A Q&A with the New Mexico Reforestation Center director about what it takes to replant a burn scar post-wildfire.
Interview
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Tribal leaders reflect on a year of uncertainty — and possibility
Federal turnover and policy shifts have forced Indigenous communities to adapt.
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Congress contemplates sweeping investigation of Native boarding schools
What the Truth and Healing Commission Bill would — and would not — do.
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What can we learn from salt lakes?
A Q&A with Caroline Tracey about her new book, which documents the plight of one of our most unusual ecosystems.
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We need to talk about the pretendians in our midst
Indigenous scholar Dina Gilio-Whitaker wants Natives to approach a difficult topic rationally, vulnerably and honestly.
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National parks aren’t just for tourists. They’re an essential home for wildlife.
Pick up this new book on Yosemite for the photos but stay for the captivating animal stories.
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‘It’s a story of hope’: Reflections on undamming the Klamath
A Q&A with Amy Bowers Cordalis about her new book on the multigenerational effort towards dam removal.
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How tribal educators are navigating budget challenges
Tribal college and university leaders lean on their resiliency and cultural values in the face of federal funding unknowns.
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Will the public-lands coalition hold?
Americans came together to keep public lands in public hands this summer. Will they do it again?
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Acknowledging the hands that feed us
Narsiso Martinez aims to dignify farmworkers through his artwork
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How community assemblies kindle advocacy and solutions
Labor organizer Rosalinda Guillen explains how participatory democracy gives workers political power.
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An Interior Department veteran looks to the future
Jacob Malcom, founder of Next Interior, shares his fears for the agency and his hopes for a post-Trump reconstruction.
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Inside Colorado’s famous resort for Black Americans
Colorado was once a beacon for members of the Harlem Renaissance and Black families from all over the country.
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The national parks are not OK
A former national park supervisor explains how toilets may be clean this summer, but the parks themselves are actually ‘hollowed out.’
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Finding your ancestors in the archives
Author Joseph Lee explores Wampanoag family history in a new book of memoir and reportage.
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The poetic contradictions of the Borderlands
Roberto Tejada’s new book, ‘Carbonate of Copper,’ explores surveillance and solidarity along the Rio Grande.
Posted inApril 2025: A Monumental Reckoning
Rebecca Nagle considers Supreme Court wins and what’s at stake for tribes under Trump
The author of ‘By the Fire We Carry’ notes the nation’s power of empire while looking to history to frame our present.
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How do we raise our children in a time of wildfire?
The poet Rachel Richardson learns, through writing and motherhood, to defy fear.
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How communities, officials and developers can work together on renewable energy development
Researcher Katherine Hoff explains how negotiation and dialogue can smooth the energy transition.