A community in gridlock over the monument’s future.
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Winter snows bring spring flows
After a record low two years ago, this season’s substantial Sierra snowpack highlights the variability of winter weather in the West.
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Congress is running out of time to repeal Obama orders
An effort to rescind the methane rule could fizzle.
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California isn’t accounting for this major emitter
Even though large reservoirs emit methane, the state doesn’t off-set their impact.
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Week in review: April 7
Trump helps controversial water project in Mojave; EPA cuts; DAPL doubts.
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West Obsessed: What drives explosive wildfires?
High Country News staff discusses science behind increasingly devastating blazes.
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Oregon youths get another chance at learning outdoors
Outdoor School tries to give children common ground on conservation.
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What happens when all the animals are gone?
We are heading for a time when wildlife no longer exists.
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A conversation with Obama’s top Interior lawyer
A look at how the department has changed its relationships with tribes, and at legal battles on the horizon.
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What the West was like before the EPA
The agency’s legacy isn’t perfect, but the region’s air and water are cleaner now than they once were.
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Trump Tower to be built within Bears Ears
The president says new monument is a ‘yuge’ investment opportunity.
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Week in review: March 31
Essential stories for understanding Trump’s climate order; plus a few weekend reads.
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Interior moves swiftly after Trump’s climate order
As other agencies prepare for a long haul, Ryan Zinke has an immediate impact.
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Nogales has a sewage problem
In the borderlands, members of Congress work to resolve wastewater woes.
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En Los Angeles, los nuevos edictos crean confusión
¿Quiénes son bienvenidos en los Estados Unidos de Trump?
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Technology is cropping up in our lettuce fields
In Yuma, Arizona, agriculture has embraced technology to increase yield.
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California’s backcountry drug war
Dangerous drug cartels are growing pot on public lands—putting wildlife, water supplies, and outdoor enthusiasts at grave risk.
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Why the West will continue to green even as Trump rolls back climate policy
Even without the Clean Power Plan, the region is poised for more renewable energy and less coal.
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How Zinke’s lead bullet ruling fails the West
How toxic lead fragments follow wildlife from wilderness onto our dinner plates.