In North Dakota, the Three Affiliated Tribes are trying to cope with both the benefits and the unexpected problems brought by the Bakken oil rush.
Editor's Note
In New Mexico, tourism illuminates a violent atomic past and threatens a religious sanctuary.
And remember that what your teachers told you is likely wrong.
Environmental laws are one way to force people to consider their actions.
Colorado's Front Range and Western Slope communities and farms have always wrangled over the water produced high in the Rocky Mountains.
Outside Delta, Colo sits yet another rural subdivision that was never completed -- a sign of the West's housing bust and of the difficulty of regulating rural growth.
The shooting of Gabrielle Giffords and 18 others needs to be seen in the cultural and political context of life in modern Arizona.
What can rapid evolution in response to climate change teach us about managing nature?
Burning down billboards isn't a good idea, but can a citizen fight the corporate power behind the big signs?
Sandhill cranes and pronghorn antelope are among the many creatures that make long and arduous seasonal migrations across the West.
Obama isn't the fierce environmental leader many hoped for, but some good things are happening despite right-wing opposition and the ongoing recession.
Sarahlee Lawrence and Amy Ridout are part of a wave of young farmers determined to remake the American food system.
Human beings seem to have an insatiable desire to own or at least manipulate wild animals.
Scientists are digging into the past of the West to try to understand what the future may bring.
It’s a basic fact of Western life that fire rarely behaves the way we want it to.
The story of the West is a story of the quest for redemption - not just for individuals, but for an entire landscape.
Across the country, "citizen scientist" volunteers help professional researchers by gathering data on wildlife species, from moose to hummingbirds.
In this issue's feature story, reporter Marilyn Berlin Snell turns to Navajo guides to understand the challenges facing today's tribal government.
If marijuana becomes fully legal and taxable, it won't be the first time authorities have learned that it's easier - and more profitable - to manage vice than to try to eliminate it.
The West's once-faltering extractive economy is roaring back to life, powered by the energy needs of developing countries like China.
A Wyoming farmer's long struggle to find out what's polluting his water gets the attention of the EPA - and inspires reporter Abrahm Lustgarten of ProPublica.
Grand Canyon air tours are fun, the way Las Vegas is fun, but one of the world’s natural wonders should not be treated like a sideshow.
Has some environmentalists' refusal to compromise helped cause the delisting of wolves in Montana and Idaho?
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