The West becomes more honest, and more durable, when Black cowboys are understood not as symbols or exceptions, but as ...

Lamar Fields, a tribal member, gathers blue corn to sample. With increasingly unreliable access to water, flexible crops like corn have become integral to the farm’s survival. To increase revenue, the ...

A former U.S. Geological Survey research scientist reflects on the Trump administration’s sweeping changes in the agency.

Rye Development proposed the current incarnation of the $2 billion to $3 billion facility in 2017. At the time, Klickitat County had already been planning for years to develop pumped hydro storage at ...

Badgers embody one of my mantras, “As above, so below,” so it is fitting that I have chosen as my final resting place a plot ...

The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribe’s approach to water management is helping to integrate sovereignty and conservation into water policy in Montana.

The agency’s new plan for ecologically significant areas of western Oregon is not responsible forest management.

The lodge was dimly lit and warm. It smelled of burgers frying and the owner’s trademark freshly cut French fries. People crowded around the most powerful person in the room, and everyone seemed to ...

They’re among the region’s most despised species, but some tribes, researchers and landowners are racing to save them. The prairie dog caught in Trap 69 was angry. And who could blame her? After ...

The Burns Paiute and Shoshone-Bannock tribes are proving that reducing grazing may be the key to saving the iconic bird.

Alaska officials hope to protect a struggling caribou herd & bring back a critical subsistence hunt. Critics say the culling program isn't supported by available science.

The 30 tribal nations in the watershed — the river’s most senior water users — were deliberately excluded from the Colorado River Compact negotiations, a blatant attack on tribal sovereignty. In doing ...