As disasters become more frequent, acute stress can turn chronic.
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In California’s Central Valley, the water is contaminated and solutions are slow
The communities dealing with the carcinogenic water worry and aren’t kept well informed.
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How to cool one of the fastest-warming cities in the West
In Phoenix, a new heat office hopes to prevent more people from dying of extreme heat.
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Corporations are consolidating water and land rights in the West
With farms, ranches and rural communities facing unprecedented threats, a worrying trend leads to a critical question: Who owns the water?
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Winter without snow is coming
Parts of the Mountain West could be nearly snowless for years at a time in just a few decades.
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EPA announces $630 million plan to stem cross-border sewage flows
Once approved, these infrastructure projects will treat contaminated water before it’s released into the ocean.
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A federal drought relief program left southern Oregon parched
For two decades, the Bureau of Reclamation incentivized farmers to pump water faster than the resource could recover, despite warnings from its own scientists.
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Where are Alaska’s snowy owls?
The birds serve as an alarm bell for the repercussions of environmental change.
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Utah has a water dilemma
Record-breaking drought along the Wasatch Front forces tough decisions about water supply.
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Where is central California’s water going?
Small farmers struggle as ag titans wheel water for profit.
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How to solve the rural-urban digital divide
The author of ‘Farm Fresh Broadband’ draws on history to chart a better future for rural internet access.
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Interior’s new oil-and gas-leasing roadmap sidesteps climate action
The report leaves the door open for new leases on public land. What does that mean for the West?
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In the wake of floods, what’s next for salmon?
Recently released eggs likely bore the brunt of record-breaking rains in the Pacific Northwest.
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Tongass timeline
To understand the context of the latest policy shift, here’s a brief timeline of significant disputes over the future of logging in the Tongass: Time immemorial to present: Alaska Natives, including the Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian people, inhabit the Tongass, sustained by the forest’s rich diversity of plants and animals. Today, Alaska Natives are leading […]
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Books on the West we think you might like
Some brand new, some from the shelves, some for the kids and some for you.
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What’s going on with the Tongass?
Newly reinstated protections continue decades of conflict over a 17 million-acre national forest in Alaska.
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‘Our food from this land’
A new Native American restaurant plates a contemporary take on precolonial gastronomy.
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Salmon need better infrastructure, too
Aging culverts block salmon migration between freshwater streams and the Pacific Ocean.
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The threat to Colorado’s acequias and the communities that depend on them
In the San Luis Valley, the communal and egalitarian resource offers a way of life.