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May 1, 2017
In this issue, our feature story explores a small corner of the region: A fundamentalist empire called Short Creek on the Arizona-Utah border that's feeling the encroaching pressure of the modern-day West. There we find uncomfortable truth — but an important aspect of the past. In the rest of the issue, we have an eye on the future: A Westerner on the Supreme Court, and solutions to endless sprawl in water-scarce Arizona.
Feature
Editor's Note
A deeper look at the way we cover the lands and communities of the American West.
Current
By destroying biocrust communities, climate change may be making arid lands more reflective — which could slow down warming.
Interior Department clears former Yosemite superintendent of discrimination — and reports evidence for sexual harassment at Yellowstone.
The Interior Secretary wants to prioritize public-land access.
Our new Supreme Court justice doesn’t think so.
Congress discusses how to prioritize the Park Service’s maintenance backlog.
Bills to break up the big Western court have reappeared in Congress.
A conservation plan puts science ahead of politics.
The numbers behind the world’s largest weathering experiment.
HCN.org news in brief.
Uncommon Westerners
In Western Colorado, bringing “life” to freeze-framed wild animals.
Essays
And how growing light pollution threatens that connection.
Book Reviews
Two new books explore the perspectives of women during the West’s nuclear boom.
A new book illustrates the Duwamish’s difficult path to recovery.
Writers on the Range
On issues of industrial recreation, green groups say too little.
Heard Around the West
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
Dear Friends
Letters
Featured stories
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