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Position: Writers on the Range
Position: Editor, Writer on the Range
It began even before the kids were born, more than 20 years ago. Marypat finally got pregnant after years of miscarriages. We were halfway through winter in a cabin hundreds of miles from the...
DATE: Sept. 13, 2012 | COLUMN: Writers on the Range
My little corner of the West -- southern Oregon, between the Pacific Ocean and the high Cascades achieved a brief notoriety during the height of the worlds Cold War anxieties: It was listed as...
DATE: Aug. 25, 2012 | COLUMN: Writers on the Range
My rural western Colorado town of Paonia, population 1,500 on a good day, is in many ways a laboratory-scale model of the USA. We worship both community ties and unfettered independence from the...
DATE: July 26, 2012 | COLUMN: Writers on the Range
THE WESTDont you just love those helpful hints about what to do when youre caught in a jam while out hiking miles from the nearest rural road? Your first response is probably hopeless despair ...
DATE: July 24, 2012 | COLUMN: Writers on the Range
The television and photos he posts online show a wall of flames, smoke plumes billowing in the air like ominous storm clouds. Its hot as hell outside, with record high heat, and the wind is...
DATE: July 7, 2012 | COLUMN: Writers on the Range
The sheriffs call came at 3:30 a.m.: Leave immediately. Luckily, my wife, SueEllen, and I were already up, grabbing passports, photos, dog food, wall hangings from Thailand and Zanzibar. A...
DATE: June 27, 2012 | COLUMN: Writers on the Range
Across the West, proposed high-stakes projects to tap new water supplies are generating well-deserved controversy. Its well-deserved because these projects ignore cheaper alternatives that make a...
DATE: April 14, 2012 | COLUMN: Writers on the Range
All my childhood memories take me back to my familys guest ranch in a remote area of northwest Colorado. Without this place, what would I have to remember?There are the good memories of riding...
DATE: March 31, 2012 | COLUMN: Writers on the Range
Here in Moab, Utah, where we can watch railcars carry off the radioactive uranium waste that was stored right next to the Colorado River, many locals are steeling themselves for the return of yet...
DATE: March 10, 2012 | COLUMN: Writers on the Range
The woman behind the counter asked where I lived. It turns out she grew up in the very same small town, population 300. She said she had to leave it to find a job, moving to the nearest place with...
DATE: Feb. 16, 2012 | COLUMN: Writers on the Range
The Wests history of developing water sources, occasionally stained with instances of outright theft, is probably best described as complicated.Our decisions on who should get what water and...
DATE: Oct. 8, 2011 | COLUMN: Writers on the Range
I recently flew from my home in southern Oregon to Denver, giving me the opportunity to reflect on the fate of Western landscapes. As we took off from the Medford airport, it was easy to see how...
DATE: Sept. 15, 2011 | COLUMN: Writers on the Range
