Russell Begaye is an opponent of the proposed Grand Canyon Escalade $1 billion tourism project.
Krista Langlois
Krista Langlois is a former High Country News fellow and correspondent, and longtime freelance journalist. From her home on British Columbia’s Sunshine Coast, she writes and edits stories about biodiversity and the more-than-human world for bioGraphic magazine. Find her on Bluesky @cestmoiLanglois.
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Navajo election shakes up Grand Canyon development plans
How will the tribe’s new president handle the controversial Escalade project?
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Utah’s ‘Grand Bargain’ for public lands enters phase three
Bishop pushes what may be the West’s biggest reshuffle of the land checkerboard.
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Permafrost’s ticking “carbon bomb” may never truly detonate
New research suggests that carbon stored in frozen soil will be released gradually.
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A battle for America’s trust
The war between the fossil fuel industry and Big Green may boil down to who can tell the best story.
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Colorado’s snow is dust-free for the first time in a decade
But conditions are still prime for early snowmelt and summer drought.
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Jewell, Murkowski square off
The Interior Secretary and Alaskan Senator spar over money and the environment.
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Jim Deacon, pioneering desert fish biologist, dies
But the concept of saving big places through little animals lives on.
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New hope for beetle-killed landscapes
Can native forest fungi combat the West’s bark beetle epidemic?
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The Latest: New Mexico fracking ban overturned
A win for industry in the nation’s first county to ban the practice.
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Canada’s mining boom spills into U.S. waters
How do you protect a river that begins in another country?
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Plunging oil prices are saving Alaskan ecosystems — for now
The new governor shelves controversial roads, dams and other developments.
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National forests to decide where snowmobiles are welcome
A new rule requires the government to specify areas for winter motorized users.
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The Forest Service bets on second-growth logging in Alaska
But can timber still keep island communities in the Tongass afloat?
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New law protects Alaska Native women
The ability to prosecute domestic violence may be the first step toward creating Indian Country in Alaska.
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Non-native goats in Utah’s La Sal Mountains
How bad are these ungulates for the ecosystem?
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How Native Americans have shaped the year’s biggest environmental debates
And how lawmakers can improve their record next year.
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Drilling the Arctic comes with a 75 percent chance of a large oil spill
Key findings from a new environmental analysis.
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Cleaner air for the Cowboy State
Even remote spots like the Wind Rivers could benefit from the EPA’s proposed crack down on polluters.
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Why are Hopi rangers impounding sheep at Black Mesa?
The latest in a fraught relationship between Navajo and Hopi in northern Arizona.