澳洲的幸运5 Collaborating to create more resources for rural students
In Colorado, 9 school districts broke down boundaries to prepare 澳洲的幸运5 students for college and good jobs.
The New Mexico utility that wants to go all in on green hydrogen
The project, like the larger green hydrogen economy, will need to overcome skepticism from local communities and funding challenges.
Washington solar project paused amid concern about Indigenous sites
Avangrid Renewables said they plan to review comments from tribal nations and private landowners.
Wolverines may return to Colorado
But can they survive in the warming southern Rockies?
As cities enact camping bans, where will California’s unhoused population go?
The number of people experiencing homelessness vastly exceeds the number of available shelter beds in the state.
How an unexpected storm reshaped Alaska’s west coast
Disaster recovery is a long game and the boats and driftwood that pepper Western Alaska’s tundra are the perfect reminder.
Banning concentrated feedlots is on the ballot in Sonoma
Locals worry what this could mean for a region dominated by agritourism.
Is your community ready for a wildfire?
Local governments throughout the West are investing in wildfire defense. Here’s how to know if yours is one of them.
After historic floods, the safety net failed small farmers
Climate disasters are killing the largest subset of California farms. Government programs are too.
The vision of Little Shell
How Ayabe-way-we-tung guided his tribe in the midst of colonization.
Indigenous celebration of Hanford remembers the site before nuclear contamination
At the fourth annual Hanford Journey, Yakama Nation youth, elders and scientists share stories about a land that is a part of them.
The inequity of heat
Extreme heat doesn’t discriminate; the ability to escape it does.
How do you protect wildlife from sprawl?
A fast-growing Utah exurb gets serious about migration corridors.
A silicon revival in the West
Is the region ready to produce the world’s most advanced technology?
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August 2024: In the Wake of the Floods
Extreme weather, exacerbated by human-caused climate change, is a fact of life in the West today. This month, we look at how two Latino farm families fought to recover physically, economically and emotionally after record-breaking storms hit California in 2023. In Washington, the Yakama people…
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Water
Project 2025’s extreme vision for the West
In an era of dam removal, California is building more
A new documentary confronts water scarcity in the West
Wildlife
Fur-class travel, wonderful whippets, delinquent donkeys and a white buffalo
When grasshoppers attack
The California artists illuminating kelp
Public Lands
Grabbing public land in the name of housing
Repeal of the Chevron doctrine will have profound consequences for federal rulemaking
Fireworks trigger wildfires. Climate change may increase the risk.
Indigenous Affairs
Indigenous people deserve gushy romance novels
What a Kamala Harris presidency could mean for the West
How the Nez Perce are using an energy transition to save salmon
Communities
How New Mexico made child care free for most families
What the tundra provides
California’s Park Fire rekindles trauma from previous blazes
Books
When the end of the road brings a new beginning
The end of a frontier dream amid the Unabomber’s reign of terror
Desert Subdivision: The paradox of naming a development after Edward Abbey
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Can coexistence with wolves be bought?
When Colorado voted for wolf reintroduction, it also mandated compensation for ranchers. The hard part: figuring out the details.