Inside the cross-border operation that saves fresh food from the trash.
Items by Peter Friederici
A writer seeks answers from Lake Powell.
The Sunbelt city is one of the nation's most sweltering urban heat islands. But simple solutions to help cool it are at hand.
An audacious development proposal near Grand Canyon National Park divides a tribe and its neighbors.
Public officials – and even homeowners – are beginning to accept the inevitability of wildfires in the Golden State.
Rainwater harvesting is against the law in many Western states, but folks in Utah, Colorado and Washington want to change that.
How will Westerners pay for – and market –
their recycled drinking water?
Some communities are trying to keep discarded
pharmaceuticals out of the water supply by organizing
“take-back programs” for leftover drugs
As population growth and climate change stress the
region’s water supplies, Westerners think hard about
recycling their effluent, although some worry about the possibly
harmful endocrine disrupters found in cleaned-up
effluent.
Mark Sardella’s nonprofit group Local Energy is
determined to heat local communities with biomass energy, created
by burning logging slash and millwaste from New Mexican
forests
In northern New Mexico, the Collaborative Forest
Restoration Program brings Hispanic loggers and Anglo
environmentalists together to work on creating healthy, sustainable
forests and rural economies
Chef John Sharpe has created a gourmet restaurant in the
desert town of Winslow, Ariz., far from his birthplace in the misty
green landscape of England
Woodworker Gordon West turns small and irregular pine logs
into useful building materials in his shop near Silver City,
N.M.
The Flagstaff Dark Skies Coalition's struggle to keep the
stars visible has led to the city's designation as the first
"International Dark-Sky City."
The University of Arizona's Desert Laboratory, a unique
desert biological field station, faces the pressure of the city of
Tucson's growth and the uncertain future of the land.
The National Park Service weighs the benefits of four
management plans limiting numbers within Grand Canyon National
Park.
Featured stories
-
DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR Greater Yellowstone Coalition seeks a development professional to coordinate the organization's individual giving program. The position description is available at http://greateryellowstone.org/careers Please email a letter...
-
IDAHO STATE DIRECTOR The Wilderness Society is seeking a full time Idaho State Director who will preferably be based in Boise, Idaho. At least 8-10 years of experience...
-
COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER AND BEARS EARS EDUCATION CENTER MANAGER Conservation nonprofit Friends of Cedar Mesa in Bluff, Utah is hiring for two positions. We seek a Communications Manager to execute inspiring and impactful communications...
-
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Wilderness Volunteers Wilderness Volunteers (WV), a 24-year leader in preserving our nation's wildlands, is seeking a motivated person with deep outdoor interests to guide our...
-
HECHO POLICY AND ADVOCACY MANAGER Hispanics Enjoying Camping, Hunting, and the Outdoors (HECHO) was created in 2013 to help fulfill our duty to conserve and protect our public lands for...
-
FISHERIES BIOLOGIST Under the direct supervision of the Director of Shoshone-Paiute Tribe's Fish, Wildlife & Parks, in coordination with the Tribal Programs Administrator and the Tribal Chairman,...
-
REGIONAL EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR NORTHERN ROCKIES, PRAIRIES & PACIFIC REGION Founded in 1936, the National Wildlife Federation has grown into America's largest and most trusted grassroots conservation organization with 53 state/territorial affiliates and more than...
-
STEWARDSHIP MANAGER STEWARDSHIP MANAGER Job Vacancy and Description Posted June 2, 2021: Open until filled The New Mexico Land Conservancy (NMLC) is a non-profit, regional land trust...
-
KSJD - MORNING EDITION HOST/REPORTER KSJD is seeking a host/reporter. Please see for www.ksjd.org for more information. EEO compliant.
-
ON THE EDGE OF CEDAR MESA/BEARS EARS Quiet, comfy house for rent in Bluff, Utah. Walk to San Juan River. Bike or hike to many nearby ruins and rock art sites. Beautiful...
-
CARPENTER AND LABORER WANTED. Come to Ketchikan and check out the Rain forest on the coast, Hike the shorelines, hug the big trees, watch deer in the muskeg meadows,...
-
PROJECT MANAGER Title: Project Manager Reports To: Program Director Salary Range: Negotiable; starting at $60,000 Location: Bend, OR The Deschutes River Conservancy seeks a Project Manager to...
-
PROGRAM DIRECTOR The Deschutes River Conservancy seeks a Program Director to join our dynamic team in restoring streamflow and improving water quality in the Deschutes Basin. WHO...
-
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR - TWISPWORKS Established healthy nonprofit in the Methow Valley of Washington state, TwispWorks is hiring the next Executive Director. Terrific opportunity to strive for our mission to...
-
BOARD DIRECTOR Help us achieve our mission of promoting excellence in the professional practice of wilderness stewardship, science and education to ensure the life-sustaining benefits of wilderness....
-
TEMPORARY FULL-TIME RANCH OPERATIONS ASSISTANT Twin Willows Ranch in Ocate, NM is seeking to immediately fill a Temporary Full-Time employment position as Ranch Operations Assistant for Facilities, Equipment, Land, and...
-
RANCH OPERATIONS ASSISTANT Twin Willows Ranch in Ocate, NM is seeking an individual to fill the Regular Full-Time position of Resident Operations Assistant for Technology, Hospitality, Gardening, and...
-
CONSERVATION PROJECT MANAGER Conservation Project Manager Position Description Join Skagit Land Trust (the Trust), a not-for-profit conservation organization based in Mount Vernon, Washington, and help protect land for...
-
NOVA SCOTIA OCEAN FRONT Camp or Build on 2+ acres in Guysborough. FSBO. $36,000 US firm. Laurie's phone: 585-226-2993 EST.
-
TECHNICAL ADVISOR TO THE GOOD NEIGHBOR AGREEMENT Northern Plains Resource Council seeks an independent contractor to implement the Good Neighbor Agreement (GNA) between local communities and the Sibanye-Stillwater Mining Company in Montana....
