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NEWS ABOUT: western United States

western United States stories: 3 news summaries
OBITUARY

 Oldest Working 
 CEO Dead at 107 

'Papa Jack' Weil, a Denver fixture, was 'to Western shirts what Henry Ford was to cars'

Aug 14, 08 5:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jack A. Weil, the Henry Ford of Western shirts who was thought to be the oldest working CEO, died yesterday at age 107, the Denver Post reports. “Papa Jack,” as he was known in the Denver community, popularized the Western shirt as we know it. The sawtooth... More »

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fashion • Denver • obituary • Colorado • western United States • Jack A. Weil • cowboy • apparel • shirt

OPINION

 Gov't Is Mucking Up
 Mustang's Fate 

Cash-strapped BLM wants to cull herd, 'a protected symbol of freedom'

Jul 2, 08 1:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - The cash-strapped Bureau of Land Management is considering culling the wild horse population in the West, and at least one equine advocate is not pleased, Newsweek reports. In an interview, expert and author Deanne Stillman calls the plan to reduce the population of 30,000 wild and 33,000... More »

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euthanasia • horse • wildlife • western United States • Bureau of Land Management • stewardship • mustang

Vanishing Snow Threatens West

Global warming blamed for shrinking snowpacks

Feb 1, 08 11:44 AM CST
(Newser) - Blame for a dramatic decrease in Western mountain snowpacks rests squarely on global warming, researchers said yesterday. Using computer models of 50 years' worth of data, scientists confirmed warming is turning snowfall into rain, melting the packs earlier and drying up more rivers by summer. The trend threatens to trigger... More »

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climate change • global warming • Colorado Rockies • snow pack • western United States • Scripps Institution of Oceanography • University of California at San Diego • Oregon Cascades • Sierra Nevada • National Institute for Environmental Studies

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