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Collaboration, not fighting, is what the rural West is really about

  • Written by Steven C. Beda, Instructor of History, University of Oregon
Harney County, Ore., sign.Wikimedia/Ken Lund, CC BY-SA

Dick Jenkins is a fourth-generation rancher living in Oregon’s most remote county. I wanted to know why he continues living in a rural community, even though life elsewhere might be easier.

“Taking care of [the land] is worth more than all the money in the world,” he told me....

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