Upstream mining has left a toxic legacy at the bottom of Coeur d’Alene Lake.
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June 24, 2019
In this issue, we travel to Lake Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, where tribal and state officials grapple with a wicked pollution problem that threatens the lake, its economy and its communities. We check in on the Interior Department, which has named an opponent to the Endangered Species Act as an assistant secretary and quietly continued deployments of rangers to the Borderlands. We also interview a U.S. Fish and Wildlife whistleblower, examine the West’s poor record of regulating “forever chemicals,” and highlight one Colorado rancher's efforts to raise water buffalo. We examine the spread of wildfire in sagebrush country and reveal disparities within two California communities struggling to recover from devastating wildfires. We look at the lingering power of mining laws and into Montana's obsession with vigilantism. We review a new history on the Continental Divide Trail, as well as a film that portrays the struggle of Indigenous women to escape violence.
Feature
Editor's Note
Evolved as humans are, we’re terrible at solving problems we can’t actually see.
Current
Endangered Species Act opposer Susan Combs officially takes role as assistant secretary after long delay.
Law enforcement agents guarding wildlife refuges have been sent to the border, leaving public lands more exposed.
Western states lag behind in both monitoring and regulating the class of ‘forever chemicals.’
The challenges and possibilities of water buffalo ranching in the Roaring Fork Valley.
Pressured by higher-ups, a Fish and Wildlife field supervisor smoothed the way for a 28,000-home development along a fragile Arizona river.
The disparate timeframes of rebuilding in California’s wine country and its poorest county, shown by data.
Range fires get bigger every year, threatening sagebrush habitat and rural towns.
Arts and Culture
The new film is a character study of two Indigenous women developing a rocky friendship in real time.
Book Reviews
Meandering across 3,100 miles, the trail connects Mexico to Canada.
Perspective
It’s time to face the facts about the hangmen who helped ‘settle’ Montana.
In Idaho, a law meant to boost mining actually allows for its end as recreation transforms the West’s economy.
Heard Around the West
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
Dear Friends
And one gives a major gift of her own.
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