Colorado Central Magazine: December 2007 No. 166

The Monthly Magazine for people who wouldn't mind getting a few lumps of coal

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• A former Hot Shot looks at the West's Wildfires Essay by Lincoln Bramwell p. 2

• La Niña winter predicted Brief by Allen Best p. 4

• No trends in local elections this year Brief by Central Staff p. 4

• South-Ark Funnies Cartoon by Monika Griesenbeck pp. 4-7

• Briefs from the San Luis Valley Brief by Marcia Darnell p. 5

• Expert disputs swim-to-live theory of avalanche survival Brief by Allen Best p. 6

• Activists defend feeding of bears Brief by Allen Best p. 6

• Not the greatest slogan: Colorado as it used to be Brief by Central Staff p. 7

• Rural areas suffer more military fatalities Brief by Central Staff p. 7

• What works best to encourage people to save water? Brief by Central Staff p. 7

• Regional roundup Brief by Ed Quillen p. 8

• Cactus Jack's View Cartoon by Jack Chivvis p. 10

• Road to Riches, by Cathy L. Clamp and C.T. Adams Review by Forrest Whitman p. 11

• Wildflowers of the Southern Rockes, by Carolyn Dodson and William W. Dunmire Review by Virginia McConnell Simmons p. 12

• Baby Doe Tabor: The Madwoman in the Cabin, by Judy N. Temple Review by Ed Quillen p. 13

• Synergy meets Chaos: The Art Thing Article by Marcia Darnell p. 15

• Central Colorado Water Roundup Article by John Orr p. 17

• Upstream with a shovel Column by John Mattingly p. 24

• America, America: Who are we? Essay by Martha Quillen p. 27

• Leadville's annual Victorian Days weekend Article by Lynda La Rocca p. 32

• If you go to the Victorian weekend Sidebar by Lynda La Rocca p. 32

• Hydrogen cannot be the fuel of the future Letter from Stephen Glover p. 34

• A long strange trip Letter from Slim Wolfe p. 36

• Working Landscapes Column by George Sibley p. 37

• The spreading epidemic of pine bark beetles Article by Allen Best p. 39

• Gutting the Hantavirus Hotel Column by Hal Walter p. 46

• Western Water Report from Steve Glazer

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