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Bundyism in Action

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On June 6, 2016
What would happen if the dreams of Cliven Bundy and his clan came true and the federal government sold off all its public lands in the West to the highest bidder? We can have a pretty good idea of this because western states have already...

Water Politics

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On January 13, 2016

This is a really outstanding investigation into how California and thus federal water politics work. That agribusiness would create a Latino front group with the message that not delivering more.

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A Climate Change Christmas

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On December 25, 2015
Did everyone enjoy wearing shorts and t-shirts in the Northeast on Christmas Eve yesterday? Yeah, that's just great. Of course, such freakish temperatures are not entirely about climate change--El Ni帽o and luck are part of it too--but they are indeed about climate change as 2015...

Dam Removal

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On December 5, 2015

I realize that most LGM readers don't spend a lot of time thinking about western natural resource politics. But these issues are central to understanding the politics of the West,.

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Rain Barrels

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On June 15, 2015
That collecting rainwater on your own property in barrels remains illegal in Colorado is a great entry point into the complex and extraordinarily contentious water politics of the West, where every drop can lead to a legal action.

Richard Maxwell Brown, RIP

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On January 2, 2015

Richard Maxwell Brown, the nation's preeminent historian of violence, former president of the Western History Association, and my undergraduate honors' thesis advisor, died in September, seemingly without other historians knowing..

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Water Use and the Rio Grande

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On December 26, 2014
The Rio Grande, May 2003 Nothing drives comments like discussions of water use in the West, so let's go down that path once more so I can link to this excellent series from the El Paso Times on water use in the Upper Rio Grande...
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