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Spring '99

Spring '99, RANGE magazine -- Photo by ©Bob Moorhouse


On the cover: Pitchfork Ranch cowboys out on the range in West Texas, 1990s.  

Photo ©copyright Bob Moorhouse.

Table of Contents

©Jim Oltersdorf
Photo ©Copyright Jim Oltersdorf

FEATURES

MONTANA'S MATADOR
No ordinary ranch, no ordinary rancher. By Tom Daubert

BLOODY BEND
The Chambers live on the Texas frontier where life is a battle for survival. By J. Zane Walley

SELLING OUT TO STAY
The land's productivity was not enough to keep Wyoming's Pollock family secure. By Eric Grant

PEARLS OF THE CONCHO
Building a new American tradition with mohair and wool. By J. Zane Walley

FUTURE FRONTIERS
Earthly good from NASA's space technology. By Diane S. Cattrell

GRASS BETWEEN THE ROCKS
The McClaran family lives and rides in Oregon's wild canyons. By Joanne Harrison

HUMOR

JACKKNIVES AIN'T JUST FOR WHITTLIN’
Oh too many uses! By Ryan M. Taylor

PAY ATTENTION OR PAY THE PRICE
My mind was occupied. By Jim Brooks

YESTERDAY

SALLIE CHISUM
She could out-ride, out-shoot and out-drink most of the New Mexico cowboys. By Judy Adams

PHOTOGRAPHY & ART

OUT ON THE RANGE
At Nebraska's Fort Niobrara Wildlife Refuge. By Joel Sartore

THE INHABITED PRAIRIE
In Kansas. Photographs by Terry Evans, words by Donald Worster.

PORTRAIT OF THE WEST
California's Cliff Groves. By Larry Turner

OUT ON THE RANGE
At Nevada's Lunar Crater. By David Muench

PEOPLE & POETRY

POLITICS & HEREFORDITIS
Estelle Matasovic defends ag. By Eileen DiCicco

THE FRONT PEW
Poetry by Ross Gibson

BLACK COFFEE & POSSUM BELLIES
Competitive chuckwagon cooks guard their culinary secrets. By J. Zane Walley

CONFESSIONS OF RED MEAT SURVIVORS
Ray Taylor, Oregon; Eldon Zwicker, Colorado; Clarence Martin, Colorado; Lavorna Helton Benedict, Montana

SCIENCE/POLITICS

PICKING APART PARADISE
Whenever sights are set on a bit of heaven, there's always hell to pay. By Tim Findley

URBAN-RURAL RAPPORT
Who should manage the land? By Alice Good

ECOTERRORISM
In the new Wild West, it's cowboys vs. radical environmentalists. By James Brooke

CUT, BURN & KILL
The many costs of eco-vandalism. By Roni Bell

CRITTERS/HABITAT

CRYING WOLF
A grim tale of a pushy fed. By Tim Findley

COW DOGS
The ranchers' real right hand. By Jim Oltersdorf

BULL TROUT
This predatory "trash fish" may be the next scourge of the West. By Chance Gowan

OPINION

LEWINSKI BAD FOR ENVIRONMENT
Coverups, credibility, and ecological catastrophe. By Alston Chase

PLAYING IT WRONG?
Response to Kieran Suckling and "Playing Against The Rules." By Robert J. McKnight and Barry Clausen

ENOUGH WITH NATURE ALREADY
Time to take responsibility. By Stephen Lyons

THE CONFUSION OF BUZZ WORDS
Looking beyond riparian. By Sid Goodloe

GLOBAL WARMING
By Tim Findley and Thomas Gale Moore

STEPPING UP TO THE PLATE
Easy to shrink into the night. By Julie Rodgers

DEPARTMENTS

Photo of C.J. Hadley -- Copyright ©Jeff Ross
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Up Front
Letter from the Editor

The Trials of '98
By C.J. Hadley

LETTERS
AMAZING FACTS & QUOTES
RANGE HEROES
RANGE AGENTS
RANGE COLLECTOR SET
1999 REAL BUCKAROO CALENDAR

 

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