Some places are 20 decibels or less, similar to levels in pre-Colonial times.
Communities
Posted inMarch 16, 2015: Wild Ride
The woman who brings drinking water to remote Navajo homes
In the parched countryside, delivery means community.
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American boondockers
Surprising photographs of people who live in their vehicles, from the Cascades to the Rockies.
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Marie’s dictionary
The last fluent speaker of Wukchumni creates a dictionary to document her tribe’s language.
Posted inMarch 2, 2015: Unite and Conquer
Community solar comes of age in the West
A neighborhood solar experiment in Washington gains traction in other states.
Posted inMarch 2, 2015: Unite and Conquer
Keeping the dust down in California’s Owens Valley
A civil engineer battles Los Angeles over its air pollution legacy.
Posted inMarch 2, 2015: Unite and Conquer
Most native tongues of the West are all but lost
A map shows where just over 60 languages remain spoken around the region.
Posted inFebruary 16, 2015: Chainsaw Diplomacy
My kind of town: Livingston, Montana
An essay on returning home to the West, after years abroad.
Posted inFebruary 16, 2015: Chainsaw Diplomacy
The Latest: New Mexico fracking ban overturned
A win for industry in the nation’s first county to ban the practice.
Posted inFebruary 16, 2015: Chainsaw Diplomacy
Wilderness as therapist
A growing number of veterans and researchers are racing to understand nature’s power to heal.
Posted inFebruary 16, 2015: Chainsaw Diplomacy
Chainsaw diplomacy
In southern Utah’s Escalante watershed, a river restoration group tries to cut through old cultural barriers.
Posted inFebruary 16, 2015: Chainsaw Diplomacy
Beautiful yet harrowing photos of urban sprawl
Review of ‘Lake Las Vegas/Black Mountain’ by Michael Light.
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Fractivists target Denver to build support
A new campaign launches to stop fracking before it starts in and around Denver.
Posted inFebruary 2, 2015: This Land is Their Land
‘I Am Alaskan’
The surprising diversity of the 49th state, through Brian Adams’ lens.
Posted inFebruary 2, 2015: This Land is Their Land
Deportation relief
Program could help immigrant families stay in the U.S.
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Plan for a burn at Rocky Flats stirs lingering fears
More from the nuclear fallout department.
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Utah burn ban ignites outrage over ‘basic freedoms’
The right to burn versus the right to breathe.
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Is altitude causing suicide in the West?
Researchers find that high elevations may affect our emotions in both good and bad ways
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Young leaders changing the West
From politicians to climate scientists, meet 10 people under 30 who are shaping the region’s future.