Advocates protest plans for reconstruction of the barrier at the binational meeting point.
Does California’s Friendship Park need a taller border wall?
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The recipe for restoring damaged lands is missing one key ingredient: seeds
A new report highlights recovery solutions to fires, droughts and other climate catastrophes.
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Could Arizona’s new governor shift Colorado River politics?
There’s a historic reckoning in the Colorado River Basin — and Katie Hobbs is here to play hard ball.
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Luck and life in pronghorn country
‘Since I was a little girl, on the first day of every month, the first words out of my mouth are rabbit rabbit.’
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The dead birds and bats that improve renewable energy
Scientists say collecting and studying the carcasses felled from wind and solar facilities can unlock new insights.
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How humans break up wolf packs
A new study explores how packs change when activities like hunting and car accidents kill wolves.
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The wolf in its own clothing
A new book, ‘Wolfish,’ attempts to shed light on how the species is a stand in for fear.
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Does thinning work for wildfire prevention?
The rundown on what scientists find actually works to protect forests and homes.
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The Salinas River and the foretold flood
Agriculture beat the river into submission. It’s back.
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Why Western wildfires are becoming more destructive
Over the past decade, they’ve destroyed 246% more homes and buildings.
Posted inMarch 1, 2023: Moving Parts
For Black families, it isn’t simple creating roots in Phoenix
Many have moved to the nation’s fastest growing city seeking community as well as a better life. Few are finding it.
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What happens when an affluent Arizona suburb’s main water supply is cut off?
As the Colorado River crisis worsens, an unregulated housing development faces a reckoning.
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Books to see us through
The written word can provide shelter for whatever is coming.
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Colorado regulators come down hard on troubled oil company
K.P. Kauffman said that penalties could result in a large bankruptcy, leaving well cleanup to the state.
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The state of the land: Biden’s mixed conservation record
The president has riled up just about everyone with his public-land policies. Maybe that’s a good thing.
Posted inFebruary 1, 2023: The Reveal
What does the nation’s commitment to tribal co-stewardship mean for public lands?
The Biden administration’s policies signal a shift in lands management, but a sea change is yet to come.
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‘Cultivating a community is like a garden’
#iamthewest: Giving voice to the people that make up communities in the region.
Posted inFebruary 1, 2023: The Reveal
Armed bots, an HOV Grinch and bikes for all
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.