Drought, dread and family in the American Southwest.
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August 6, 2018
As wildfires and drought return year after year to the West, some communities bear the brunt more than others. In this issue's feature, Contributing Editor Cally Carswell reflects on whether she should stay in a place experiencing climate change as rapidly as Santa Fe, New Mexico, and what it means to make a home there. Assistant Editor Emily Benson looks at another facet of climate change in the Southwest, how it no longer faces a drought but a steady aridification, and how word changes may help change water-use behavior. This issue also explores how rural communities in Montana are dealing with mental health crises, and more.
Feature
Sidebar
Northern New Mexicans weigh their future in a drying climate.
Editor's Note
Flood and drought have shaped the West, and humans are often unprepared.
Current
Why ‘aridification’ is a better term for our new, more parched reality.
Instead of restoring the past, ecologists are increasingly focused on the future.
Community health programs are thriving in Haiti, Montana and the Navajo Nation.
As the state’s mental health system faces an uncertain future, experts encourage crisis prevention.
Echo-Hawk’s ‘punishment comedy’ draws on his experiences as an Indigenous man living in Seattle.
President Donald Trump’s spectacle draws a crowd, for now.
Essays
A wildlife biologist returns to a childhood stomping ground, devoid of its once-plentiful amphibians.
Book Reviews
Black and white photos capture the people behind the humble beginnings of the sport.
A new memoir reflects on an isolated, religious upbringing in a survivalist Mormon family.
Heard Around the West
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
Dear Friends
The annual Cherry Days Festival brought hot temperatures and more visitors.
Letters
Featured stories
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