Biologists go to great lengths to keep the fish alive, but it’s nearly extinct in the wild.
Does the fate of the silvery minnow foretell the Rio Grande’s future?
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Damage from smugglers
As a longtime subscriber to your magazine and someone who values your focus on issues across the West, I do take exception to your “Latest” item about Sen. John McCain’s bill to increase the Border Patrol’s access to the borderlands, (HCN, 5/25/15). I can assure you that, as a retired Border Patrol agent, any environmental damage done while agents […]
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Bagged lions, fewer bighorns
As discussed by Frank Carroll (“We’re letting another predator go down,” HCN, 6/22/15), many Western states appear to have a war on mountain lions. In Arizona, the Arizona Desert Bighorn Sheep Society, a trophy ram hunting group, and the state Department of Game and Fish have cooperated on multiple bag limits, which allow a hunter […]
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When the wildfire season never ends
As fire season gets longer, fire managers scramble to keep up.
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Is aerial firefighting worth it?
Aerial firefighting is dangerous, expensive and environmentally damaging. So why do we do it?
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Plants that burn fastest in a wildfire
Lichen burns cool and quick, while spruce burns slow and hot.
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As wildfires get bigger, is there any way to be ready?
After one record-setting wildfire, a Washington county prepares for more.
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A conservative takes Bundy to task, treasure hunters get trapped and a fool meets a rattlesnake.
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
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Rants from the Hill: Watching the desert flood
When the ghost rivers rage in Nevada.
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Climate showdown on the Willamette in Oregon
Activists target shipping hubs to influence fossil fuel development in Alaska.
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The 2015 fire season hasn’t broken any all-time records — yet
The usually fire-prone Southwest has burned less than the Pacific Northwest, California and Alaska.
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Interior launches national conversation on federal coal
Should royalties be higher to account for social costs of climate change?
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Drought damages trees’ ability to store carbon
How long-term forest health is compromised years after dry-spells.
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When pronghorns are a memory and sage-grouse exist only in videos
So, the biology class is called “Life on Earth.” Hilarious, right? Let’s learn about all the extinct animals! After weeks with the boring creepy-crawlies (they’re not extinct! You should see the mosquitoes here, big as birds), we finally got to a great white shark and a bluefin tuna. Did you know the last tuna sold […]
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KDNK Radio speaks with HCN reporter Sarah Tory
A battle over illegal bike trails in Sedona raises tough questions about soaring recreation use on public lands.
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Ranch Diaries: How to coexist with wild animals
When your livelihood depends on the boundaries you set with the natural world.
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Murkowski unveils energy plan for the nation
Highlights and what it would mean for Western states.
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Freeway closure by flash flood should teach us a lesson
Is it time to diversify the West’s transportation options?
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Colorado’s water plan: an end to mega projects?
The latest draft of the plan sets strict guidelines for approving new diversions over the Rocky Mountains.
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In the middle of nowhere, a Promised Land
A community with environmental sensitivities makes a home in Arizona’s desert.