Cogongrass is the latest of a fast-growing number of invasive plants threatening Idaho’s fire-prone rangelands.
Communities
After a controversial merger put the company in the hands of Barrick Gold Corp, employees say the shift has incentivized production over worker safety.
Despite recreation pressures, a Colorado community comes together to preserve the wildness of the place they live in.
A network of mutual aid organizers provides meals and supplies for people experiencing homelessness.
Okanogan County, Washington, had hardly recovered from the last devastating wildfire when the next one struck.
A new ‘school’ of art and geography gathers artists for creative fieldwork in the Sonoran Desert.
Photographer Pablo Unzueta explores an urban river at peril and in constant flux.
Equitable wildfire preparedness requires community-level fixes.
The Environmental Justice for All Act could give communities more agency to stop mega warehouse projects.
With the state planning to spend $24 million on relocation, residents of Camp Hope aspire to self determination and continued community.
How a group of ‘scrappy’ locals are working to create Arizona’s first citizen-initiated groundwater management area.
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
I drifted around the rural West and country for decades. Until I reached a small corner of Colorado.
The Nenana Totchaket Agricultural Project aims to fight food insecurity in the state but could interfere with local trappers’ ability to gather food.
Researchers look to give small tourism communities the tools for a GNARly approach.
Willamette Falls used to be a public place of laughter and sharing. It could be again, if painful politics don’t eclipse revitalization efforts.
People living in Wilmington, California, experience higher levels of illness and ailing mental health.
The author of ‘Brown Neon’ on queer fatherhood and being broke down in the desert.
Residents of a Butte neighborhood are concerned about what’s wafting from a nearby open-pit mine that can coat their homes and vehicles.
As the Cherokee Nation’s first female chief’s image is minted onto a coin, her full humanity should be examined.
An Inupiaq writer remembers her family roots through a favorite dish.
After decades of back-and-forth with federal authorities, the matrilineal descendants of Chief Seattle want federal recognition, once and for all.
Alisha Murphy discusses her vision of a robust tribal economy and the importance of community input.
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