Albert Sommers, a cattle rancher and former Wyoming speaker of the House, understands DeWitt’s concerns. After Roberts’ actions with the wolf became public in early 2024, he defended Roberts’ ...

Around the West, community land trusts are helping people recover from disaster — and prepare for the next one.

The Western Apache and a coalition of environmental groups have fought for years against the Resolution Copper mine, which would become one of the country’s largest at the cost of a site revered by ...

Faith Kearns is the scientist and director of research communication for the Arizona Water Innovation Initiative at Arizona State University.

Wildfires like this are increasingly affecting water supplies across the U.S. and creating a compounding crisis that experts in water, utilities and emergency management are only beginning to wrestle ...

SAGUAROS SYMBOLIZE the Sonoran Desert, appearing in classic Western movies and even children’s cartoons. A cactus can grow up ...

She co-founded a Whatcom County chapter of the Rainbow Coalition. Later, as part of the United Farm Workers of America, she led negotiations to win a union contract for farmworkers at the Chateau Ste.

As fire season ramps up, thousands of Forest Service firefighting positions are vacant.

On a clear day, the trails winding through West Coyote Hills near Fullerton, California, offer a sweeping view of the mountains rising over Orange County’s suburban sprawl. Over 500 acres of ...

Climate change is creating a mental health crisis in Phoenix. A budding movement in the desert might solve it.

The plan to remove four hydroelectric dams in the Columbia River Basin that blocks the free flow of salmon was canceled.

Utah used actors, AI, stagecraft and NDAs as it sought to sway public opinion and take control of 18.5 million acres of federal public land.