What we know from the confirmation hearings for Ryan Zinke, Scott Pruitt and Rick Perry.
Items by Anna V. Smith
The permitting change could give guided groups more access.
A new collection examines the elaborate cars and their place in Mexican-American culture.
A study plans to remove mountain lions and black bears to boost mule deer.
The administration delisted more species, but ultimately weakened the act itself.
Their arrival could have drastic economic effects.
Federal prosecutors are moving ahead, despite the first trial’s acquittal.
Keeping track of rulemaking, policy decisions and other last actions before the Trump administration’s inauguration.
A new species in Sequoia National Park reminds scientists of what is yet to be discovered.
Through the lens of the people who lived near and were shaped by the river.
The North American owls and their landscapes.
Climate projections are reason enough for Endangered Species Act protection, court rules.
A court order requires that the agency toss out its 22-year-old environmental impact assessment.
A pair of artists take on our consumption habits, with Froot Loop hills.
In Arizona, three native chub species were reclassified as one, raising concerns about the management of the species.
Can sea otters survive the recovery of great white sharks?
HCN sorts truth from fiction on the campaign trail.
In the 1960s, a counterculture revolution brought a new wave of migration Westward.
Democrats hope to nab vulnerable Republican seats.
Surveyors found illegal cattle grazing, defaced petroglyphs and ditch-digging.
A review of En Recuerdo de, a look at the afterlife of Mexican cemeteries in the West.
A number of universities, especially those in border states, have programs that examine the influx of people who bring change to their new homes.
A guide to making sense of the courtroom drama, as the trial begins.
The pika is fading from historical habitat and a new study points to climate change.
A recent study documents the butterfly’s decline, while a new project looks at how to improve its population.
Three major coal companies have filed for bankruptcy this year.
The agency is increasingly looking to locals to help deal with high demand for recreation access.
The state culled wolves that had been collared, and it’s no longer feasible to continue research.
A new exhibit, Harnessing the Wind, looks at Western landscapes now marked by wind turbines.
Some see the changes as reform of a troubled program, and others as an example of bureaucratic overreach.
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