Activists and agencies try to balance the West’s horse mythology against herd impacts.
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Current Issue
March 18, 2019
In this issue, we travel to Arizona, where the West's “wild” horse problem is as enigmatic as ever. We also delve into the bankruptcy of California energy company PG&E following catastrophic wildfires, and we examine questions of intellectual property questions around Indigenous recordings, which were often made and sold without permission. We check in on Utah bees and dive into a complicated conservation arrangement on undeveloped California land. In our essays and reviews, we look back at historic public lands policies; showcase photography from the gay rodeo circuit; and examine racism in language in California's Dixie School District.
Feature
Current
PG&E’s bankruptcy complicates an already difficult recovery for Camp Fire survivors.
Indigenous oral histories have often been recorded and sold without permission.
Federal lands could offer hives a respite from pesticides.
Were concessions to protect undeveloped land in California worth it?
Editor's Note
Embrace incongruity, both domesticated and the wonderfully wild.
Perspective
North of San Francisco, a well-heeled community has its privilege tested.
Arts and Culture
A photo exhibit asks viewers to ponder whether, in reclaiming the idea of the cowboy, gay rodeos renounce violence or reinvest in it.
Commissions offer a way to navigate thorny policy questions and find consensus.
The real crisis at the border is of Trump’s own making.
Book Reviews
A “grassland education” from nature photographer Harvey Payne.
A familiar trope of storytelling puts women and people of color on center stage.
Heard Around the West
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
Dear Friends
An editor moves on while others tackle some of journalism’s biggest challenges.
Letters
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