David Marston - Publisher of WOTR. Opinion is our biz. We're climate change worriers, but we also cover public lands, water, wildlife, fire and social justice.
Paonia, Co
Joined April 2020
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Is it a town square if some people are inciting insurrection? bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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No protected lands are safe in Utah, especially Bears Ears. This from former County Commissioner Diné leader Mark Maryboy: “The most recent example is the plan to build a 460-foot telecommunications tower in the heart of the Bears Ears National Monument. sltrib.com/opinion/commentar…
Shocking. @elonmusk fired 80% of his staff and now getting hacked. I thought he hired robots to monitor that stuff.
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Trump is back on Twitter. He’s running for president. He tried to overthrow our democracy. Do you want to be interacting on a network that aids him in any way?
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Threads .... yay! Imagine a regulated (somewhat) social network. @elonmusk rather than sue META why not hire your content moderation staff back?
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We're receiving a lot of ChatGPT submissions.
FYI. It's obvious and boring and tedious. Every lede the same.
The real opportunity is ChatGPT Country and Western songs. This is big... Truck, heartbreak, some God, rodeo, storm coming, etc. "write song"
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"The Wilderness Act also prohibits 'installations,' but to get around this, a group called the @accessfund has persuaded friends in Congress to introduce a bill that would, in effect, amend the Wilderness Act." – Dana Johnson, Wilderness Watch
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Farmington, New Mexico has much clearer skies as coal plants shut down -- but not much of a plan to move beyond fossil fuels to cleaner energy: writersontherange.org/farmin… via @WritersRange
I'll be posting Writers on the Range columns and personally on Mastadon @davemars@mastadon.sdf.org
Writers on the Range has received generous support from Google's News Equity Fund. We plan on using funds to pay our terrific writers more and expand our offerings to our 150 subscribing news organizations. @GoogleNewsInit
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Public access to waterways in New Mexico. writersontherange.org/new-me…
"These days, real estate prices in Durango, as in so many Western towns, have outrun most workers’ ability to buy or even rent modest digs." writersontherange.org/when-n…
"But the context here points to a larger and troubling reality about the status and persecution of wolves in the West. They are killed every day during trophy-hunting seasons in Idaho, Montana and Wyoming." writersontherange.org/she-mi…
“What’s happened is that environmental groups have become more conservative — instead of a cause, it’s become a career for many people,” nytimes.com/2022/09/28/us/da…
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nytimes.com/2022/09/26/us/po… A strong advocacy group led by Mario Molina
Thank you @MoJoGYE, for the terrific framing and beautiful images of our pro-con on wild horses. mountainjournal.org/wild-hor…