See the river as the climate changes, development continues and consequences grow with inaction.
Can dam removal save the Snake River?
Posted inJanuary 1, 2023: Ripple Effects
‘I’m not separate from the land, I’m a part of it’
#iamthewest: Giving voice to the people that make up communities in the region.
Posted inJanuary 1, 2023: Ripple Effects
Toad lickers, bear wrestlers and beard fanciers
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
Posted inJanuary 1, 2023: Ripple Effects
What comes after the fire?
Friction from the past intensifies in environmentally stressed regions.
Posted inJanuary 1, 2023: Ripple Effects
HCN is staying put
We may have sold our building, but we’re not moving after all.
Posted inJanuary 1, 2023: Ripple Effects
What if Indigenous women ran controlled burns?
The Karuk Tribe’s first-of-its-kind training seeks to extinguish hypermasculinity in firefighting culture.
Posted inArticles
A year in the Borderlands: The biggest stories from 2022
With a little help from our friends, HCN untangles the complexities of the U.S.-Mexico border.
Posted inArticles
Photos from the West, vast and varied
Take a look back at some of the images that made up the region in 2022.
Posted inArticles
Readers’ favorite stories from the West
From wildlife and wildfire to public lands and Indigenous affairs, a roundup of 2022’s most-read articles.
Posted inArticles
A very merry Indigenous affairs year-in-review
Take a look back at the changes in Indian Country over 2022.
Posted inJanuary 1, 2023: Ripple Effects
Can assisted migration save the Rio Grande’s cutthroat?
Scientists wage an upstream battle to save trout in a warming West.
Posted inJanuary 1, 2023: Ripple Effects
Growing up queer in Colorado Springs
In the wake of the Club Q mass shooting, reflections on an adolescence in the ‘Evangelical Vatican.’
Posted inArticles
How the West’s public lands fared in 2022
It was a bad year for dams and a good one for ‘green’ metals.
Posted inArticles
Bringing back California’s wild bees
Scientists and farmers fight against the homogenization of nature to return native pollinators to the Golden State.
Posted inArticles
The mountain lion that changed LA
A eulogy to P-22 with hope that his legacy will ensure more wildlife crossings.
Posted inArticles
Did salmon actually use the Skagit River before the Seattle dams were built?
The public utility’s license renewal to operate the dams centers on the answer to this question.
Posted inJanuary 1, 2023: Ripple Effects
How protecting trees can fight gentrification
LA activists are wielding black walnut protections to stop development.
Posted inArticles
An Indigenous Affairs reporter reviews ‘Alaska Daily’
Will the show stop its whiteness from sabotaging its own premise?
Posted inArticles
Will the Senate ban uranium mining in the Grand Canyon?
Before the legislative slate is wiped clean on Jan. 3, senators needs to pass the Grand Canyon Protection Act.