Reporters Notebook from New Mexico’s San Juan Basin.
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BLM seeks Congressional OK for new fees, private donations
Agency woes range from too many wild horses to not enough drilling inspectors.
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BLM’s new fracking rules strike middle ground
But they’re unlikely to resolve today’s fierce skirmishes over oil and gas development.
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Does Obama’s order on climate overlook a major source of greenhouse gases?
Energy extracted from federal lands accounts for nearly one-quarter of all energy-related emissions.
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Drought persists in the Northwest, despite winter rains
Water supplies and drought outlooks are grim in most Western states.
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Should the Bureau of Reclamation be abolished?
Former Reclamation Commissioner Daniel Beard tells how defunct water policy, and the bureau itself, contribute to drought.
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California state parks’ blueprint for a more diverse future
Plans to overhaul park system, appeal to communities of color.
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A manifesto can set you free
This past fall, my friend Lauren asked me to speak to an English class she teaches at a small alternative school in western Colorado. She was encouraging these juniors and seniors to write a personal manifesto, and after hearing that I had created one myself a few years ago, she thought I’d be a perfect guest lecturer. […]
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California has one year of water left: Hype or reality?
When a NASA scientist speaks in blunt terms about water supply, other scientists take notice.
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Jewell vows to make energy development on public lands cleaner
A long-delayed fracking rule will be announced within days.
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Chaco: A World Heritage site faces fracking
Across the nation there are many places to drill for oil and gas, but there is only one center for the ancient Ancestral Puebloan culture. That is Chaco Culture National Historical Park in northwestern New Mexico, a World Heritage site that is threatened by encroaching oil and gas development. How unfortunate that just as oil […]
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This just happened: Alaska’s warm winter
It might seem like the big weather story this winter was the spate of snow and cold that hit the East Coast. But a more prolonged and sobering story was all the snow and cold that did not hit large parts of the West, and especially Alaska. Today, the Sierra Nevada’s snowpack hovers at around […]
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How ‘amenity migrants’ push out locals
Communities once sustained by local labor now rely on stock market dividends.
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Sportsmen’s bill aims to open inaccessible public lands
The bill’s prospects appear bright despite congressional gridlock.
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States give Senate an earful on EPA greenhouse gas plan
Wyoming critiques federal coal plant cleanup at Senate hearing.
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Jewell, Murkowski square off
The Interior Secretary and Alaskan Senator spar over money and the environment.
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American boondockers
Surprising photographs of people who live in their vehicles, from the Cascades to the Rockies.
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The art – and science – of forecasting wildfires
This model could eliminate guesswork and predict fire according to geography.
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An international street artist goes tagging in Joshua Tree
The latest in a string of graffiti incidents in national parks.