Water to flow in Oroville spillway, Bertha breaks through and a dinosaur for Moab.
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Wyoming can have cyanide bombs — but Idaho can’t
One state moves to protect livestock while another wants to use them on predators.
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Week in review: April 7
Trump helps controversial water project in Mojave; EPA cuts; DAPL doubts.
Posted inApril 3, 2017: Firestorm
A roadmap for nomadic love
One couple’s story of a long-distance relationship across the landscape.
Posted inApril 3, 2017: Firestorm
Inside the firestorm
New technology allows scientists to see the forces behind the flames.
Posted inApril 3, 2017: Firestorm
Zinke’s Interior takes shape; Big Rec’s big move; solar shift
HCN.org news in brief.
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Week in review: March 31
Essential stories for understanding Trump’s climate order; plus a few weekend reads.
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En Los Angeles, los nuevos edictos crean confusión
¿Quiénes son bienvenidos en los Estados Unidos de Trump?
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Week in review: March 24
Keystone permit OK’d, Utah solar incentives rollback and white nose in Texas; plus HCN reading recommendations.
Posted inMarch 20, 2017: The Tree Ring
Clearer skies; Western govs court Pruitt; Clean Water Rule too far?
HCN.org news in brief.
Posted inMarch 20, 2017: The Tree Ring
‘Look for something white’
Discovering the North through its most iconic birds.
Posted inMarch 20, 2017: The Tree Ring
What the Navajo Generating Station will leave behind
Cleaner air, wounded economies.
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Week in review: March 16
A leader for the BLM, disappearances on public lands and bison’s origin story: HCN staff’s reading recommendations.
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Week in review: March 10
Malheur trials come to a close, new wind record, the battle for Zinke’s seat — what the staff of HCN is reading this week.
Posted inMarch 6, 2017: Uncomfortable Corners
Sportsmen prepare for battle; NOAA matters; ICE raids
SPORTSMEN ON THE PUBLIC-LANDS DEFENSIVEIn a legislative season full of threats to public lands at the state and federal level, hook-and-bullet groups have mobilized to fight for the landscapes they value. Having convinced Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, to withdraw support for public lands transfer bill HR 621, opponents of the legislation are working to oppose […]
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The Yaak Valley’s ‘Dirty Shame’
In the infamous Montana saloon, a lesson about home in harsh places.
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Together we pause
Sometimes we need to stop — to think about the ways we wreak havoc in the world.
Posted inMarch 6, 2017: Uncomfortable Corners
Wait — this land is my land?
A Southerner revels in the access of Western federal lands.
Posted inMarch 6, 2017: Uncomfortable Corners
An expedition through the Edgelands
This landscape isn’t always beautiful — but that’s what makes it loveable.
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Backpacking the blast zone
At Mount St. Helens, they never say ‘recovery.’