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The spring bear hunt isn't fair: end it
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 1990) Rolston, Holmes, 1932-, author; The Denver Post, publisher
Article arguing against spring bear hunting in the state of Colorado. In the spring bear hunt, especially with dogs, cubs are separated from their nursing mothers. If the sow is killed, the cubs starve. Bear hunting is seldom for meat, largely trophy and recreational hunting. Does Colorado wish to be a state where macho men shoot nursing mothers for fun?
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We should preserve our western skyline
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 1981) Rolston, Holmes, 1932-, author; Fort Collins Coloradoan, publisher
Advocating saving Horsetooth Mountain as a county park, with a referendum for sales tax increase enabling purchase of land owned by a farmer and threatened by development. Horsetooth Mountain should be preserved as the most distinctive of the foothills peaks between Denver and Wyoming. The logo of the city of Fort Collins is this mountain, with a skein of geese, chosen as a scene distinctive to our home landscape.