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September 26, 2024
Dave Marston (right) and Jeff Miller repair a trail in the Collegiate Peaks Wilderness, Colo., in August 2024. (Contributed photo by Matt Smith, courtesy of Writers on the Range)

Volunteers key to trail’s success

The Colorado Trail, an iconic 567-mile high-elevation trail that crosses the Rockies, owes its existence largely to Gudy Gaskill, a charismatic, six-foot-tall woman who could make tough things seem easy.

September 19, 2024

The growing case for ‘Medicare for All’

In her debate with Donald Trump, Vice President Kamala Harris declared, “access to healthcare should be a right, not a privilege for those who can afford it.”

September 19, 2024

Trump’s real witch hunt

Springfield, Ohio has been in the news in the past. In the mid-1960s, it became the first city in Ohio to elect a…

September 12, 2024
Biologist and wolf research Diane K. Boyd examines a wolf during the 1980s. (Contributed photo courtesy of Writers on the Range)

40 years of living with wolves

Biologist Diane K. Boyd has had a front-row seat to 40 years of wolf recovery in the West, but her new memoir reveals that entanglements with humans in Montana were often tougher than dealing with the four-legged predators.

August 29, 2024

Time to get educated about K-12 education

School districts across Washington state are struggling to make ends meet as the cost of doing business continues to skyrocket while the money to pay the bills continues to shrink.