Water is power in the American West
The overriding law of the old American West was simple: First come first served. That meant the first person to divert from a river on to...
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Letters From The West
Rocky Barker
- Mar 13
- 3 min
Yellowstone remains regal despite changes
A visitor making their first trip to Yellowstone National Park will find a landscape as wonderous as I found when I first arrived to...
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Rocky Barker
- Mar 13
- 3 min
Molokai is to Hawaii what Idaho used to be to the United States
Yama Kaholoaa is a carpenter on the island of Molokai in Hawaii. Each summer he, his wife and their seven children moved into the lush...
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Rocky Barker
- Feb 5
- 3 min
Retirement Reflections
I have finally gotten over my long journalism career. I retired in 2018 after 22 years as an environmental reporter-blogger-columnist for...
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