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’ ...

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

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 ...

People living in Wilmington, California, experience higher levels of illness and ailing mental health.

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.

Confused about what’s happening on the Klamath? Dams, salmon, irrigation and more.

Tribal officials say the process threatens cultural resources and what remains of healthy Indigenous foodways.

From legal decisions to on-the-ground policies, Indigenous lawyers describe the administration’s tactics as an “onslaught” removing federal protections of land and wildlife.

Farmers and transportation experts are figuring out how to transport goods if the lower Snake River dams are removed.

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

A product of the New Deal, Kit Carson was founded in 1944 to bring electricity to rural northern New Mexico. Today, there are 832 rural distribution co-ops nationwide. In general, rural co-ops ...