
Items by Paige Blankenbuehler

It has dwindled faster than experts have seen in nearly four decades, which could upset reservoir management.

Near Sacramento, California, nearly a dozen people died from opioids in recent weeks.

Experts discuss this year’s presidential race and what Western issues are coming to the fore.

Agreement picks up the pieces of the failed landmark accords.

Latinos make up 21 percent of the region’s electorate, and election-day turn-out is on the rise.

The early caucus drew attention to Western issues. In November, the state will play an even bigger role.

Much of the Park Service’s land in the West is poorly visited and little-known.

Where water is scarce, waterbirds pay the price.

The Nevada caucus brought Western issues into the fray this political season.

A deal that would have supplied water to irrigators and tribes fell apart.

In California, native and endemic plants are slower to shift their ranges in response to climate change, a study shows.

Dam removals on the Oregon-California border move forward without water deals for irrigators.

Precipitation in recent months chips away at California drought, but the water deficit will be hard to overcome.

Could the breakdown of the landmark water agreement imperil other collaborative deals?

How does industry control of water affect public land management?

As the Tuesday’s confrontation unfolded, key information came out on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube.

Review of Jonathan Bailey's "Rock art: A Vision of a Vanishing Cultural Landscape."

Natural resource-dependent rural economies help explain why disputes happen where they do.

As ski resorts push for a mega-connection, backcountry skiers try to save some wild.

Nevada and Idaho are the only Western states above their historic averages.

The Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan is intended to guide energy development, while protecting wildlife and recreation.

Fate of disputed leases could show ongoing shift in the Bureau of Land Management.

In Park City, a decades-long battle against the resort industry may be all but over.
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