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Original article can be found at KUNC Originally published on October 19, 2016 By Erin OToole This election year, we’ve heard a lot about border security. As Donald Trump has said: “We can do a wall, we’re gonna have a big fat beautiful door right in the middle of the...

Original article can be found at HJnews Originally published on September 29, 2016 By Kevin Opsahl At the beginning of her lecture, Patty Limerick jokingly gave attendees who gathered at the Logan Tabernacle on Thursday night a “trigger warning” that her talk would include “bureaucratic studies ahead!” and warned people...

Original article can be found at HJnews Originally published on September 23, 2016 By Kevin Opsahl A professor and administrator from the University of Colorado will talk about federal government employees’ role in the development of the American West in this year’s annual Leonard J. Arrington Mormon History Lecture. Patty...

Original article can be found at Utah State Today Originally published on September 15, 2016 Hair raising tales from government workers and clerks? Yes, according to Patty Limerick, American West historian, author, teacher and the featured guest for the 2016 Leonard J. Arrington Mormon History Lecture in Logan. Limerick presents...

Original article can be found at Boulder Weekly Originally published on August 25, 2016 By Claire Woodcock Residents, transplants and visitors alike recognize Colorado as a pioneer in public land leadership. From forests like the White River National Forest to parks like Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado leads by example,...

Original article can be found at KUNC Originally published on August 22, 2016 By Erin OToole Nearly 78 million visitors hit popular spots in Colorado in 2015. They pumped more than $19 billion into the economy, according to the state’s tourism office, but that money comes with a dark side...

Original article can be found at NPR Originally published on August 18, 2016 By Kirk Siegler When rancher Cliven Bundy claimed his family of Mormon pioneers had “ancestral” rights to the federal land in and around Gold Butte, Nev., Vernon Lee scoffed. “As a native, and as the tribe that...

Original article can be found at Daily Camera Originally published on June 8, 2016 By Carah Wertheimer A book talk by Gov. John Hickenlooper at the First Congregational Church in Boulder turned unexpectedly chaotic Wednesday night when it was disrupted by anti-fracking protesters from a group called the Colorado Community...

Original article can be found at Daily Camera Originally published on June 8, 2016 By Carah Wertheimer A book talk by Gov. John Hickenlooper at the First Congregational Church in Boulder turned unexpectedly chaotic Wednesday night when it was disrupted by anti-fracking protesters from a group called the Colorado Community...

Original article can be found at WNYC Originally published on June 2, 2016 Real estate and energy development in Western states have transformed more than 4,000 square miles of land between 2001 and 2011. “A new analysis by the nonprofit Conservation Science Partners finds that natural areas out west are...