Data show that rural, tribal and Western stations would be most impacted by Trump’s attempt to cut CPB funding.
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Can this Washington member of Congress turn the Democratic Party around?
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez’ ‘Blue Dog’ strategy of appealing to working-class rural moderates won her a long-held Republican district.
Posted inJune 2025: The Promised Land
Wolves return to the West
After being driven to near-extinction, these animals, and the politics around them, are back.
Posted inJune 2025: The Promised Land
Truck nuts, pinniped pups and recidivist meat smugglers
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
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A proposed Utah uranium mine gets the Trump treatment
Feds approve contested facility in just 11 days.
Posted inJune 2025: The Promised Land
As Trump comes after research, Forest Service scientists keep working
Scientists describe how they’re preparing for the upcoming field season despite the challenges.
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Federal workers say Biden’s BLM left them vulnerable to Trump
Documents show Interior rejected a union contract for employees at BLM headquarters days before the inauguration.
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USGS’ biological research arm could vanish
Trump is on a multipronged mission to eliminate a science agency that conservationists, toxicologists, universities and more call irreplaceable.
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DOGE is gutting AmeriCorps
The 30-year-old national service agency had tens of thousands working on climate change, conservation and disaster response in communities across the West.
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Public lands for housing in Nevada and Utah called ‘giveaway’
Interested parties say water resources, tribal sovereignty and public engagement are threatened by the budget reconciliation bill’s amendment.
Posted inJuly 2025: Seeds as Sustenance
Indigenous leaders at UNPFII underscore the need for genuine consent
Free, prior and informed consent is law in some countries. How are they making it work?
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Trump asks Congress to cut at the heart of the West
The White House wants to alter life for U.S. hunters, anglers, RVers, off-road-vehicle drivers, backpackers, birdwatchers and hikers.
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A new Montana majority defangs the far right
Disaffected Republicans and resurgent Democrats just took over the Montana Legislature and spent big on education and health care.
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Our public lands must not be sold
Former BLM Director Tracy Stone-Manning warns of the very real threat to the nation’s common ground.
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At U.N., mining groups tout protections for Indigenous people
Even as Oak Flat moves ahead, the mining industry commits to voluntary guidelines to consult with communities.
Posted inMay 2025: The Art of the Cruise
See 60 days of DOGE chaos
Charting the mass culling of the federal workforce.
Posted inMay 2025: The Art of the Cruise
Behavior change is society change
How leaders influence our ideas about climate.
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El cambio de comportamiento es un cambio social
Cómo los líderes influyen en nuestras ideas sobre el cambio climático.
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Trump admin speaker at UNPFII met with silence
During a discussion on the rights of Indigenous women at the United Nations Monday, a U.S. representative made a statement so strange you could hear a pin drop afterward.
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Can Trump bring back ‘clean, beautiful coal’?
The fossil fuel-fetish once again trumps economics and common-sense.