A map shows where just over 60 languages remain spoken around the region.
People & Places
Posted inMarch 2, 2015: Unite and Conquer
The water czar who reshaped Colorado River politics
Las Vegas’ Pat Mulroy initiated an era of deal-making that may buffer against catastrophic drought.
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Ranch Diaries: Why we manage our cattle horseback
Rough terrain and big country make horses an ideal way to manage for gentle cattle.
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Ranch Diaries: A New Mexico cattle company is born
How we decided to start our own business on the Mescalero Apache Reservation.
Posted inFebruary 16, 2015: Chainsaw Diplomacy
Wilderness as therapist
A growing number of veterans and researchers are racing to understand nature’s power to heal.
Posted inFebruary 16, 2015: Chainsaw Diplomacy
My kind of town: Livingston, Montana
An essay on returning home to the West, after years abroad.
Posted inFebruary 16, 2015: Chainsaw Diplomacy
Statistical realism
David Hughes crunches unpopular numbers for the shale oil boom.
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After a string of accidents, refinery workers strike for safety
Federal and state investigations have found lax safety practices at oil refineries going back a decade.
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Aldo Leopold explains it all
Should nature be protected for humans or from humans?
Posted inFebruary 2, 2015: This Land is Their Land
Private property blocks access to public lands
Public lands belong to everyone. But private landowners can make it hard to get to them.
Posted inFebruary 2, 2015: This Land is Their Land
‘I Am Alaskan’
The surprising diversity of the 49th state, through Brian Adams’ lens.
Posted inFebruary 2, 2015: This Land is Their Land
Deportation relief
Program could help immigrant families stay in the U.S.
Posted inFebruary 2, 2015: This Land is Their Land
Galloping beyond the cliché
Review of art exhibit “William Matthews: Trespassing” at DAM
Posted inJanuary 12, 2015: What Are We Thinking?
‘Real hunger’ creating demand for environmental philosophy
Descriptions of the West’s top programs.
Posted inJanuary 12, 2015: What Are We Thinking?
Postcards from fire
‘We will rise from the ashes, sweep them from our children’s hair.’
Posted inJanuary 12, 2015: What Are We Thinking?
Quoted: your favorite environmental thinkers
Suggestions from our readers.
Posted inJanuary 12, 2015: What Are We Thinking?
A modern movement in tribal building design
Review of “New Architecture on Indigenous Lands,” by Joy Monice Malnar and Frank Vodvarka
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After a ski patroller’s death, a flurry of questions
Forest Service permitting issues complicate a southwestern Colorado tragedy
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Young leaders changing the West
From politicians to climate scientists, meet 10 people under 30 who are shaping the region’s future.
Posted inDecember 22, 2014: The Dust Detectives
Photographs of New Mexicans spanning 20 years
Review of “Taos Portraits: Photos by Paul O’Connor.”