A bitter battle between Native and non-Native water users ends in settlement.
Jodi Peterson
Posted inJuly 24, 2017: Down the Dark Mountain
Latest: Delta tunnels plan challenged in court
Agencies weigh in on threatened fish — and get smacked with their first lawsuit.
Posted inJuly 24, 2017: Down the Dark Mountain
Latest: Former Oregon Gov. avoids corruption charges
Federal charges against John Kitzhaber have been dropped.
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Western cities try to cut light pollution
Hitting the dimmer switch on city light helps animals and skygazers, too.
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The BLM leases lands near Chaco Canyon for $3 million
The controversial parcels are the first auctioned online in New Mexico.
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Trump’s pick to head the EPA? A man who’s suing it.
Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt has tried to block rules reducing pollution and protecting water.
Posted inNovember 28, 2016: A Weird and Perfect Wilderness
Latest: Feds plan sagebrush survey
The data could provide a blueprint for science-based decisions.
Posted inNovember 14, 2016: The Long View
Recommended reading to take you into the next year
The season’s best titles for new fiction and nonfiction.
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This year’s GOP platform pushes federal land transfers
“Returning” lands to states has long been a party plank and a shifting political landscape could open the door.
Posted inMay 2, 2016: The Gold King Reckoning
Latest: Court orders reconsideration of whether to list wolverines
Some say state opposition stymied efforts to provide the species federal protection.
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White-nose syndrome comes to the West
Researchers race to find solutions for deadly bat disease.
Posted inMarch 7, 2016: The Parks You Don't Know
The parks less traveled
I’ll never forget the misty June morning I caught a glimpse of a gray wolf, loping like a ghost dog through the green of Yellowstone’s Lamar Valley. Or the March afternoon I squeezed through the claustrophobic Joint Trail in Canyonlands, emerging sweaty and exhilarated into a surreal landscape of red and white sandstone hoodoos. The […]
Posted inJanuary 25, 2016: The Forever War
Latest: Yellowstone officials to cull hundreds of bison
Meanwhile, Montana released a plan to let bison roam year-round outside the park.
Posted inDecember 21, 2015: Secrets of the Deep
Latest: Arizona forest restoration project falls short
The Four Forest Restoration Initiative was supposed to be the largest such project ever attempted.
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Colorado citizens can now report health problems from oil & gas
The nation’s first ‘health response’ program launched this fall.
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States lack rules for radioactive drilling waste disposal
New report calls for stronger regulation to protect human health and water quality.
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Oregon delists wolves, but protections remain
As in Washington, reactions to the predator reflect deep east-west divides in the state.
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Drilling proposed in Montana’s Badger-Two Medicine
Tribes and former federal officials fight to cancel energy leases on sacred land.
Posted inOctober 26, 2015: Clean Energy's Dirty Secret
Will the Land and Water Conservation Fund rise again?
Congress derails the nation’s most successful public access and recreation program.
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Congress tries to speed up contentious post-fire logging
New legislation comes despite science showing timber salvage harms essential wildlife habitat