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A young wolf wanders the West

OR-7, a young Oregon wolf, has logged some 1,000 miles in his journey through the West, becoming the first wild wolf seen in California since 1924.

by Tim Lydon, Feb 10, 2012
When an avalanche comes calling

Some backcountry skiers are triggering avalanches without regard for those who might be skiing below them.

by Molly Loomis, Feb 10, 2012
The education of an oyster farmer

If you want to run a successful oyster farm, you need to develop a taste for eating raw oysters.

by Lissa James, Feb 08, 2012
Fearful of Agenda 21, an alleged U.N. plot, activists derail land-use planning

A two-year planning process in La Plata County, Colorado gets hijacked by activists suspicious of United Nations influence. And in the West and nationwide, they're not alone.

by Jonathan Thompson, Feb 06, 2012
Can snowshoe hares outrace climate change?

The seasonal coat changes of snowshoe hares may provide wildlife biologists with clues about how wild animals evolve in response to climate change.

by Hillary Rosner, Feb 06, 2012
Montana court defends law defying Citizens United

As elections of state judges become increasingly contentious, the Montana Supreme Court defends the state's Corrupt Practices Act against the Citizens United decision.

by Rebecca Stanfel, Feb 06, 2012
Your trash is my treasure

If you want to find an inexpensive, entertaining way to furnish your house, try raiding the garbage in a resort town like Crested Butte, Colo.

by Dawne Belloise, Feb 03, 2012
A mom-and-pop oil company prospects for gas in central Wyoming

Wold Oil Properties is a wildcatter - a small company that explores for oil and gas in areas where the fuels aren't known to exist in valuable quantities.

by Emilene Ostlind, Feb 01, 2012
Let the EPA finish its work in Pavillion, Wyoming

The gas industry and its political partners are going to great lengths to try to derail and discredit an EPA report that blames Pavillion, Wyoming’s polluted water on hydraulic fracking.

by John Fenton, Jan 24, 2012
Detente in the rancher v. environmentalist grazing wars?

Buying out grazing permits from willing ranchers could help solve conflicts over grazing on public lands.

by Jodi Peterson, Jan 23, 2012
How to find a 13,000 year-old mammoth

After seeing a drawing of a wooly mammoth in a Utah cave, the author ponders on the possibility they existed along with the humans who inhabited the U.S. Southwest years ago.

by Andrew Gulliford, Jan 19, 2012