
Items by Sarah Gilman

State projections downplayed what conservation and agriculture can provide.

Aerial spray regs remain the West Coast’s weakest after the death of a key law.

Three hikers will track ecological conditions on the route this June.

Dispatch from a dryland alien in the rainy Northwest.

As climate change sends bears searching for calories, new research suggests there's no substitute for seals.

But they're unlikely to resolve today's fierce skirmishes over oil and gas development.

The peculiar and spectacular undoing of Oregon’s top official.

A top Texas official reported political interference and scientific misconduct.

What we give up in so-called sacrifice zones.

Industry and environmentalists compromised on the embattled Colorado mesa.

Operators must install low or no-bleed valves on tanks to curb venting into the air.

Industry and conservationists reach a deal to protect tens of thousands of acres.

Can officials greenlight booming development and clean up the air at the same time?

How a gigantic federal bureaucracy is positioning itself to manage resources at a “landscape” level.

New oil and gas ‘codebook’ aims to help the public muddle through the fracking debate

Photographs of people and places in flux.

A Pulitzer for a Colorado writer, visitors to HCN and a correction.

A new film explores a growing movement to remove dams that have outlived their usefulness.

A beloved assistant editor changes roles, an editor receives an award and visitors stroll in.

Will an eight-week long experimental flood help restore an ecosystem?

A handy pamphlet on how to dig out from a tumbleweed takeover of sci-fi proportions.
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WATER ADVOCACY MANAGER Do you want to help shape the future of groundwater in the Grand Canyon region? The Grand Canyon Trust is hiring its first water advocacy...
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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR California Coalition for Rural Housing (CCRH) seeks a strategic and visionary Executive Director: View all job details here- https://bit.ly/CCRHED
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MONTANA BLUES The new novel by Ray Ring, retired HCN senior editor, tackles racism in the wild, a story told by a rural White horsewoman and a...
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