Writers on the Range, a Colorado-based opinion service, has been making waves with its thought-provoking columns on topics important to the American West. From the plight of Lake Powell to the controversial killing of a wolf in Wyoming and the death of beloved grizzly bear 399, their pieces have sparked conversation and even outrage among readers.
Writers on the Range, an independent opinion service based in western Colorado, sent out close to 50 weekly opinion columns this year. They were provided free of charge to about 150 subscribing publications large and small, each of which republished dozens of the columns. It has a simple two-part mission. One is to engage Westerners in talking to each other about issues important to the region.
The other aim is to entice readers to look forward to these fact-based opinions, with the hope they’ll then want to keep their local journalism outlet alive and flourishing. For example, a column about the dead pool possibility for Lake Powell was a hit. Megan Schrader of the Denver Post said that Long’s and Podmore’s opinions were among the paper’s most-viewed columns. But it was what happened to wildlife in the state of Wyoming that garnered the most response from readers, who wrote letters of outrage or made our opinion go viral on social media. One piece, published in April, revealed that in Wyoming coyotes can be legally killed—though in this case the animal run over by a snowmobiler was a wolf. We know a wolf suffered this assault because the snowmobiler showed off the dazed and muzzled animal at a bar, where it was photographed splayed out on the floor. Many readers were appalled, especially as the penalty for what amounted to torture was a minor fine. Another piece, written with Kristin Combs of Wyoming Wildlife Advocates, and it covered the sudden death of grizzly bear 399, Wyoming’s most famous bruin. Starting in 2004, this prolific mother bear raised 18 cubs amidst the millions of visitors and residents of Jackson Hole and Grand Teton National Park. Her death, after colliding with a car, resulted in an outpouring of grief
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