But virus fears and travel restrictions could impact big game season in the fall.
Items by Nick Bowlin
Betsy Gaines Quammen’s new book looks at the Bundy family and religion’s connection to the Western landscape.
As COVID-19 closes in, a rural doctor awaits the inevitable.
Tribal nations and conservation groups hope to dismantle the policies in court.
The 15th annual film series unevenly grapples with the paradox of the winter rec industry.
Decriminalization campaigns follow a Denver ballot initiative to regulate shrooms that passed last year.
From puppies to party planning to new fellowships, we remain busy.
Hawai‘i Gov. David Ige announced that law enforcement would vacate the area.
Where the mines once provided steady employment, solar energy now offers jobs for the next generation.
A United Farm Worker organizer reveals the political strategy behind the scenes.
A proposed hydroelectric project on the Little Colorado River shows the tricky trade-offs in transitioning from fossil fuels.
The dancing birds are especially susceptible to changing weather patterns, which is bad news going forward.
Leaked audio from a recent agency meeting is filled with fumbles by leadership, disapproving rumbles and derisive laughter from staff.
A plan to export water from the San Luis Valley to the Denver Metro area is met with defiance.
‘We can either wait on Mother Nature — or we can give it a shot ourselves.’
The John Henry Mine last produced coal in 1999 and has yet to be fully reclaimed.
The first-ever Navajo majority commission halted a legal challenge to the ruling that ended discriminatory voting boundaries.
New interns and a fellow arrive, and our editorial staff continues to morph.
Compared to its neighbors, the state limits public recreation, but that is changing.
As part of the settlement, the dress code used to discriminate against black patrons must be stopped.
The revision would allow the agency to approve more projects without environmental review.
Endangered Species Act opposer Susan Combs officially takes role as assistant secretary after long delay.
Range fires get bigger every year, threatening sagebrush habitat and rural towns.
Once an allegory for the atomic bomb, the big lizard has come to represent climate change.
An HCN editor trains NYTimes staff, and we remember longtime readers.
Historian Gordon Chang’s new book attempts to correct that erasure.
Tens of millions more dollars will flow into Western communities after a federal court throws out the Trump administration’s industry-friendly deal.
HCN receives an American Society of Journalists and Authors award and a lovely tribute to our former publisher.
An industry-friendly ruling contradicts years of concerns over potential damage to endangered species, water systems and Native American cultural sites.
While there’s less protection overall, a few Western states restore regulations that match or surpass original plans.
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