Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
Ferry felines, ornithopters and Tokitae going home at last!
Posted inJune 1, 2023: Seen and Unseen
The many legacies of Letitia Carson
An effort to memorialize the homestead of one of Oregon’s first Black farmers illuminates the land’s complicated history.
Posted inJune 1, 2023: Seen and Unseen
The West is an accumulation of stories
Complex and different to all, the region changes with time and tellings.
Posted inJune 1, 2023: Seen and Unseen
Read with us
As summer arrives, so too does another summer reading challenge.
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Can retiring farmland make California’s Central Valley more equitable?
Planning for the future of groundwater also offers an opportunity to plan for climate justice.
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Judge rules Wyoming corner crossers did not trespass
The hunters who stepped over the corner of a Carbon County ranch did no damage to private property.
Posted inJune 1, 2023: Seen and Unseen
When fire goes feral
A conversation with John Vaillant, author of ‘Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World.’
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Supreme Court shrinks definition of the Clean Water Act
In a ruling siding with an Idaho couple, justices removed protections from waters they said were non-navigable, like wetlands.
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Utah’s latest attack on the Antiquities Act
The bid to diminish national monuments threatens landscape preservation.
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Oak Flat development is on pause. What that means for tribal nations
The U.S. Forest Service has told a federal court it is not sure when it will move ahead with the review process.
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Bringing fast, reliable broadband to rural Alaska could cost $1.8 billion
During a visit to Bethel, Alaska, first lady Jill Biden highlighted hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding to improve internet access in Alaska Native communities.
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The breakdown on the Colorado River ‘breakthrough’ water deal
The agreement isn’t the sustainable, permanent one that’s necessary.
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Western resort towns risk being ‘loved to death’
A new report details the downsides of tourism and population booms – and what communities can do about it.
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California will need $21.5 billion to clean up its oil sites. Who’s going to pay for it?
As industry transitions away from fossil fuels, its profits will fall behind remediation costs.
Posted inAugust 1, 2023: In the Line of Fire
Can Denver live up to its reputation of being a ‘sanctuary city’?
The city’s response to migrant ‘surges’ endangers both newcomers and its long-standing unhoused population.
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Yes, 90 degrees can be dangerous
From a jump in ER visits and gun violence to fears for maternal health, the Northwest’s May heat wave shows the dangers of more moderate, early heat waves.
Posted inJune 1, 2023: Seen and Unseen
How the tiny brine shrimp can help protect the Great Salt Lake
A conversation with the sixth-grade activists behind Utah’s new state crustacean.
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This year’s record-breaking snowpack is pouring into the dried-out Salt Lake
Snowmelt is replenishing depleted ecosystems and flooding communities.
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How social work can help fight the impacts of climate change
Denver’s Lisa Reyes Mason leads a new generation of social workers in helping communities adapt to the climate crisis.
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Can the Dolores River be saved?
A beleaguered Colorado waterway garners new attention.