With few housing options in Storey County, Nevada, new employees are finding alternative living situations.
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Posted inOctober 15, 2018: Nature Retreat
Winners of the 2018 HCN reader photo contest
Audience and editor favorites to help us find some solace.
Posted inOctober 15, 2018: Nature Retreat
See what the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act preserves
Over 50 years, the landmark law has protected more than 13,000 miles of American waterways.
Posted inSeptember 17, 2018: The Pioneer of Ruin
Photos: Above a Western waste land
A photo collection of 67 Superfund sites shows landscapes vandalized by mines and nuclear plants.
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Gender diversity on the fire line
A photographer chronicles several of the firefighters combating and cleaning up after California’s Donnell Fire.
Posted inAugust 31, 2018: The Big Threat to Bighorns
Photos: The elusive & iconic American mountain goat
A biologist documents the natural history and lives of the North American quadrupeds.
Posted inAugust 20, 2018: Where the West is Moving - and Why
Behind the iconic, dystopian images of the New Deal
A short-lived photography project captured rural poverty during the Great Depression.
Posted inAugust 6, 2018: What Are We Doing Here?
The golden age of rock climbing
Black and white photos capture the people behind the humble beginnings of the sport.
Posted inAugust 6, 2018: What Are We Doing Here?
When climate change hits home
Northern New Mexicans weigh their future in a drying climate.
Posted inJuly 23, 2018: Pay for Prey
The Colorado, lifeblood and sculptor of an arid West
In a new book, a longtime river-runner invites readers to sit down by the Colorado’s riverside and listen to its stories.
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Hikes to beat the Western heat
Find a shady jaunt or a stream to swim in in your state.
Posted inJune 25, 2018: Little Weed, Big Problem
An inventory of loss on the Los Angeles River
The city weighs revitalization of an unruly river, since transformed into a concrete ditch.
Posted inJune 25, 2018: Little Weed, Big Problem
The wonder of White Sands
A photographer lovingly documents New Mexico’s desert national monument.
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A hops harvest that grows bigger each year
Washington’s Yakima Valley supports many of the craft breweries in the U.S.
Posted inJune 11, 2018: Reclaiming the Klamath
Bears Ears: An elegy for what was lost?
A book of photos explores the mesas and canyons of Bears Ears.
Posted inMay 14, 2018: Death in the Alpine
Through a thru-hiker’s eyes
A photographer captures the community he found on the Pacific Crest Trail.
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African cats find a home in the Nevada desert
At the Lion Habitat Ranch, Las Vegas’ famous show felines live out their twilight years.
Posted inApril 16, 2018: Cashing in on Standing Rock
The Gates of the Arctic, revealed
From charging bears to glacier-carved valleys, photographs capture the real nature of the national park.
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Scuba flies
In California’s Mono Lake — whose alkaline waters are deadly to most insects — these diving flies don’t just survive; they thrive.
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The West’s students rally for gun reform
Students across the region join the National Walkout Day protest for school safety.