A banjo-playing Democrat and a tech-industry Republican are fighting to fill Ryan Zinke’s spot.
Rivers & Lakes
Posted inMarch 6, 2017: Uncomfortable Corners
Go North, young woman
In a place no one can see you, you can see yourself more clearly.
Posted inMarch 20, 2017: The Tree Ring
Where the wild things swim — again
In a borderlands river, improved water quality allows an endangered fish to return.
Posted inFebruary 6, 2017: River of Healing
Naked in the desert
The sunburned, imperfect and deeper wild of the human body.
Posted inFebruary 6, 2017: River of Healing
River of healing
How a group of veterans found solace on the River of No Return.
Posted inArticles
It’s wrong to blame the EPA for the Gold King spill
Without the private sector, neither the mine nor its toxic legacy would exist.
Posted inFebruary 6, 2017: River of Healing
Latest: Future mining blocked around the Kalmiopsis
The moratorium will extend for 20 years.
Posted inArticles
Peace River flood survivors live with a dam’s disruptive legacy
Tensions remain between residents and the hydropower company responsible for the event.
Posted inDecember 26, 2016: Obama and the West
Latest: Invasive zebra mussels have reached Montana
Their arrival could have drastic economic effects.
Posted inArticles
Feds to send conciliators amid tensions over Dakota Access
In Bismarck, officials describe a chaotic mix of law enforcement and protesters.
Posted inNovember 28, 2016: A Weird and Perfect Wilderness
See photos of a journey down the Old Rio Grande
Through the lens of the people who lived near and were shaped by the river.
Posted inNovember 14, 2016: The Long View
15 books every well-versed Westerner should read
A reading list for understanding the region.
Posted inNovember 14, 2016: The Long View
Terry Tempest Williams and the refuge of change
One of the West’s most beloved authors revisits Great Salt Lake.
Posted inArticles
Will a dam save the pallid sturgeon, or doom it?
On the Yellowstone River, farmers and conservationists clash over controversial infrastructure.
Posted inOctober 31, 2016: A Monumental Divide
The fading grandeur of the Glen Canyon Dam
Silt and erosion threaten to clog up the enduring structure.
Posted inOctober 31, 2016: A Monumental Divide
War and peace on the Colorado River
A new book makes a case for optimism in the basin, but the threat of water battles will always be around.
Posted inArticles
After thousands of fish die in the Yellowstone River, officials lift boating bans
Stretches of the river remain closed as officials scramble to save the iconic fishery.
Posted inArticles
Photos of the North Dakota pipeline protest
Background on the Standing Rock Sioux pipeline protests and how social media and climate activism raised their profile.
Posted inAugust 22, 2016: 100
A visit to the Grand Canyon, without handrails
A wild river is “a necessity of the human spirit.”