January 2009
FEATURED STORY
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The Obama Factor
What should we expect from our new president? Here are a few likely scenarios. For some in the business of skiing, the ushering in of a left-leaning president and an allied Congress in Washington heralds a new dawn. For others, it portends doom. So the industry’s players are just like the rest of the country: awash in a wave of wondering, worrying and wishing.With weighty issues like war and economic collapse large on the country’s horizon, it is understandable that public lands policy didn’t play much of a role in the presidential campaign. That leaves plenty of room to wonder—or worry—how a President Barack Obama and a Democratically controlled Congress will impact the countr...
