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Now!rants,from,the,hill,michael,branch,essay,high,country,news,podcast,environmental,news,western,politics,american,west,natural,resources,forest,service,public,land,land,use,policy,renewable,energy,mining,oil,and,gas,wilderness,nature,waterhttp://www.hcn.org/articles/rantcast-goodbye-listenershttp://www.hcn.org/articles/rantcast-goodbye-listeners/podcast.mp3http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hcn/RantsFromTheHill/~3/SXHfdNFb4s0/rantcast-the-desert-shoe-treehttp://www.hcn.org/articles/rantcast-the-desert-shoe-tree<a href='http://www.hcn.org/articles/rantcast-the-desert-shoe-tree/podcast.mp3'>Listen Now!</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hcn/RantsFromTheHill/~4/SXHfdNFb4s0" height="1" width="1"/> Michael Branch takes his daughters to a tree near their Nevada home, where people leave shoes telling stories. 2012-09-28T22:44:11ZAudioHigh Country NewsnoHigh Country NewsListen Now!rants,from,the,hill,michael,branch,essay,high,country,news,podcast,environmental,news,western,politics,american,west,natural,resources,forest,service,public,land,land,use,policy,renewable,energy,mining,oil,and,gas,wilderness,nature,waterhttp://www.hcn.org/articles/rantcast-the-desert-shoe-treehttp://www.hcn.org/articles/rantcast-the-desert-shoe-tree/podcast.mp3http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hcn/RantsFromTheHill/~3/1273Tb4zv8A/rantcast-bringing-back-the-mammothshttp://www.hcn.org/articles/rantcast-bringing-back-the-mammoths<a href='http://www.hcn.org/articles/rantcast-bringing-back-the-mammoths/podcast.mp3'>Listen Now!</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hcn/RantsFromTheHill/~4/1273Tb4zv8A" height="1" width="1"/> Mike Branch explores the idea of Pleistocene rewildling, or bringing back the megafauna that roamed North America before humans extinguished them. 2012-09-04T18:02:58ZAudioHigh Country NewsnoHigh Country NewsListen Now!rants,from,the,hill,michael,branch,essay,high,country,news,podcast,environmental,news,western,politics,american,west,natural,resources,forest,service,public,land,land,use,policy,renewable,energy,mining,oil,and,gas,wilderness,nature,waterhttp://www.hcn.org/articles/rantcast-bringing-back-the-mammothshttp://www.hcn.org/articles/rantcast-bringing-back-the-mammoths/podcast.mp3http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hcn/RantsFromTheHill/~3/1mzY0nwHMyc/rantcast-puppy-lovehttp://www.hcn.org/articles/rantcast-puppy-love<a href='http://www.hcn.org/articles/rantcast-puppy-love/podcast.mp3'>Listen Now!</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hcn/RantsFromTheHill/~4/1mzY0nwHMyc" height="1" width="1"/> Mike Branch gets a new puppy with very few virtues, but as it turns out, he fits perfectly in Silver Hills, Nevada. 2012-08-07T16:58:16ZAudioHigh Country NewsnoHigh Country NewsListen Now!rants,from,the,hill,michael,branch,essay,high,country,news,podcast,environmental,news,western,politics,american,west,natural,resources,forest,service,public,land,land,use,policy,renewable,energy,mining,oil,and,gas,wilderness,nature,waterhttp://www.hcn.org/articles/rantcast-puppy-lovehttp://www.hcn.org/articles/rantcast-puppy-love/podcast.mp3http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hcn/RantsFromTheHill/~3/EUO7q-jHrw4/rantcast-bumper-sticker-sloganeeringhttp://www.hcn.org/articles/rantcast-bumper-sticker-sloganeering<a href='http://www.hcn.org/articles/rantcast-bumper-sticker-sloganeering/podcast.mp3'>Listen Now!</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hcn/RantsFromTheHill/~4/EUO7q-jHrw4" height="1" width="1"/> Michael Branch spinelessly adapts his environmental bumper stickers to fit in when traveling in rural Nevada's sagebrush rebellion country 2012-07-02T17:13:11ZAudioHigh Country NewsnoHigh Country NewsListen Now!rants,from,the,hill,michael,branch,essay,high,country,news,podcast,environmental,news,western,politics,american,west,natural,resources,forest,service,public,land,land,use,policy,renewable,energy,mining,oil,and,gas,wilderness,nature,waterhttp://www.hcn.org/articles/rantcast-bumper-sticker-sloganeeringhttp://www.hcn.org/articles/rantcast-bumper-sticker-sloganeering/podcast.mp3http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hcn/RantsFromTheHill/~3/_LXmte0EWkc/rantcast-sorry-utahhttp://www.hcn.org/articles/rantcast-sorry-utah<a href='http://www.hcn.org/articles/rantcast-sorry-utah/podcast.mp3'>Listen Now!</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hcn/RantsFromTheHill/~4/_LXmte0EWkc" height="1" width="1"/> Ever found balloon detritus when hiking in a pristine wilderness? Michael Branch rants about the airlifted trash he finds in Nevada's high elevation desert, and then decides to dump some of that trash on Utah. 2012-06-01T16:55:50ZAudioHigh Country NewsnoHigh Country NewsListen Now!rants,from,the,hill,michael,branch,essay,high,country,news,podcast,environmental,news,western,politics,american,west,natural,resources,forest,service,public,land,land,use,policy,renewable,energy,mining,oil,and,gas,wilderness,nature,waterhttp://www.hcn.org/articles/rantcast-sorry-utahhttp://www.hcn.org/articles/rantcast-sorry-utah/podcast.mp3http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hcn/RantsFromTheHill/~3/5SdZsKNjmr8/rantcast-the-silence-of-desert-greetingshttp://www.hcn.org/articles/rantcast-the-silence-of-desert-greetings<a href='http://www.hcn.org/articles/rantcast-the-silence-of-desert-greetings/podcast.mp3'>Listen Now!</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hcn/RantsFromTheHill/~4/5SdZsKNjmr8" height="1" width="1"/> Michael Branch muses on Mary Austin, desert loners, and why the inhabitants in his arid part of western Nevada choose to limit their interactions to a few choice syllables. Rants from the Hill are Michael Branch's monthly musings on life in rural Nevada. 2012-05-03T15:55:05ZAudioHigh Country NewsnoHigh Country NewsListen Now!rants,from,the,hill,michael,branch,essay,high,country,news,podcast,environmental,news,western,politics,american,west,natural,resources,forest,service,public,land,land,use,policy,renewable,energy,mining,oil,and,gas,wilderness,nature,waterhttp://www.hcn.org/articles/rantcast-the-silence-of-desert-greetingshttp://www.hcn.org/articles/rantcast-the-silence-of-desert-greetings/podcast.mp3http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hcn/RantsFromTheHill/~3/cCVfzWAOiAQ/rantcast-the-leprechaun-traphttp://www.hcn.org/articles/rantcast-the-leprechaun-trap<a href='http://www.hcn.org/articles/rantcast-the-leprechaun-trap/podcast.mp3'>Listen Now!</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hcn/RantsFromTheHill/~4/cCVfzWAOiAQ" height="1" width="1"/> Rants from the Hill are Michael Branch's monthly musings on life in rural Nevada. In this Rantcast, Michael Branch muses on holidays and creates a leprechaun trap with his two daughters. 2012-04-05T21:22:31ZAudioHigh Country NewsnoHigh Country NewsListen Now!rants,from,the,hill,michael,branch,essay,high,country,news,podcast,environmental,news,western,politics,american,west,natural,resources,forest,service,public,land,land,use,policy,renewable,energy,mining,oil,and,gas,wilderness,nature,waterhttp://www.hcn.org/articles/rantcast-the-leprechaun-traphttp://www.hcn.org/articles/rantcast-the-leprechaun-trap/podcast.mp3High Country NewsnonadultNews for people who care about the West