Emails show the Trump administration ordering scientists to change their tone.
Agriculture
Posted inAugust 7, 2017: Los Promotores
A gang of goats; Western weed booms; crow funerals
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
Posted inAugust 7, 2017: Los Promotores
Amid California’s toxic dumps, local activists go it alone
They call themselves promotores, and they’re starting to see results.
Posted inAugust 7, 2017: Los Promotores
Los promotores
En medio de los basureros tóxicos de California, los activistas trabajan solos.
Posted inAugust 7, 2017: Los Promotores
Recognizing California’s invisible activists
We are seeing a mounting intolerance toward undocumented farmworkers.
Posted inAugust 7, 2017: Los Promotores
A legal snarl in Idaho portends future conflicts over water
As the climate changes, dams face new challenges for water rights and releases.
Posted inAugust 7, 2017: Los Promotores
Latest: Duel over Owens Valley water intensifies
A county uses eminent domain to try to reclaim land taken by LA.
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Bundy supporter gets 68 years
In April, a jury found Gregory Burleson guilty for his part in the 2014 armed standoff at Cliven Bundy’s ranch.
Posted inJuly 24, 2017: Down the Dark Mountain
Crime-fighting squirrels; an undead columnist; voracious jackrabbits
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
Posted inJuly 24, 2017: Down the Dark Mountain
Welcome to the irrigator’s club
An encounter with the wild during the hours of a thankless job.
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The women confronting California’s farm conditions
Female farmworkers face sexual assault, pesticide exposure and low wages.
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.
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Bundy Ranch ‘gunmen’ face retrial in Las Vegas
New evidence links defendants to other anti-government gatherings in the West.
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Why 1 million Californians lack safe drinking water
Rural, cash-strapped communities don’t have the means to treat contaminated water.
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The California drought isn’t over, it just went underground
The race to dig deeper wells is a losing game for small rural communities.
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As the Great Plains disappear, a path to better farming
Since 2009, an area the size of Kansas has been converted to crops.
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Clean water repeal moves forward
The public can now weigh in on the Trump administration’s regulatory rollback.
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How collaboration can save the Colorado River
Different interests must align for a successful restoration.
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New health care act would harm farmers and ranchers
Republicans unveil Senate version of health care bill.
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Neighbors clash over a Colorado chicken farm
A local court decision lands on the side of a 15,000-hen operation.