Politics & Policy
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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.
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Word watch
Water
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Book review: Ground/Water: The Art, Design and Science of a Dry River
A review of Ground/Water: The Art, Design and Science of a Dry River, edited by Ellen McMahon, Ander Monson and Beth Weinstein
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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.
Culture & Communities
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Latino radio stations connect immigrant communities
Latino music stations -- even commercial ones -- increasingly resemble public service organizations.
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Choose your political stories wisely
Energy
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Clinging to coal on the reservation is looking backward
Buying a 50-year old coal mine is a bad idea for the Navajo.
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It’s too soon to end Arizona’s solar incentives
Net metering is under attack in one of the nation's sunniest states
Growth & Planning
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Conservation goals in Jackson Hole collide with a need for worker housing
In Wyoming's top resort town, the desire to protect the environment and the community's character kills big affordable housing projects.
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Historic Northwest Forest Plan needs a careful overhaul
The Northwest Forest Plan, no 20 years old, faces pressures new and old, with no easy fix in sight.
Flora & Fauna
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Wild, free and out of control
Calling out an NBC-TV program for romanticizing wild horses on our public lands
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The latest: Channel Island foxes rebound
A massive restoration effort has helped the tiny fox recover.
Climate & Pollution
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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.
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Hard choices for an uncertain future
After seeing a talk by climate activist Tim DeChristopher, the author wonders: which energy source is the lesser of many evils?
Mining & Agriculture
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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.
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It's time to see exactly how the sausage gets made
"Ag-gag" farm protection laws are the wrong way to go for the meat industry
Recreation
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Five windshield visions
A Western road trip is full of the unexpected
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Sycamore Canyon: an essay
An expectant couple goes rock climbing.






