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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Jim Witty / The Bulletin
May 23, 2007
I finally figured out why I like hiking in the Badlands so much.
More than any mixed conifer forest, any sylvan glade or snow-capped peak, the Badlands Wilderness Study Area is a microcosm of this sprawling, rough-edged, big-hearted region we live in.
The West. It's a land of contradictions. It....
