Without its cover of living microorganisms, the desert is eroding.
Items by Krista Langlois
Scientists are using crowdsourced data to help firefighters flee dangerous flames.
In Idaho, a struggle over Medicaid expansion exposes the limits of forcing change via ballot measure.
From alpine headwaters to city water supplies, the West is awash in microscopic pollutants.
A mother grapples with her decision to flee the 416 Fire with her infant daughter.
Arctic people have been speaking with cetaceans for centuries — and scientists are finally taking note.
An industry-friendly White House helps Sen. Lisa Murkowski score long-sought gains.
In the Great Bear Rainforest, Indigenous guardians enforce tribal and environmental laws.
An interview with board chairman Tony Knowles.
The proposed increase in entrance fees reignites old questions about who should fund the West’s open spaces.
Pueblo people and archaeologists work to understand the science of human migrations.
Longer growing seasons and food scarcity are turning more people to agriculture.
Activists claim that decommissioning the dam will save water and restore a wild canyon. Are they right?
A trail along the Trans-Alaska pipeline could be the start of a booming recreation economy.
Discovering the North through its most iconic birds.
Scientists warn that enormous floods may be more likely than we thought — and the Oroville Dam and others weren’t built to withstand them.
Native American leaders say Obama’s legacy is this: He listened.
According to tribal law experts, not much.
A decades-long plan to deliver the state’s gas reserves to the market remains in purgatory.
It takes year-round planning to host 70,000 people in one of the planet’s harshest environments.
Escalade bill leaves opponents scrambling for support, and tribal members divided.
A Colorado researcher is using boreal toads’ microbiomes to help them ward off a deadly fungus.
The founder of Outdoor Afro talks about racial violence and why we all need a dose of nature.
A historic legal victory could give Alaska tribes more control over their fish, wildlife and homelands.
Democratic candidate Misty Snow is progressive, transgender and, she says, increasingly representative of Utah.
A new wave of outdoor films encompass both conservation and adventure.
More groups are focused on getting Native Americans outside.
A series of lawsuits could help counteract decades of racist practices.
A scientist with ranching roots is trying to restore balance to degraded grasslands.
Women in the male-dominated world of wildland firefighting still face harassment, abuse and sexism.
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