With more trail users than ever before, trail etiquette is important to preserve the places we love. But it doesn’t mean the same thing to every visitor.
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Will changes at San Gabriel Mountains National Monument serve LA’s communities of color?
As the monument reaches a decade of federal recognition, the Biden administration hopes to address funding and stewardship challenges alongside the expansion.
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History, addiction and community in Tommy Orange’s latest novel
A Q&A with the author of ‘Wandering Stars’ and ‘There, There.’
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An environmental justice coalition for all
How has Biden’s record on conservation served communities of color?
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Audio: The Joshua tree-yucca moth link
These desert species wouldn’t survive without the other. Can they weather climate change together?
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As national monuments multiply, Bears Ears forges forward
Tribal co-management takes shape on the ground.
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What’s next for the Owyhee Canyonlands?
Supporters call it ’the largest conservation opportunity in the West.’
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Wildlife habitat and tribal cultures threatened by Washington’s largest wind farm
The newly approved renewable energy project is planned across an eco-corridor and ceremonial sites.
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Meet the tree-sitters who occupied a ponderosa pine
The Oregon activists call attention to ongoing clearcuts in old-growth forests.
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Is Biden a public-lands protector?
The administration makes the biggest land-management moves in a half century.
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Are the Great Salt Lake scientists all right?
A Q&A with Great Salt Lake Institute Director Bonnie Baxter on studying a dying lake.
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Tribes turn to the U.N. for help intervening in gigantic Arizona wind project
The SunZia transmission line will cut through Indigenous lands in the Southwest.
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The Recovering America’s Wildlife Act is still a bipartisan unicorn
As a competing bill emerges, supporters defend RAWA as the ’gold standard.’
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Indigenous people rush to stop ‘false climate solutions’ ahead of COP29
The next international climate meeting could make carbon markets permanent. Indigenous leaders call for a moratorium before it’s too late.
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When dams come down, what happens to the ocean?
A long-term study of the Elwha River Delta reveals lasting change — and a healthier ecosystem.
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These Washington nurses want their hospital to be more like Oregon
Nurses at PeaceHealth Southwest, in Vancouver, Washington, protest unsafe staffing and pay.
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Can ice climbing bring life to an isolated Colorado town in the dead of winter?
Lake City’s ice-climbing park is transforming the local economy.
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At UN, Interior says it’s starting to include consent in tribal policy
The Indigenous-led department is a ’shining star’ when it comes to tribal consultation, but it still has a long ways to go.
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Nevada tribes push for a monument to commemorate historic massacres
The proposed designation of Bahsahwahbee National Monument would protect a religious site known for its juniper groves.
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Drilling for oil on public land is about to cost a lot more
Long-awaited Interior Department policy will raise financial assurance and royalty rates.