The Ḱamíłpa Band of the Yakama Nation has wanted an end to commercial picking of a critical cultural resource for years. Finally, the Forest Service is expected to make a decision.
The true cost of the huckleberry industry
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In Montana, a new map flipped 12 red seats
A common thread runs through states where Democrats made largest gains: bipartisan maps.
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Life lessons from a coastal wolf pack
In Alaska, a biologist and her family learn how quickly these iconic predators can change the menu — and bend the rules.
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Poll finds majority of Westerners support climate action and conservation
Colorado College’s annual survey included residents of 8 Western states, the majority of whom identified as politically conservative or moderate.
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People brace for impacts on land, water and wildlife after feds fire thousands over holiday weekend
Career employees told HCN they were unsettled by the termination email sent by HR, which cited ‘performance issues.’
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Trump’s funding cuts leave the nation vulnerable to catastrophic wildfire
‘What do they want, more fires?’
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ICE in your community? Here’s what to know.
Advocates say people who face less legal risk have an important role to play, from documenting raids to advocating for their neighbors.
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Urban wildfires shouldn’t surprise us
Southern California is jolted into a new reality.
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Los incendios urbanos no deberían sorprendernos
El sur de California se ve sacudido a una nueva realidad.
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Days before Trump took office, Interior approved oil and gas leases for land bought during 2019 public auction
Company can begin to issue plans for drilling near Chaco Canyon buffer zone on Navajo Nation allotment.
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The Indian education of Charles Sams
How the first Native director of the National Park Service drew from a legacy of federal boarding schools and Indigenous teachings.
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The possibilities of climate grief
A journey through the heart of despair to find what’s on the other side.
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These states use stolen Indigenous land to fund prisons
State trust lands generate millions of dollars for carceral facilities and programs every year, largely from extractive industries like oil and gas drilling.
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Reenvisioning the image of immigration
Artist and refugee Papay Solomon juxtaposes European painting with African ancestry.
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A veteran transforms a legacy of violence into a campaign for restoration
How a former Marine found a road to repair.
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The climate fight endures
Despite a hostile administration, local governments in the West recognize the need to
continue the energy transition, and they have plans.
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Bringing black abalone back from the brink
To save the species, researchers translocated the endangered California mollusk.
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The power of prescribed fire
A wildfire journalist steps behind the drip torch.
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How do we raise our children in a time of wildfire?
The poet Rachel Richardson learns, through writing and motherhood, to defy fear.