Politics & Policy
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The farm bill and the precipitous decline of monarch butterflies
The fate of pollinators like monarchs is intertwined with federal policy.
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A word from the grassroots
Talking frankly with neighbors at my precinct caucus.
Water
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Map of Colorado River pulse moving toward Sea of Cortez
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Will the Colorado River reach the Gulf of California once more?
Photographs of last month's historic water pulses.
Culture & Communities
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International Car Forest of the Last Church
For a strange trip, check out Nevada’s otherworldly Stonehenge of wildly painted abandoned vehicles.
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Adventure travel vs. conservation
A conversation with outdoor entrepreneur Bill Bryan.
Energy
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Former Interior secretary blasts gas industry pressure
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The energy haves and have-nots
Will rooftop solar owners get off the grid — and leave other power users in the dark?
Growth & Planning
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Why homes are lost to wildfire
This Forest Service expert says it's as much a sociopolitical problem as it is physical.
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Does Juneau in Southeast Alaska really need this highway?
A proposed road is destructive, dangerous and bound to be ridiculously costly.
Flora & Fauna
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My chickens lay their own Easter eggs
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Backpacking with monster skeeters
An Alaska encounter with the fiercest of the 176 mosquito species that roam the U.S.
Climate & Pollution
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The toxic legacy of Exxon Valdez
We are just beginning to understand the true cost of one of America's worst ecological disasters.
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The Latest: Colorado first state to regulate methane emissions
Some oil and gas companies supported the rules.
Mining & Agriculture
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Photos of a standoff
Armed militia members join a Nevada rancher to protest a cattle roundup from public land.
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Illegal pot farms that damage land should make room for legal entrepreneurs
Recreation
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Native American tourism quietly thrives
Can tourists benefit, not just exploit, tribal communities?
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Touring Indian Country via footrace
How to run in a reservation race that's both sport and cultural tradition.
