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One in eight Americans depend on a river that’s disappearing.

A huge amount of U.S. food is grown in the desert using water from a river that’s drying up.

Let’s talk about the biggest cause of the West’s water crisis.

How extreme weather is driving a deadly fungus further into the American West.

As the river shrinks, there’s less water for farms and cities but also for birds, fish, and other animals in the basin.

Simulated spring flood through Colorado River will use almost as much water as Denver uses in a year.

With Western water challenges in mind, Lorelei Cloud has a message for policymakers: There should be room for partnerships — not fear — when Native American tribes join the negotiating table.

Fifty million gallons of water equals about 100 Olympic-sized swimming pools. Each day over the next few weeks, that amount of water will be heading to the Great Salt Lake through existing pipelines and aqueduct systems.

The justices rejected petitions from Chevron, Shell, BP, and other oil companies to move these cases from the state courts where they were filed to federal courts, an arena considered more friendly to the industry. The Supreme Court’s rejection brings an end to a long jurisdictional battle, meaning that cases in Colorado, Maryland, California, Hawaii, Rhode Island, and more can finally proceed — potentially toward jury trials.

The industry had argued that the cases carry “potentially enormous consequences for an entire sector of the global economy.”

The BLM’s proposed Public Land Rule might actually have some real on the ground impacts –that is, if the Biden administration implements it quickly enough to insulate it from future efforts to rescind it.

A Nevada Democratic U.S. senator is looking to Congress to ensure mining companies can use established mineral claims to dump waste on neighboring federal lands as they always had before a federal appeals court adopted a stricter interpretation of a 150-year-old law.

In a survey measuring employee satisfaction across government workers, NPS staff ranked in the bottom 15%.

Along the primitive and pot-holed North Fork Road, residents are split on how to address the wear and tear on an increasingly busy corridor bordering Glacier National Park.

In a federal civil lawsuit that claims more than $7 million in trespass damages, four Missouri hunters tell how they hunted on public land near Elk Mountain Ranch without stepping on private ranch land.

Gov. Gordon objected to an agreed-upon sale between private landowners and the federal land agency in 2022, demanding more public and state agency input.

The bill makes a substantial change for many recreationists who previously used state fishing access sites or wildlife management areas free of charge, now requiring the purchase of an $8 license.

Native American activists and environmentalists are pushing the U.S. Interior Department to move ahead with its promise to include tribal perspectives when making management decisions that could affect culturally significant areas beyond the boundaries of Chaco Culture National Historical Park .

Land trusts take on community access to outdoor recreation.

Opponents of a proposed copper mine that would wipe out a site considered sacred by Arizona tribes prayed and protested in front of the White House.

Arizona's Oak Flat is sacred to the San Carlos Apache Tribe. Resolution Copper wants to mine it. Republic reporter Deb Krol explains the case.

“I constantly receive information that Indigenous Peoples fear a new wave of green investments."

Coalition of Indigenous leaders demands action on transboundary coal mining pollution in Montana, Idaho and British Columbia as bilateral Canada-U.S. talks are set to begin.

The 187-unit apartment building with a symbolic circular design will include an Indian Health Services clinic and cultural programming.

Only a small percentage of works donated by Charles and Valerie Diker have clear ownership histories. Experts say this could mean objects are stolen or fake. Meanwhile, the Met has been slow to ask tribes for information about the items.

People from across the region gathered to sing, drum, and dance at the University of Montana last weekend.

In a landmark moment in Colorado Springs' move toward cleaner electricity generation, six new natural gas generating units now stand where coal once piled up near the closed Martin Drake Power Plant downtown.

Over two years have elapsed since La Plata County officials first began redrafting the gas and oil regulations contained in chapter 90 of the land-use code. The flare of that process was extinguished ...

The director of “How to Blow Up a Pipeline” discusses the value of popular media for environmental ends and whether destroying pipelines is an act of self-defense.

If the regulation is implemented, it will be the first time the federal government has limited carbon emissions from existing power plants, which generate 25 percent of U.S. greenhouse gases.

Can a flurry of new power lines tame California’s solar conundrum?

Rather than fighting the market, there are solutions that can help our coal communities transition to a more sustainable future.

It could, in truth, be years before we hear another word of significance from the federal government about Lava Ridge.

Sprawling solar farms could pull double duty as nurseries growing microscopic plants to help restore deserts and other dryland ecosystems, according to a new study. Researchers say the approach could benefit ecosystems, public health, and solar power’s bottom line alike.

Over the weekend, a panel of speakers shared traditional knowledge passed down for generations and explained to a Canmore, Alta., audience just how important it is to respect bears in their habitat as human and animal conflicts continue to be an issue in the Bow Valley.

A famous Togwotee Pass grizzly bear briefly showed her and her cubs’ snouts last week, prompting a now annual plea from wildlife managers to wildlife watchers: lease, don’t stop illegally to watch grizzly 863.

Montana Department of Transportation intends to raise the fences between Helmville Road underpass and the Gold Creek interchange, east of Drummond.

Injunction on 56,000-acre Kootenai National Forest project area requires the Forest Service to assess how logging roads will impact isolated grizzly bear population.

Winter range conditions prompt two-week postponement of antler season in the final year of nonresident equal access.

A bill from Western Slope lawmakers could push gray wolf reintroduction into next year despite the state’s long-standing plan to begin releasing them into Colorado’s wilderness by December.

The first Colorado bat infected with white-nose syndrome was found near La Junta, state wildlife officials announced, raising fears of a disastrous spread of the fungus-caused disease wreaking havoc in an important species across dozens of states.

The recent return of osprey pair Charlie and Charlotte to their Charlo nest coincides with a bailing-twine cleanup campaign organized by the Owl Research Institute.

Wyoming biologists had proposed restoration projects for native Yellowstone cutthroat trout on streams identified as the best places for success, but some vocal members of the public disagreed.

Why companies that conduct controlled burns are having a harder time finding insurance policies willing to cover them.

A legal dispute in Montana could drastically curb the government’s use of aerial fire retardant to combat wildfires after environmentalists raised concerns about waterways that are being polluted with the potentially toxic red slurry that’s dropped from aircraft.

The highest wildfire risk is in southeastern Colorado, where officials are seeing “Dust Bowl-type conditions.”

New Mexico and Nevada are among at least a dozen states that have considered so-called "green amendments" to their state constitutions so far this year. The amendments are modeled after Montana's constitutionally guaranteed right to a clean environment.

The Montana Constitution says "The state and each person shall maintain and improve a clean and healthful environment in Montana for present and future generations." How did that get included, and what does it mean for Montana?

House Bill 971, which directs the state not to analyze greenhouse gas emissions in environmental permits, is set for a hearing in the Senate.

A biogeochemist and others raise concerns about the EPA's reliance on what they described as an outdated standard for when to remove soils contaminated by lead from mining and smelting.

The Industrial Hemp Act would loosen testing restrictions and other regulations for varieties of hemp plants grown for industrial purposes, like fiber, grain, biofuel or “hempcrete.”

Democratic Gov. Jared Polis of Colorado has signed legislation forcing manufacturers to provide the necessary manuals, tools, parts and software to farmers so they can fix their own machines.

Industry leaders have worked to draw underrepresented skiers and snowboarders in recent years, but little attention has focused on diversifying frontline staff.

Alta Ski Area has seen 900 inches of snowfall since its 2022-23 season began in November.

As the lake level drops, more tar seeps are exposed — entrapping birds and small mammals. Writer Gretchen Henderson says the hauntingly beautiful phenomenon is a barometer of climate change.

A century-old miscalculation has California and Arizona fighting over water. Again.

A special issue exploring the climate solutions we can’t live without.

From the top editor on down, the Arizona Daily Star staff was cut by nearly one-quarter on Monday, as the Tucson newspaper's corporate chain owners told local journalists they were being laid off.

Objectivity, democracy, and the American mosaic.