The president reversed a key part of his agenda that was intended to combat the climate crisis.
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Recent grazing decisions continue to risk Southwest Colorado’s bighorns.
The Green River Corridor, a pathway from Wyoming to Colorado, highlights the political and physical barriers wolves face.
‘Wolves are AMAAAAZING! Because they help the ecosystem and are amazing.’
Conservation groups vow to fight the ruling to help the cats reclaim their historic habitat.
Pupfish Peak in Nevada’s Amargosa Valley is named for the endangered Devils Hole pupfish.
In Grand Junction, Colorado, the presidential election is a choice between two distinct energy futures.
Land agencies have less time — and get less public scrutiny — to issue environmental assessments.
Rancher J. Paul Brown gives up his permit near the Weminuche Wilderness to protect vulnerable bighorn sheep populations.
In this increasingly digitized West, who is shut out?
Writer-editor-illustrator Sarah Gilman talks about her latest project for High Country News.
Retrospective storytelling captures the nuance of our systems to better inform us as we enter election season.
Two investigations reveal federal agencies are too lax on bad actors.
It’s more important than ever to pursue accountability.
We speculate updates to stories and the readers who speak out in 2068.
In 2068, the Lower 48’s last ski resort deputized soldier flies to manage human feces. The plan backfired.
The very places that attract visitors and newcomers for their proximity to wildlife grapple with a spike in bear-human incidents.
Rural communities can find solace in one another.
Western states lag behind in both monitoring and regulating the class of ‘forever chemicals.’
‘Pollen-amorous’ leaders host marriages to the Earth in Sin City.
The Devils Hole pupfish is nothing to mess with.
Demand for clean cars is causing an uptick in copper mining in the West, but at what cost?
The discovery was made after a Colorado avalanche swept the stash onto a roadway.
PG&E’s bankruptcy complicates an already difficult recovery for Camp Fire survivors.
Help us investigate the opaque wildfire insurance industry by sharing your experience.
Seven Western states must rewrite the rules of the river and cut water use — before they bleed the critical artery dry.
A Democratic spitfire takes the helm of the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Documents show flawed management leads to unnecessary killings of bighorn sheep.
Interests of a few hundred farmers are contributing to postponements in basin-wide plan.
Our love for nature causes more homes to be built in the path of destructive wildfires and leads to more blazes.
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