Some health experts say current state and federal measures won’t lower ozone pollution to safe levels across the state’s Front Range.
Can Colorado solve its ozone problem?
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Alaska’s fire season is off to a blazing start
Drought, heat and thunderstorms have started fires across the state.
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The funky politics of wildfire right now
After New Mexico’s record-breaking fires, the politics of wildfire are morphing into weird configurations.
Posted inSeptember 1, 2022: Going Under
Can Arizona citizens use the tools of democracy to preserve the state’s dwindling water?
How a group of ‘scrappy’ locals are working to create Arizona’s first citizen-initiated groundwater management area.
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The Supreme Court’s attack on tribal sovereignty, explained
Four federal Indian law experts digest the Supreme Court’s ‘shocking‘ decision to grant state governments the power to prosecute crimes in Indian Country.
Posted inJuly 1, 2022: Living with Rivers
The beauty buried in the data
Art created using laser data reveals the history and geological wonder of Washington’s landscape and rivers.
Posted inJuly 1, 2022: Living with Rivers
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Posted inJuly 1, 2022: Living with Rivers
Landslide risk is on the rise thanks to climate change, and states are looking to identify hazards
Washington — home to deadliest landslide in U.S. history — is working to prevent future loss of life by scanning the state for new threats.
Posted inJuly 1, 2022: Living with Rivers
Environmental justice is only the beginning
If the U.S. ever hopes to be in right relationship with the lands and waters it has seized, it must first restore its relationship with Indigenous peoples.
Posted inJuly 1, 2022: Living with Rivers
Who does the state of Wyoming consider a poacher?
Three years ago, the Supreme Court upheld the Crow Tribe’s off-reservation hunting rights. But treaty hunters in Wyoming still risk prosecution, even as non-Natives poach wildlife on tribal land with impunity.
Posted inJuly 1, 2022: Living with Rivers
Out-of-this-world fest; territorial disputes; bear-family affairs
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
Posted inJuly 1, 2022: Living with Rivers
How a salmon farm disaster changed Northwest aquaculture forever
Thousands of salmon escaped into the Puget Sound. Then the controversy began.
Posted inJuly 1, 2022: Living with Rivers
Getting over not fitting in
Why I have a jackalope tattoo, and another of a covered wagon.
Posted inJuly 1, 2022: Living with Rivers
The hydrogen blues (and greens and grays)
Is this wonder fuel truly green — or just another fossil fuel in disguise?
Posted inJuly 1, 2022: Living with Rivers
Lesson from a great blue heron
Adaptation is key to a coastal future.
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SCOTUS has shown poor judgment before
Remembering Japanese internment on a journey to Heart Mountain as Roe falls.
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When I knew I had made it home
I drifted around the rural West and country for decades. Until I reached a small corner of Colorado.
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The San Juan Basin’s fossil fuel transition slowed by economic and cultural bonds
The region’s history with prosperity in the oil and gas industry looms over conversations about how to diversify its economy.