Crossing what’s an arbitrary boundary for wildlife, an apex predator becomes prey.
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Posted inNovember 2025: Precious Metalheads
Heavy metal is healing teens on the Blackfeet Nation
In response to youth suicides, teachers show students the power of headbanging at Fire in the Mountains festival.
Posted inOctober 2025: Limits to Growth
What do fens do? Make peat, store water and help combat climate change
Meet the researchers restoring these unique wetlands high in Colorado’s San Juan Mountains.
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‘Help is not on the way’
As fire season ramps up, thousands of Forest Service firefighting positions are vacant.
Posted inJuly 2025: Seeds as Sustenance
The meaning of local food at 7,000 feet
Where exotic can also be local, and seasonal means more than freshly harvested.
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The Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribe is bridging Nevada’s healthcare gap
A new mobile clinic serves 2,000 Indigenous patients.
Posted inMay 2025: The Art of the Cruise
The toll of Bozeman’s housing crisis
At the small city’s only emergency shelter, demand is higher and the work is harder than ever.
Posted inMay 2025: The Art of the Cruise
Colorado’s rural electric co-ops are determined to go green
The federal government promised to pay for upgrades to keep utility rates down. Now what?
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Hunting for dark nights and wishing on stars
A bike ride into the desert and an author in search of darkness.
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As Colorado closes its coal plants, some schools neglect to prepare
The state’s closures can mean less funding for education and fewer jobs for graduates.
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Poll finds majority of Westerners support climate action and conservation
Colorado College’s annual survey included residents of 8 Western states, the majority of whom identified as politically conservative or moderate.
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The beautiful and awful Butte, Montana
The indelible history of mining poisons a town yet extracts something new.
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How the Park City ski patrol won concessions from Vail
As patrollers and management reach an agreement, other ski patrols are learning from Park City’s example.
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Montana’s ag tax slashes bills for thousands of million-dollar homes
Properties classified ‘agricultural’ get a tax break despite no bona fide operations. Can lawmakers’ new proposals tighten qualifications?
Posted inDecember 2024: Land as Reparations
Denver rideshare drivers just launched a worker-owned co-op
A new alternative to Uber and Lyft aspires to give workers more income and more say over their working conditions.
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Welcome to Daylight Nonsense Time
When the Yukon tinkered with the time change, it stretched the Mountain Time Zone to its breaking point.
Posted inAugust 2024: In the Wake of the Floods
How do you protect wildlife from sprawl?
A fast-growing Utah exurb gets serious about migration corridors.
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When grasshoppers attack
Is the cure for grasshopper outbreaks worse than the disease?
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The theft of the commons
It’s time to turn away from land ownership and back to land relationship.
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When a landslide blocks your commute
The Teton Pass collapse highlights the importance — and growing vulnerability — of mountain roads.