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All of Gary’s Writing/Advocacy

Denver Water and Trump Administration Threaten National Environmental Policy Act, Pagosa Daily Post, 8/22/2020

Human Population Growth Devours Wildlife Habitat and the Environment, But You’d Never Know It From Reading The News, Substack, 8/23/2020

Last Chance To Speak For The Poudre, Facebook, 8/21/2020

Are You Ecologically Woke? Ten Principles To Guide “Ecological JEDI” (Justice, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion) In Our Work To Save The Planet, Millennium Alliance for Humanity and the Biosphere at Stanford University, 8/4/2020

Colorado Environmental Groups Disappear on “World Population Day” in 2020, Substack, 7/24/2020

Epic Growth Battles Pits Nature Against Developers in Boulder and Larimer Counties, Colorado, Substack, 7/23/2020

Population, Pollution, Pandemic — the Race to Save Lake Atitlan in Guatemala, Medium, 7/7/2020

Take The Coronavirus ‘Climate Change’ Poll, Medium, 6/29/2020

Environmentalists Should Be Wary of Calls to ‘Defund The Police’, Medium, 6/19/2020

Great News: Boulder, Colorado, Stopped Growth! Medium, 5/28/2020

Take The Coronavirus Poll: Density -vs-Sprawl -vs- Stopping Growth, Medium, 5/20/2020

Activists Oppose River Tax, Pagosa Daily Post, 5/13/2020

Planet of the Humans: Highly Recommended! Medium, Boulder Weekly, Pagosa Daily Post, 4/20/2020

Earth Day 2020: Coronavirus Flipped the Earth’s Circuit Breaker, Pueblo Chieftain, 4/21/2020

Boulder Should Adopt Anti-Density Ordinance, Daily Camera, 4/17/2020

Save The Zambezi! World Renowned Whitewater Gorge Threatened by Huge Dam, Medium and International Rafting Association, 4/10/2020

Gary Wockner, Life of a River Warrior, Rewilding Institute Podcast, 4/3/2020

To Avoid Next Coronavirus, Don’t Be Dense, Denver, Westword, 3/29/2020

Roger Herrera Tapia Is Keeping the Watershed Clean in Todos Santos, Waterkeeper, 3/13/2020

The Dam Truth About The Colorado River, Writers on the Range (syndicated), 3/5/2020

Curbing U.S. Population Growth To Fight Climate Change, Pueblo Chieftain, (syndicated) 2/24/2020

Greenwashing Growth: Boulder’s Climate Problem Medium, KGNU, The Overpopulation Project, 1/26/2020

Want to Save Our Environment? Curb Overpopulation, Real Clear Politics, Pagosa Daily Post, (syndicated) 1/24/2020

Don’t Give Montava Our Water, Fort Collins Coloradoan, 1/11/2020

White River Storage Project Will Be Aggressively Opposed, The Herald Times, 1/6/2020

Save The Colorado: Temporary Victory for the Colorado River, Pagosa Daily Post, 12/31/2019

I Voted CC Down Because I’m Worried About Growth’s Costs, Durango Herald, 11/30/2019

 It’s Time To Talk About Population Growth, GaryWockner.com, 11/10/2019

Proposition DD Would Dam and Destroy Colorado’s Rivers, Denver Post, Greeley Tribune, 11/1/2019

Don’t Let Boulder Become A Wall Of Development, Daily Camera, 10/30/2019

Vote “NO” on Proposition DD — It Would ‘Dam and Destroy’ Colorado’s rivers, Greeley Tribune, 10/20/2019

The Words Of Water: Why Environmentalists Are Losing The Water Wars, The Revelator, 9/17/2019

Bicyclists Against Density, Boulder Weekly, 8/12/2019

Evade Taxes and Influence Elections, Boulder Style, Daily Camera, 8/9/2019

Fort Collins’ Climate Emergency Doesn’t Fix The Problem, Medium, 8/20/2019

NIMBYs are Earth Warriors, Colorado Independent, 7/24/2019

Stronger Growth Caps Needed For Boulder’s ‘Climate Emergency’, Daily Camera, 7/12/2019

By Slowing Growth, Lakewood Enacts Colorado’s Strongest Climate Action Plan, Colorado Sun, 7/7/2019

Save The Poudre Defends Larimer County Against Thornton Lawsuit, Facebook, 6/25/2019 (The Fort Collins Coloradoan newspaper stopped printing all op-eds in June of 2019, so I post them on Facebook)

We Will Defend Boulder County Against Denver Water, Daily Camera, 6/8/2019

Ballot Measure Would Make Gambers, Casinos Pay For Colorado’s Water Gamble, Pagosa Daily Post, 6/7/2019

For Voters In Local Colorado Elections, It’s The Growth, Stupid!, Colorado Sun, 5/12/2019

Say ‘No’ To Legislature’s Gimmick To Gamble With Our State’s Water, Colorado Independent, 5/1/2019

“Demand Management” Cannot Save Lake Powell, Pagosa Daily Post, 4/16/2019

Five Reasons Why We Oppose The Colorado River Drought Contingency Plan, Pagosa Daily Post, 4/4/2019

Density Would Make Boulder A Climate Change Sacrifice Zone, Boulder Daily Camera, 3/15/2019

Why Population Growth Is Destroying Colorado’s Hopes To Rein In Climate Change, The Colorado Sun, 1/27/2019

We Have A Once-In-100 Years Opportunity To Restore The Poudre, Fort Collins Coloradoan, 1/26/2019

Saving Loreto Bay, Waterkeeper Alliance, 1/22/2019

Why The Colorado River ‘Drought Contingency Plan’ Won’t Work, Pagosa Daily Sun, 1/16/2019

‘Inclusivity’ Must Include Colorado’s Environment, The Colorado Sun, 1/13/2019

A ‘Green New Deal’ For Colorado: Top Ten Goals for the Environmental Movement in 2019, The Colorado Sun, 11/25/2018

Can The ‘Outdoor Recreation Economy’ Save Colorado’s Environment? The Colorado Sun, 11/11/2018

Traffic Will Only Get Worse If Colorado Voters Approve Proposition 110, The Colorado Sun, 10/21/2018

Eastern Europe’s Rivers, and Their Advocates, Fight For Life!, Waterkeeper, 10/17/2018

Drain Lake Powell and Tear Down Glen Canyon Dam to Promote Conservation and Water Supply Security, Denver Post, Durango Herald, Pagosa Daily Post, 9/18/2018

I Am River, The River Is Me, Waterkeeper Magazine, Summer 2018

Toxic Masculinity and the Western American Lawn, Medium, KGNU, July 2018
Polis -vs- Kennedy: Who Will Protect Colorado’s Rivers?, Pagosa Daily Post, 5/4/2018
Proposed Wolf Creek Dam Based On Water Rights Speculation?, Pagosa Daily Post, 4/18/2018
Denver Water Ignores Its Own Data In Bid For Dam Expansion, Pagosa Daily Post, 4/11/2018

When A River Becomes A Legal Person: A Short Journey Down New Zealand’s Whanganui River, International Rivers, 3/13/2018

To Save The Oceans, We Must Save The Rivers That Feed Them, High Country News, Adventure Journal, 2/6/2018
The Poudre Drains Through it, Coloradoan, 1/27/2018

No Al Canal! River Activist Visits Nicaragua To See Firsthand What Will Happen If The ‘Interoceanic Canal’ Is Built”, Boulder Weekly, 1/18/2018

Boulder City Council Vote Would Freeze and Kill South Boulder Creek Fish, Boulder Daily Camera, 1/17/2018
Is Bitcoin Destroying Tibet’s Rivers? Waterkeeper, 12/11/2017

Colorado Water Plan Has Become ‘Colorado Dam Plan’, Colorado Springs Gazette, Pueblo Chieftain, Fort Collins Coloradoan, Longmont Times, Boulder Daily Camera, EcoWatch, KGNU, 12/6/2017

Oh Great Spirit: The Big Island Needs Our Help!, Waterkeeper, 8/8/2017
The Guayllabamba River Waterkeeper Family of Quito, Ecuador, Waterkeeper, 6/28/2017
Three Reasons Why Water Markets May Be Damaging The West’s Rivers, Water Deeply, 5/30/2017
Hoover Dam: California Isn’t Accounting For This Major Emitter, High Country News, 4/11/2017
Donald Trump Doesn’t Know A Damn Thing About Dams, EcoWatch, 4/9/2017
Water Projects Bill Harms Colorado River, Feeds Growth Addiction, Fort Collins Coloradoan, 3/31/2017
Seven Reasons Why The Outdoor Retailer Show Should Boycott Colorado, Medium, 3/6/2017
The Dam Truth: From Oroville to Hoover, Climate Change Gets The Last Word, Waterkeeper, YubaNet, 2/21/2017
The Health of the Poudre River is Non-Negotiable, Fort Collins Coloradoan, 2/17/2017

Check out my new piece in Waterkeeper! “Will This Wild, Secret Himalyan River Be Dammed?” Waterkeeper, Earth Island Journal, EcoWatch ~2/2/2017

Check out my new book: River Warrior: Fighting to Protect the World’s Rivers!

3 Steps to Stop Trump and Create a ‘Bernie Sanders Revolution’ in the Environmental Movement, EcoWatch, 11/30/2016
7 Wild Rivers Under Attack By Hydropower Dams, EcoWatch, 10/12/2015
It’s Official: Hydropower is Dirty Energy, EcoWatch, 9/29/2016
Free The Snake, Remove The Dams!, EcoWatch, 9/20/2016
Hickenlooper Moves Colorado Backward On Climate Change, Boulder Daily Camera, 9/11/2016
Could The “Most Powerful Geothermal Reservoirs In The World Save The Colorado River? EcoWatch, 9/1/2016
Environmental Law Enforcement Helps Avert Shortage on the Colorado River, Save The Colorado, 8/18/2016
Lake Powell: Going, Going, Gone?, EcoWatch, 8/15/2016
Don’t Dam The Grand Canyon Of Peru!, Canoe and Kayak Magazine, 7/21/2016 (now in Spanish!)
5 Reasons Clinton Should Not Pick Hickenlooper for Vice President, EcoWatch, 7/18/2016
A River of Falsehoods Rivaling Trump vs Clinton, Denver Post, 7/1/2016
The Mekong River Is Not For Sale!, photo essay in New Internationalist and Boulder Weekly, 5/12/2016

Disaster Capitalism On The Colorado River, USA Today, 3/27/2016

Why is Mine Waste Being Dumped Directly into the Ocean? EcoWatch, 3/4/2016
Why Hydropower is not ‘Clean’ or ‘Cheap,’ EcoWatch, 2/23/2016
Will Oil Destroy This Mayan Village In Belize? TckTckTck and Boulder Weekly, 2/18/2016
Hottest Year Ever Recorded + Collapsing Oil Prices = Broken Fossil Fuel Economy, EcoWatch, 2/1/2016
Will Climate Change Swamp Cartagena? Waterkeeper, 1/15/2016
Oppose Welfare Ranching, Not Wolves, in Colorado, Sky Hi News, Glenwood Springs Independent, Boulder Daily Camera, EcoWatch, 1/7/2016
Europe’s Dirty Little Secret: Moroccan Slaves and a ‘Sea of Plastic, Ecowatch, 12/18/2015
How Many Climate Change Refugees Should America Let In? EcoWatch, 11/27/2015
Colorado Water Plan: A Missed Opportunity, Aspen Times, Sky Hi Daily News, Summit Daily News, Boulder Daily Camera, Glenwood Springs Post Independent, KGNU Radio, Greeley Tribune, Pueblo Chieftain, 11/23/2015
Justice For The Victims of Guatemala’s Chixoy Dam Massacre, Global Greengrants Fund, 10/28/2015
Hydropower Will Undermine COP21 as “False Solution’ to Climate Change, EcoWatch, 11/2/2015 (translated into Hindi here)
The Hydropower ‘Methane Bomb’ No One Wants To Talk About, Waterkeeper Magazine, 10/6/2015 (translated into Spanish here)
Colorado Supreme Court to Make Historic Ruling on Fracking Bans, EcoWatch, 9/24/2015
Governor Undermines Climate Action in Colorado, EcoWatch and Coloradoan, 9/21/2015
While the Animas River spill is eye-catching, Western rivers face an even bigger threat, High Country News, 8/31/2015
Is the Colorado Water Plan Ethically Bankrupt? Save The Colorado Blog, 7/13/2015
Obama’s Clean Water Rule Won’t Protect The West’s Water, High Country News, 7/10/2015
This Is What Epic Drought Looks Like: Lake Mead Hits Historic Low, EcoWatch, 4/28/2105
Rescue the Wolves of Isle Royale!, EcoWatch, 4/27/2015
Four Ways to Beat the California Drought and Save the Colorado River, EcoWatch, 4/21/2015
Highjacking the Colorado Water Plan, KGNU Radio, 4/14/2015
The Colorado River, A River In Distress, KGNU Radio, 3/12/2015
Can Climate Action Plans Combat Megadrought and Save The Colorado River? EcoWatch, 3/10/2015
James Eklund’s “False Information” About The Colorado Water Plan, Washington Park Profile, 3/12/2015
NISP Would Destroy The Poudre River, Fort Collins Coloradoan, 1/27/2015
Why Is It Legal To Cause Fracking Earthquakes In Colorado? EcoWatch, 1/23/2015
Environmentalists Should Focus On River Destruction, Boulder Daily Camera, 1/15/2015
Stop The War Against The Colorado River, EcoWatch, 1/14/2015
Is Las Vegas Betting the Colorado River Will Go Dry? High Country News, 12/8/2014
Dear Secretary Pena, Don’t Wipe Out The Coasts!, EcoWatch, 12/8/2014
If Senator Bennet Isn’t a Climate Denier, Then Why Is He Acting Like One?, EcoWatch, 12/3/2104
Democracy at its Best: Boulder County Extends Fracking Ban, EcoWatch, 11/14/2014
Green is the New Blue, Colorado, Colorado Independent, 11/10/2014
Why Dr. Evil is Targeting Anti-fracking Activists as ‘Big Green Radicals,’ EcoWatch, 11/1/2014
Waterkeepers March!, EcoWatch, 9/21/2014
The Climate Crisis Is A Water Crisis, EcoWatch, 9/15/2014
Will Hickenlooper’s Fracking Commission Be Clairvoyant?, Colorado Independent, 9/15/2014
Speak Out To Save The Poudre!, Fort Collins Coloradoan, 9/9/2014
4 Reasons Water Advocates Should Join the People’s Climate March Sept. 21, EcoWatch, 8/31/2014
Dams Cause Climate Change, They Are Not Clean Energy, EcoWatch, 8/14/2014
The Most Endangered Child At Our Border, EcoWatch, 8/12/2014
Drought Drains Lake Mead To Lowest Level Ever, EcoWatch, 7/9/2014
Obituary For A River? Not If We Start Fighting!, Boulder Weekly, 7/3/2014
Hobby Lobby Eco-Fallout: Does Fracking Violate My Religious Freedom?, EcoWatch, 7/1/2014
Oil and Gas Industry Buys Colorado Fracking Election, Ecowatch, 6/25/2014
Colorado’s Water Plan Is Being Hijacked, Denver Post, 6/18/2014
Colorado River and Sea of Cortez finally embrace after 20 years, High Country News – WOTR, May 2014.
The Good, Bad and Ugly in Colorado’s New Fracking Air Emissions Rules, Ecowatch, 3/20/2014
Fracking More To Stop War Is Not The Way To Go, Coloradoan, 3/13/2014
Does ‘Powering Forward’ Advise Obama to Frack our way to a Clean Energy Economy?, EcoWatch, 1/21/2014
Fracked Citizens to Hickenlooper: ‘Can You Hear Us Now?Colorado Independent, 11/6/2013
Oil and Honey: Fossil Fuel Industry -vs- Sustainable Planet, EcoWatch, 10/28/2013
FRACKING FRACAS On Colorado’s Front Range, Waterkeeper Magazine, Fall 2013
Colorado Rivers Illustrate Realities of Extreme Weather Activated by Climate Change, Ecowatch, 9/27/2013
Our Elysium: Matt Damon, Robert Redford, and the Colorado River, Huffington Post, 9/10/2013

The Next Chapter in Colorado’s Water Supply Crisis, Ecowatch, 8/222013
Will The Colorado River Get Fracked? Ecowatch, 5/16/2013
Why Did Hickenlooper and Urbina Kill The Fracking Healthcare Bill? Huffington Post and EcoWatch, 4/24/2012
Colorado Most Endangered River in America!, Several versions in several newspapers and blog sites including Yahoo News, 4/18/2013
Hickenlooper Not The Only Government Official Trying To Frack Colorado, Huffington Post, 3/8/2013
Advice for Jewell on Protecting the Colorado River, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3/8/2013
Colorado’s Bully Governor Says He Will Sue Fort Collins To Overturn Fracking Ban, Ecowatch, 2/27/2013
Fort Collins Bans Fracking as Democracy Comes Alive in Colorado, Ecowatch, 2/21/2013
In 2012, Grassroots Democracy Led In Boulder County, Huffington Post, 1/14/2013

Windy Gap Firming Project Is A Bad Deal For Colorado, Denver Post and Sky High Daily News, 1/8/2013
Boulder County Should Reject Moffat Water Project, Boulder Daily Camera, 12-19-2012 (They did, we won!)
Don’t Frack Denver’s Water!, Huffington Post, 12-13-2012
New York City Meets The Colorado River At UN Climate Talks?, Huffington Post, 12-7-2012
Horak votes against neighborhoods, cultural amenities, and environment, Coloradoan, 9/26/2012
Trouble With Hickenlooper, Huffington Post, 8-4-2012
Fracking Vs. Marijuana: Colorado’s New Cancer War? Huffington Post, 6-21-2012
Fort Collins Should Ban Fracking Coloradoan, 5/22/2012
Fracking Has Caused Damage And Must Be Controlled Denver Business Journal, April/2012
Boulder County Should Reject NISP Boulder Daily Camera, 5/4/2102
Will Fracking Destroy Colorado’s Rivers? Huffington Post, 3/19/2012
Would Rick Santorum ban The Lorax? Huffington Post, 2/8/2012

Fixing The Perfect Storm on the Colorado River Huffington Post, 1/31/2012
Gardner Wrong About NISP, Again Coloradoan, 1/30/2012
Flaming Fiasco: $9 Billion Flaming Gorge Pipeline Would Further Drain the Colorado River System by Gary Wockner and Alexandra Cousteau, Huffington Post, 1/10/2012
The Good, The Bad, The Ugly in Colorado’s New Fracking Rules Huffington Post, 1/2/2012
Is Colorado Addicted to Oil? Denver Post 12/4/2011
Waterkeeper Magazine! Read Gary’s article, “Last Stand on the Poudre.”

Poudre River in the News

Gary is the Director, Spokesperson, and “Poudre Waterkeeper” for the Save The Poudre Coalition. Read Save The Poudre news here.

Colorado River in the News

Gary is the Director of the Save The Colorado River Campaign, which works to protect and restore the Colorado River from the source to the sea.

Past Events

Sierra Club National Executive Director, Carl Pope, visits Fort Collins to rally the Save The Poudre Coalition!

Pulse of the River nominated for the Colorado Book Award!

Watch Gary in the Channel 9 News Debate.

Listen to the Colorado Public Radio Interview about the Poudre MER.

Watch Gary and the Save The Poudre Team in the Great Poudre Debate!

The John Fielder event to Save The Poudre was an ENORMOUS SUCCESS!

I-25 Intersection Redevelopment: Watch the Cross Currents video debate where Gary makes the case for conservation and good land use planning.

Past Publications
Better Alternatives to NISP, Greeley Tribune, 5/26/2011
Save the Poudre Position on Floodplains “Evolving,” NCBR, 1/14/2011
Peace on the Poudre?, Coloradoan, 3/2/2010
Understand True Cost of Coal, Coloradoan, 12/8/2009
Environmental Leaders Honored in Fort Collins, Coloradoan, 8/16/2009
NISP Harms Area Agriculture Greeley Tribune, 6/30/2009
Colorado Must Plan for A “New Water Economy” Denver Post, 2/8/2009
SARS Virus Strikes Poudre School District! Coloradoan, 12/22/2008
Please Attend Public Hearings! Coloradoan, 6/15/2008
Polaris Students Feel “Invicible” After Desert Trip, Coloradoan, 2/24/08
NISP Bad For Fort Morgan, Fort Morgan Times, 2/20/08
Climate Changing on I-25 Development, Coloradoan, 12/27/2007
Vote Against Uranium Mine a State First, RMNews, 12/19/07
How to Save The Poudre River in Greeley, Greeley Trib. 10/17/07
Celebrate Conservation Leaders in Larimer County! Coloradoan, 8/18/07
Hope for the Poudre River, FC Weekly, June 6, 2007
Applegate Deceives Taxpayers, FC Weekly, Feb. 20, 2007
Choice Brings Choice Schools, Coloradoan, Jan. 2007
Dear Santa: The Environment Tops My List, RMNews, Dec. 2006
Stories Run Through River’s Past and Future, Coloradoan, Nov. 2006
Cruel Irony In Highway Name, Denver Post, Oct. 2006
Coyote War Reminds Me of War in Iraq, WOTR, July 2006
Fencing Off Mexico is an Ecological Blunder, WOTR, June 2006

A River Runs Through it, Denver Post, April 9, 2006.

Books

Check out my new book: River Warrior: Fighting to Protect the World’s Rivers!

Pulse of the River, 2007 Radio Interview and Publicity
Comeback Wolves (2005).
BicycleCowboy.com: An Eco-novel (2003).
Natl. Park Conundrums: The Wolves of Isle Royale (1997).
Sex With A Mountain Bike, and other stories (1993).
Gold Hill and Back: A Mountain Bike Escapade (1991).
Matter, (contributing editor) (2004/5/6)

Creative Non-fiction/stories
Poison, Orion, May/June 2006
Granny Hootenany and the Great Boulder Mall Crawl, Matter VII
Soccer Dads for Gray Wolves, Comeback Wolves
Show Yourself, and Others Will, Fall 2005, divide.
Nature on Wheels, Orion July/Aug 2005
“Wolf Whisperer,” Orion Jan/Feb 2005
Hideaway, Matter no. V
Get On The Bus Orion Jan/Feb 2004 (read press release)
Leopold’s Bench, Mountain Gazette #90
On Jumbled Rocks, Matter, no. IV

Environmental Journalism
Solar Power, Lakota Empowerment, WorldWatch, July 2005
Buffalo Dreams at Pine Ridge NIFC, July 2004
Duped by Drought? Fort Collins Weekly,  V1 I40
Lock and Load? Fort Collins Weekly, V1 I33

Editorials/Columns
Jackhammering for Water Conservation FC Coloradoan, Dec ’05
Elvis, Wolves and the Death of Environmentalism, Tidepool
Rooting for the Underdog (HCN/WOTR)
Children Need Fix From Nature, (FC Coloradoan)
Why Wolves in Colorado? (Denver Post)
Can Billionaires Save The Earth? HCN/WOTR, June 2005
Endangered Species Need Roadless Habitat RM News
Aerial Gunner Man, HCN-WOTR March. 2005
Writing for the Poudre, FC Coloradoan May, 2005
Drive-Up Nature, HCN-WOTR Feb. 2005
Values of Another Kind, Denver Post Dec. 2005
River Values, FC Coloradoan, Jan. 2005
Seeing a River Through Children’s Eyes, HCN, Dec. 2004
Wolves are not Terrorists, Denver Post, Oct. 2004
A Tale of Two Yellowstones, HCN, August 2004
Ignite Passion in Education (FC Coloradoan May 11,2004)
Mountain Lyin’  (RMNews, April 2004)
IRS Hot on the Heels of Grandmas (Denver Post, 2/19/04)

Book Reviews
Bush Versus the Environment, by Robert S. Devine, Bloomsbury, May 2004.
Caribou Rising,by Rick Bass, HCN, March 2005.
Scorched Earth, by Rocky Barker, HCN, Nov. 2005
Cities in the Wilderness, by Bruce Babbitt, HCN, Feb. 2006

Some Old and New Stuff:

Nice long interview of Gary Wockner by Derrick Jensen on Resistance Radio, August 2014, about the Colorado River.

Gary and the Save The Colorado River Campaign named “EcoRockstars Impacting The Planet” in Origin Magazine, March 2013!

Gary’s work protecting the Colorado River highlighted in the New York Times! December 21, 2012

Gary’s work protecting the Colorado River highlighted in Earthjustice Magazine. Fall 2012.

Check out the “BIG OIL FAT CAT,” Denver Post, 10/1/2012

The SAVE THE POUDRE PARTY photos!

Comeback Wolves Wins Colorado Book Award!

Good Places to Visit:
www.SaveThePoudre.org
www.Waterkeeper.org

www.SaveTheColorado.org

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