Writers on the Range

Colorado is conflicted about cutting its water use

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In Colorado, farmers were required to enroll in a four-state program by March 1 if they want to get paid for fallowing their fields,...

When no home is affordable, where do you live?

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It’s a common story: Candace McNatt of Durango, in southern Colorado, kept losing bidding wars to buy a house. She finally settled on a...

Fear and the depleted Colorado River

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Some Colorado River tribulations today remind me of a folk story: A young man went to visit his fiancée and found the family trembling...

The Colorado River is sending a message

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It feels like an apocalypse in the Southwest — wildfires, floods, drought, heat, smoke. This was not the norm when I moved to Colorado...

The West is an exploiter’s paradise

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High on a mesa where everyone can see it, a trophy house is going up in the northern Colorado valley where I live. Some...

We need to act now to fight wildfires

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For the 2021 fire season, the writing is on the wall. The West, despite a few days of intense winter, is far drier than...