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vranespic.jpg Kevin Vranes has a phud in Physical Ocean- ography and Cli- matology. He now studies sci- ence policy and politics at the CSTPR. (More in the about.)

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  On Killing
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  The Botany of Desire
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Abandoned mine lands bill through Senate markup

I have a long post up on Prometheus here about today's Environment and Public Works Committee markup on S.1848, the Cleanup of Inactive and Abandoned Mines Act, sponsored by Senators Salazar and Allard....

Sierras away Q#2: big wild animals in not-wild places

After strongly pushing all larger wild mammals out of cities and suburbs over the past century, some mammals are starting to come back. Deer are the obvious visitors, but coyotes, fox, elk, bears (just to name the animals I've personally...

The reading list: The Contested Plains is done

The lessons for this region that West illustrates are as valid now as they were in the second half of the 19th Century. Ever since I moved to the Front Range I've had a subtle, mostly latent, uneasy feeling about life here. After reading West's book I know why.

Next on the Discovery Channel: fear, fear and more fear

It's the first time we've had a TV in the house for years and with it we have basic cable. Unfortunately, around here "basic cable" means "you might as well just use an antenna." All the broadcast stations, some public...

Elliott West and the Colorado Plains tribes

I went to a good talk tonight by Elliott West, hosted by the Center for the American West. Elliott was invited to talk about his book The Contested Plains: Indians, Goldseekers, and the Rush to Colorado, and I think even...

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