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Mine the West for 'likes', prospect for ad revenue, fuel for permanent closures.
A new form of mining is sweeping the West without any ethics or governance to account for externalities, and it's leading to widespread loss of access…
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Skiing is a petroleum sport.
The ski resort industry is one of the most petroleum-dependent outdoor sports in existence, yet skiers are misled about the entire foundation of their…
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The West's recreation trails are now a multi-use nightmare year around
The West's trails were wilder, friendlier, and more travelable before the multi-use melee began ... now, it's disorganized circus.
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New gates across our local trails - another dead canary in the West's tourist mine.
The "resort" mentality is born from country clubs, ski resorts, and other managed spaces ... and the hiking trails of the West are now being managed by…
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The West's quiet mass displacement is here
The people of the West are being economically levered out of their home areas and economies to make way for those who are here to replace them with…
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The Weakest Word in the West
When it comes to challenging development in the West, there's a word Westerner's aren't allowed to use without consequences -- and it carries no power.
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Tourniquets on public lands in the West spreading like wildfire
Private property overlaying public land is choking off access to large wildland areas throughout the West, quietly and subversively.
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Smoothing the West's wildland roads to make way for the New West
The American West's famous image of being wild and untamed is disappearing quickly and quietly to make way for a new and insidious form of mining.
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The Fleeting West
Curious about what's up in the American West? Welcome to the Fleeting West - a newsletter about rapid and widespread changes to the environment, culture, and economy that are rendering the place unrecognizable to those of us rooted here.

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