How the Animas River disaster forced Silverton to face its pollution problem — and its destiny.
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For the first time, the largest tribe in California has one of its own to lead its legal battles.
A 2015 spill that turned the waterway orange is a reminder of mining’s disastrous legacy.
Social media is changing our relationship to risk, with deadly consequences.
For over a century, federal law has split Native American land holdings into tiny pieces. A settlement unites some of the splinters, but at a steep cost.
A Westerner traces the roots – and meaning – of the Oregon occupation.
Dedicated volunteers fight to preserve one of the trails that brought settlers west.
Immigrants still follow Juan Bautista de Anza’s historic route.
In one of the West’s biggest arguments, the battle lines are complicated and opaque.
How rural ‘constitutional’ peace officers are joining the war against the feds.
How a small-time mining dispute in Oregon readied a network of militias for the Malheur occupation.
The federal agency has been researching nonlethal means to protect livestock for decades. So why is it still killing so many carnivores?
Scientific inquiry is a process of constant revision. And revision is where the most intriguing discoveries happen.
Researchers look to Southwestern ranchers to learn why we share — and what happens when we don’t.
Did one of Nevada’s top water regulators try to cash in on the drought?
Its defenders won a long fight over water with Los Angeles. Now, drought is raising new questions about its future.
Where ‘keep it in the ground’ meets ‘keep the lights on.’
Industrial solar and wind endanger wildlife but are getting more support than ever.
Alaska’s pragmatic senator wants to reshape America’s energy policy.
The Mountain Maidu return to their valley, but the work of reclamation never ends.
A writer finds that Colorado small-town life and Mongolian mishaps strengthen her human connections.
Scientists zero in on the culprits behind a giant plume of greenhouse gases.
Will an unprecedented collaborative effort and lots of tax dollars be enough to finally save sage grouse?
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