation, a number of graduate business-school programs have shifted some emphasis to ethics and environmental consciousness and, as with all things green, Colorado is at the forefront. I wrote about the green MBA movement on the Front Range in my July 1, 2010 column for the Northern Colorado Business Report.
Continue reading...Robo Rooter
31. August 2010
Forget Wall-e. Matt Cole is already building bots to clean up the worst nuclear waste around the planet. The May 2010 issue of Wired carried this profile in its Alphageek section.
Continue reading...Return of Superfund?
28. June 2010
For a decade and a half, the U.S. government's toxic-cleanup program, Superfund, has neither been super nor much of a fund. Now, Superfund might finally earn its name again.
Continue reading...Summer Diversions
21. June 2010
What I'm doing this summer when I'm not doing what I'm supposed to be doing (and other recent bad habits and personal obsessions).
Continue reading...Slick Mapping
20. June 2010
Take note, Gulf Coast: After the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska, coastal managers embarked on an ambitious mapping project to monitor and protect the state's shores. A short article from Nature Conservancy Magazine, Summer 2010.
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17. January 2011
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