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Sage and Sand: Fish Tales
Debunking myths about the Endangered Species Act, fish, and water in Nevada
 • Patrick Donnelly
Sage and Sand: Public Lands Tempest
A romp through the chaos of the resource extraction boom laying siege to our Western public lands
 • Patrick Donnelly
Sage and Sand: Ripples in the Groundwater
It’s not just about what you do. It’s about who you inspire to continue the work after you’re gone.
 • Patrick Donnelly
15 Beloved Places at Risk from the Western Solar Plan
BLM fails to adopt a balanced approach, leaving the West at risk from solar development in inappropriate places
 • Patrick Donnelly
Sage and Sand: Upon the Gears and Levers
Wounded people fighting for a scarred land, throwing themselves upon the apparatus to slow the inexorable march of the odious machine
 • Patrick Donnelly
Sage and Sand: Hanging On By Our Fingernails
Numerous new mines, energy projects, transmission lines, and large-scale planning efforts all simultaneously permitting. What's a public lands advocate…
 • Patrick Donnelly
Sage and Sand: Sub-sub-sub-sub-sub-sub-sub-sub species
The greed mongers are circling their wagons to let mining companies drive species extinct at the altar of the almighty dollar. But are they their own…
 • Patrick Donnelly
Sage and Sand
Notes on the fight for desert biodiversity in the Great Basin and Mojave deserts, from the edge of Death Valley

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