The effects on the pallid sturgeon remain uncertain.
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Interior has yet to meet with Bears Ears tribal leaders
Zinke is losing the faith of a tribal coalition as a monument review looms.
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Fatal Colorado home explosion reignites drilling safety debate
Have regulators done enough to protect public safety?
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A farm town weighs protections for immigrants
In Yakima, Washington, anxious migrant farmers worry about deportation.
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The wine industry’s battle with climate change
Vineyards deal with drought, temperature swings and fruit that ripens too early.
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Bunkerville standoff case ruled a mistrial
Two defendants found guilty, but jury “deadlocked” over fate of remaining four.
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Local power gets results for Thompson Divide
New legislation could end a decade-long fight against oil and gas development.
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Public banking goes to pot
California activists turn to the cannabis industry to help launch the nation’s first public bank in nearly a century.
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Without a drought, California takes stock
Infrastructure issues, dry wells and other troubles still linger across the Golden State.
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Suburbanites reckon with arcane drilling law
On Colorado’s Front Range, companies can extract oil and gas from private land — without homeowners’ permission.
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Jury deliberates in 2014 Bundy standoff trial
Cliven Bundy’s sway over his followers featured prominently in first of three trials.
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Latest: Mixed progress for Park Service on harassment
Interior Department clears former Yosemite superintendent of discrimination — and reports evidence for sexual harassment at Yellowstone.
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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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Oregon youths get another chance at learning outdoors
Outdoor School tries to give children common ground on conservation.
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A tribe wins rights to contested groundwater in court
A major federal court decision acknowledges that tribes have priority rights to groundwater — and could limit how much other users can take.
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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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Sportsmen pull public-lands politics to the center
As threats intensify, sportsmen emerge as a persuasive voice.
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The rural programs threatened by Trump’s budget
The rural West may have helped elect Trump, but his vision leaves them behind.
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Latest: At Hanford, allegations of worker intimidation
The Superfund site has been in clean-up since 1989.
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California wants to give dispirited federal workers a job
Why the state’s utility commission is recruiting EPA, Energy employees.