A giant sediment pulse — millions of cubic yards of silt, clay and dead algae — trapped for decades behind the dams is now flowing downstream.
Scientists are tracking ecological changes as the Klamath River dams come down
Posted inMay 2024: A River Returns
The West remains cattle country
Livestock has indelibly altered the region’s land, water and air.
Posted inMay 2024: A River Returns
Art without the mask of Native identity
Multidisciplinary artist Nizhonniya Austin talks about authenticity, trust fund pottery hipsters, and her role as Cara in ‘The Curse.’
Posted inMay 2024: A River Returns
The Boldt Decision and where the rule of law held
Charles Wilkinson’s posthumous book examines the complexities
of the landmark tribal sovereignty case.
Posted inMay 2024: A River Returns
‘I attended a mission school for a year and a half’
#iamthewest: Giving voice to the people that make up communities in the region.
Posted inMay 2024: A River Returns
Bird-naming brouhahas, buggy burritos and a goat-milking meetup
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
Posted inMay 2024: A River Returns
The era of dam removal is here
Bringing down the Klamath dams allows for cultural revitalization among the Klamath tribes.
Posted inMay 2024: A River Returns
What does HCN mean to you?
Share your thoughts about why you read the magazine and how we could serve you better.
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As national monuments multiply, Bears Ears forges forward
Tribal co-management takes shape on the ground.
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What’s next for the Owyhee Canyonlands?
Supporters call it ’the largest conservation opportunity in the West.’
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A Salt Lake Valley collective brings gardening and queer communities together
At the Mobile Moon Co-op, LGBTQ+ folks find a safe space to nurture land and one another.
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Meet the tree-sitters who occupied a ponderosa pine
The Oregon activists call attention to ongoing clearcuts in old-growth forests.
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Wildlife habitat and tribal cultures threatened by Washington’s largest wind farm
The newly approved renewable energy project is planned across an eco-corridor and ceremonial sites.
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Is Biden a public-lands protector?
The administration makes the biggest land-management moves in a half century.
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Are the Great Salt Lake scientists all right?
A Q&A with Great Salt Lake Institute Director Bonnie Baxter on studying a dying lake.
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Tribes turn to the U.N. for help intervening in gigantic Arizona wind project
The SunZia transmission line will cut through Indigenous lands in the Southwest.