The world’s least understood ignition source is causing devastating wildfires across Montana’s Powder River Basin.
The fires below
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How to rebuild in a time of endless fire
Okanogan County, Washington, had hardly recovered from the last devastating wildfire when the next one struck.
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The West’s forever fire season
How climate change makes wildfire more likely to happen all year round.
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Fish at heart; man as island; port-a-potty convo
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
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Collaborations with nature
A new ‘school’ of art and geography gathers artists for creative fieldwork in the Sonoran Desert.
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See the LA River at a fragile crossroads
Photographer Pablo Unzueta explores an urban river at peril and in constant flux.
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Honoring Blackfeet author James Welch: A Q&A with Lois Welch
The former director of the University of Montana’s creative writing program reflects on life with her late husband and the upcoming James Welch Native Lit Festival.
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Was Yellowstone’s deadliest wolf hunt in 100 years an inside job?
Veteran park service employees were involved in last year’s hunt, but one says he’s a victim of a federal ‘witch hunt.’
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At Oak Flat, courts and politicians fail tribes
Chi’chil Biłdagoteel exemplifies the larger struggle tribes face over protecting off-reservation, culturally important lands.
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Protecting neighborhoods from future flames
Equitable wildfire preparedness requires community-level fixes.
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As waters warm, Alaska experiences salmon booms and busts
Chaotic salmon returns leave some Alaskans with an abundance of salmon, and others with none.
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What Indigenous leaders think about co-managing Bears Ears with the feds
Native advocates share their hopes and relief after decades of fighting for their ancestral lands.
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‘We are not for sale’
The Environmental Justice for All Act could give communities more agency to stop mega warehouse projects.
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The rise of the restoration economy
Filling the economic void left by the extraction economy by healing the land.
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(Not) one nation, under God
To truly become a more equal society, look to our youth, the ‘nones.’
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How oil companies endlessly avoid cleanup costs
In Colorado, a sale of 110 low-producing oil wells illustrates a hot potato effect, and how funding remediation eventually comes from the public.