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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Joseph Jordan / The Bulletin
June 7, 2001
On the left side of a dirt track worn over by pickup trucks, the ground was thick with plants: Tangled bitterroot, tough knapweed and tufts of grass twitched in an unseasonably cold wind.
Across the way, scant remains of vegetation dotted the High Desert dust. A herd of 350 goats grazed lazily....