Boulder to become a test case for new power grid system

After 18 years, agreements pave the way for a mine on Buckthorn Mountain

Wilderness bills go to Washington, meet with some success

Recent court decision puts tribal governments at risk

Wildlife officials, BLM and energy companies to study Colorado sage grouse and mule deer, but conservationists call it a sham

Proposed bill calls for separate "catastrophic wildfire" fund

GAO report criticizes Yellowstone bison plan

Idaho may rebuild the reservoir that once drowned four towns

Colorado's new off-road vehicle bill expands enforcement

We are sewn into each other’s lives like pieces in a quilt

Abandoned logging routes wash $1.3 billion of trouble into Northwestern watersheds

Buyouts and tradeoffs

Native trek for the Earth passes through Colorado

The Navajo Nation creates its own version of Superfund

Pushing the limits of local control over energy companies

Presidential candidates promise hopeful future out of "tragic past"

Our policies are schizophrenic.

Biofuel partnerships help fuel local communities

The bridge, now in the design phase, would be Colorado’s first, but construction depends on securing the $4 million-$8 million needed for the project.

Reintroduction program now clouded by investigation

How far are we willing to go to accommodate wild creatures?

Fiction: A child's road trip to the Salton Sea

Overdue eco-study settles USDA lawsuit

Proposed legislation seeks to address beetle-killed wood

Former HCN publisher concludes that those who live in the West must accept its unpredictability.

What is the "highest and best use" of our public lands? Oversight agencies are charged with providing access while protecting land and wildlife; the first step is to provide them with sufficient funding.

Enviros say the feds aren't playing fair when it comes to the imperiled sage grouse

Faye Geiger, who worked as an exploration geologist at the Lisbon Valley Mine in Utah, talks about her experience.

Bill passes House, but Senate expected to start from scratch

The West's abundant resources below ground have supplied much of the power for the U.S. in the past; are renewables next?