This story was produced by RE:PUBLIC and is co-published here by permission. MOAB, Utah – Between the red rock canyon walls of the Colorado River, Aniston Hanks, 20, stood in the water while her best ...

The photos in this essay, all taken from 1962 to 1968, reflect a post-World War II confidence that grand infrastructure could tame and re-engineer where “nature” fell short. Big projects were ...

Stephanie Casanova is a Report for America corps member covering environmental justice and the Colorado River for Arizona Luminaria. Stephanie’s reporting position is part of HCN's Western ...

Ryan Christopher Jones is a photojournalist and anthropologist. He is currently completing a Ph.D. in anthropology at Harvard University, where he is writing a dissertation on the community politics ...

Discussions around the Painted Desert Power project, a large-scale solar project, have drawn attention to much broader ...

Utility workers help clear obstacles at a burned home during the Old Trails Fire in Spokane, Washington, on August 4, 2026. Credit: Josh Edelson / AFP via Getty Images All it took was an ember, then ...

An art exhibit centers LGBTQ+ magic and spirituality as an useful reminder of how queer people fought oppression and formed community in the past.

For decades, public-land management in the Western U.S. has been dictated by the multiple-use framework, a well-intentioned but ultimately unsuccessful model that has left our wild ecosystems ...

This article is co-published with Public Domain. On his first day in office, President Donald Trump signed an executive order singling out the state of Alaska and its abundant stores of oil, gas and ...

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Noah Starling, a wildlife technician for Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, is helping the city ofBozeman anticipate and prevent conflicts between people and wildlife.