Has the speed of change outpaced the ability of environmental laws to make a difference?
How to not save a species
Posted inDecember 1, 2023: December 2023
North Denver’s green space paradox
Will a billion-dollar infrastructure project heal a Colorado community — or displace its residents?
Posted inDecember 1, 2023: December 2023
[Antedesolate: On the Western Set of Pioneer Town, California: How to Be a Black Cowboy]
A poem by Jasmine Elizabeth Smith.
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Pondering public lands and the energy transition conundrum
Fighting the climate crisis will require difficult choices.
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Solutions to the gender pay gap for Native women may live at home
Entrepreneurship alongside one’s caregiving responsibilities can unlock opportunities and more income.
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We need to reframe our thinking about what’s wild
Why we should take a look from wildlife’s perspectives.
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Bozeman’s next mayor on housing, tattoos and the West
The 28-year-old mayor-elect, Joey Morrison, shares his plans for boosting community engagement and building neighborhoods for all Montanans.
Posted inDecember 1, 2023: December 2023
How the New Mexico whiptail became a gay icon
All members of the lizard species are female and reproduce asexually through a process called parthenogenesis.
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First direct cash assistance program exclusively for Indigenous parents launched
The Nest, a Washington nonprofit program, seeks to serve Native people during and after pregnancy.
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Recover the redwoods landscape
Not only do the great trees offer resilience to climate change and shelter abundant biodiversity, but they are magic.
Posted inDecember 1, 2023: December 2023
Has Montana solved its housing crisis?
A spate of new state laws will spur housing development. Will anyone be able to afford what’s getting built?
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A sausage fusing Chinese and Mexican cultures is spicing up Tucson
The Chinese Chorizo Festival is excavating buried histories of immigrant solidarity.
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Wildfires are thawing the tundra
Researchers discovered recently burned areas emit more methane gas than the rest of the landscape.
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Report finds Arizona 911 dispatchers fail to help lost migrants
Pima County emergency services engage in ‘unconstitutional and abusive practices’ on the border, a humanitarian group says.
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The era of the Black Western has arrived. Is it here to stay?
The miniseries, ‘Lawmen: Bass Reeves,’ doesn’t fully live up to its potential to showcase a multifaceted Black identity.
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Another gunky, toxic season for Utah waters
Harmful algae blooms, fueled by warming temperatures and nutrient runoff, plague the state.
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New Mexico’s displaced coal miners have gotten the shaft on severance pay
The state’s just transition plans promised by the Energy Transition Act haven’t panned out for many workers.
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Pro skier Lily Bradley disrupts mountain culture in new queer ski film
In ‘People Like Us,’ LGBTQ+ skiers take center stage.
Posted inNovember 1, 2023: November 1, 2023
When burn scars become roaring earthen rivers
Geologists in Washington are monitoring scorched forest to help create a better warning system for deadly debris flows.
Posted inNovember 1, 2023: November 1, 2023
Kasigluk endures the many challenges of thawing permafrost
Residents of the Alaska village maintain community in the face of climate change.