Fire is driving animals’ evolution
Can species evolve fast enough to keep up with changing wildfire conditions?
Stolen Indigenous land is the foundation of the land-grant university system. Climate change is its legacy.
Extractive industries are filling public university coffers on stolen land.
Fund conservation as you drive
Colorado’s new wolf-themed specialty license plate joins a regional menagerie of critter-themed plates.
Learning to live with musk oxen
The species were introduced to Alaska’s Seward Peninsula decades ago, without local consent. Now they pose danger to life and property.
Can coexistence with wolves be bought?
When Colorado voted for wolf reintroduction, it also mandated compensation for ranchers. The hard part: figuring out the details.
The state of the West’s cannabis economy
A booming industry is reviving communities and suffering growing pangs.
How we’re working together
The 2024 fellow cohort arrives.
Reviving the Samish Tribe’s kelp
Researchers are documenting the decline of once-plentiful kelp beds in an effort to reverse the trend.
How solar geoengineering is clouding issues of tribal consent
‘Move fast, break things’ approach runs into issues of tribal authority.
‘My advice to others is to start small’
#iamthewest: Giving voice to the people that make up communities in the region.
Bighorns, badgers, coyotes and Christmas tumbleweeds
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
A day inside a one-room school in Montana
An old model of schooling still has promise in modern education.
Live and let live
How we think about the animals in our midst.
New DNA technique could bring closure for families of missing and murdered Indigenous people
But experts say this risks DNA sovereignty.
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February 2024: The Creatures in Our Midst
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Water
Gov. Newsom releases new plan to save California salmon
The Northwestern Shoshone are restoring the Bear River Massacre site
New Mexico pushes back on Big Oil
Wildlife
The culling of Alaska’s bears and wolves
Big-eared bats, badass boulders and very determined hikers
How 3 Indigenous women are leading the way on climate change
Public Lands
Biden plan will earmark millions of acres of public land for solar development
Is Biden waging a war on energy? Or on the climate?
Forest Service proposes storing CO2 under public land
Indigenous Affairs
Washington’s solar permitting leaves tribal resources vulnerable to corporations
2023 in Native environmental news
‘Frybread Face and Me’ shows the complexity of Indigeneity
Communities
A bear hunt illuminates the complexities of a marriage
Alaska is short on gravel and long on development projects
Climate Vigil aims to channel prayer into action
Books
How kung-fu heroes can grow our climate consciousness
The epic history of the Endangered Species Act
Contemplating Cormac McCarthy
In the News
The power of atmospheric rivers, explained
Back-to-back storms in California threaten lives, homes, and infrastructure — but will also bolster the West’s water supply.