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Arctic ship logs help scientists reconstruct climatic history
Sailors' journals detailing the weather of voyages past could improve the accuracy of climate models' projections of the future.
by Eric Wagner, Jun 14, 2013 -
Is the Violence Against Women Act a chance for tribes to reinforce their sovereignty?
A new provision lets tribes prosecute non-tribal members for violent crimes like rape for the first time.
by Sierra Crane-Murdoch, Jun 12, 2013 -
The latest: A worrying amphibian decline
A new study finds frogs and toads are disappearing faster than previously thought.
by Emily Guerin, Jun 10, 2013 -
The latest: Channel Island foxes rebound
A massive restoration effort has helped the tiny fox recover.
by Sarah Jane Keller, Jun 10, 2013 -
Wildfire's silver lining
Even the costliest blazes can boost local economies.
by Jonathan Thompson, Jun 10, 2013 -
Wyoming digs its 10 billionth ton of coal
The industry hopes Wyoming's coal bonanza lasts another 100 years. But mining's peaks and valleys have never been entirely in its control.
by Marshall Swearingen, Jun 10, 2013 -
Latino radio stations connect immigrant communities
Latino music stations -- even commercial ones -- increasingly resemble public service organizations.
by Nelson Harvey , Jun 10, 2013 -
A Utah realtor’s quest to sell a ghost town
Woodside, Utah, a dusty town with an out-of-service gas station and not much else, is for sale. Mike Metzger’s creative marketing of the oddball property led to a media frenzy, but thus far, no buyers.
by Emily Guerin, May 29, 2013 -
The Latest: Quagga mussels invade Lake Powell
There’s still time to combat the invasive, destructive mussels before they colonize the reservoir
by Marshall Swearingen, May 27, 2013 -
Could an Alaska mining project jeopardize Earth’s largest bald eagle gathering?
Scientists studying eagles on the Chilkat River near Haines worry that nearby mineral exploration may threaten a chum salmon run the migrating raptors rely on, possibly with cross-continent consequences.
by Liza Gross , May 27, 2013 -
The West’s Big Data colonies
New "company towns" are born in the rural West -- for Facebook, Google and the like.
by Marshall Swearingen, May 27, 2013 -
Alaska’s populist, Sarah Palin-era oil tax gets the ax
The Alaska Legislature cut the industry’s taxes to boost declining production in the North Slope. But the rollbacks don’t seem likely to have the desired effect.
by Judith Lewis Mernit, May 27, 2013 -
BLM teams with researchers to protect midget faded rattlesnake
Biologists and federal officials hope to direct booming oil, gas and wind development away from the rare reptile in southwest Wyoming and northwest Colorado
by Marian Lyman Kirst, May 22, 2013 -
In the field with a Montana couple hunting wolves
Amid bitter controversy over allowing hunters and trappers to reduce wolf populations, a Montana couple is dedicated to their hunt.
by Neil LaRubbio, May 17, 2013 -
Of sense and salinity: A swim in the Great Salt Lake
Open-water swimmers revive historical swimming routes in Utah's dead sea
by Kate Greene, May 15, 2013 -
Another water-short year in the Southwest is taking its toll
Generous spring snow storms were a momentary, if welcome, distraction from the region's real weather story: drought.
by Cally Carswell, May 13, 2013 -
The Latest: Pumping Arizona's rivers dry?
The state water board gives the go-ahead to a groundwater pumping project that could harm the San Pedro River
by Emily Guerin, May 13, 2013 -
How technology detected a huge mine landslide before it happened
Employees at a Kennecott copper mine outside Salt Lake City knew an April 10 landslide was coming
by Marshall Swearingen, May 13, 2013 -
A new collaboration has Idaho ranchers and the BLM fighting fire together
Conflicts began after the BLM banned ranchers from fighting fire on public land. But a surprising solution has emerged.
by Emily Guerin, May 08, 2013 -
The Forest Service battles placer mining with an obscure law
A little-known 1955 law gives the Forest Service a way to shut down placer mining claims along some Western rivers.
by Marshall Swearingen, May 01, 2013
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